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By Maura
on May 03, 2012
So this is the thing, I've been coming to the realization lately that real change, real longlasting, life altering change is difficult. It seems no matter the effort to… read more
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By Maura
on Apr 24, 2012
I recently had the great pleasure of performing at a house concert with two talented young musicians, Justin Hazel and Jeff Gammon. It was great to rehearse and perform… read more
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By Maura
on Apr 16, 2012
Sunday morning my cell phone rang, my sister from Ontario called to say it was the first time she had heard me singing on the radio in real time, without me calling to say,… read more
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By Maura
on Mar 25, 2012
I find myself on this wintry spring day trying to regain my focus and by focus, I mean focus on music. I am a working musician, and by that I mean, I work at… read more
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By Maura
on Nov 21, 2011
I have a myriad of interests to which I apply myself at times wholeheartedly with determination and focus and at times with the casual indifference with which you might treat… read more
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By Maura
on Feb 14, 2012
This article was the first time I'd ever been interviewed, I was opening the Jazz Festival by default, the Cuban band that was supposed to be opening the festival… read more
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By Maura
on Feb 14, 2012
Red Deer Express
Calgary’s Maura Shaftoe to wow ‘em at The Matchbox
SILKY SOUNDS – Calgary-based singer/songwriter Maura Shaftoe performs Nov. 13 at… read more
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By Maura
on Feb 11, 2012
Singer's Life Lessons Fuel Her Music
Annalise Klingbeil
For Neighbours
Thursday, December 23, 2010
While the birth of her… read more
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By Maura
on Jan 05, 2012
The break is almost officially over, some students are not yet back at school, my Christmas decorations come down to be boxed away for another year after January 6, some… read more
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By Maura
on Dec 09, 2011
How we arrived at the title for the Christmas Album
We started talking about this Album last November when we were finishing up a tour. I wanted to do the… read more
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By Maura
on Nov 21, 2011
falling; the frost is a cold blanket. The snow will soon soften the outlines of the world. We’ll begin to think of family celebrations and travelling and well,… read more