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Sure, that brief thaw today could have been the result of a milder transitional pattern. Or a something something jetstream cumulus something. Or possibly even the effects of El Nemo or whatever it’s called (hey, not everyone is smrt enough to be a teevee weather person).

It could have been.

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Then again, it could have been brought on by the warm breeze accompanying the Calgary Folk Music Festival’s announcement of its “fan-folking-tastic” spring concert series.

The series, which actually kicks off with a sold-out, Jan. 23 show by the wonderful Basia Bulat and superb homegrown opener Clinton St. John, will feature plenty of folk and world music, multimedia performances and some comedy thrown in for good measure.

Acts include: Aussie electro blues artist Ash Grunwald (Feb. 19); wacky, Canadian comic musical faves The Arrogant Worms (March 19); haunting chanteuse Amelia Curran (March 24); harmonic Newfoundlanders The Once (April 2); punked-out, 15-piece, folk and world collective Lemon Bucket Orkestra); and cutting-edge jazz act Peter Broeztmann, Hamid Drake and William Parker Trio (May 14).