Bill Maher brings political comedy to Edmonton

Bill Maher brings political comedy to Edmonton

Why one of America’s greatest political comedians would spent even a moment away from his home country in the run-up to one of the most important elections in history is a mystery. But we’re still glad Bill Maher is finding the time for a short Canadian tour next summer. Maybe it’s his vacation. The outspoken […]

OPINION: Motley Crue burns fans in Edmonton

OPINION: Motley Crue burns fans in Edmonton

Motley Crue must make amends to fans in Edmonton who have been suckered into seeing two “final” shows. It’s only fair. They said that November 2014 at Rexall Place would be their last concert in Edmonton. Fans bought their tickets thinking it was going to be their last concert in Edmonton, thinking that they would […]

Time to play Edmonton Winter Bingo

Time to play Edmonton Winter Bingo

Slayer! F***ing Slayer!

Slayer! F***ing Slayer!

Slayer will always be welcome in Edmonton. This city has a rich history and devotion to the art form of heavy metal music, breeding fans from many generations who regularly come to commune with one of the stalwarts of the genre that’s more than just a genre of music. It’s a movement. There is therefore […]

MUSIC PREVIEW: Classic rock rules

MUSIC PREVIEW: Classic rock rules

Raise a little hell, raise a little hell, raise a little hell … With that immortal prose from a more innocent time was launched a Canadian Classic Rock institution, the legend known as Trooper – who are literally troupers, depending how you spell it, as the band enters its fifth decade of dependable rockin’. The […]

Rufus Wainwright comes to Edmonton

Rufus Wainwright comes to Edmonton

Evidence that musical gifts can be born as well as bred can be found in Rufus Wainwright. The son of Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III (who once wrote a song about his infant son called Rufus is a Tit Man) has proven a formidable force in Canadian music well beyond his family roots. Theatrical […]

End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak

The Christmas Carol Project: The UNTOLD story

The Christmas Carol Project: The UNTOLD story

Spend 20 years with eight other musicians immersed in blithering holiday wholesomeness and you’d come up with some twisted ideas about Christmas, too. The Christmas Carol Project is an Edmonton tradition. Area fans flock every December to see this inventive and heartwarming take on the Charles Dickens classic, in which each character performs their own […]

Daisy Blue blooms in Vancouver

Daisy Blue blooms in Vancouver

It’s always fun to check in with former Edmontonian musicians to see how well they’ve done since leaving Edmonton. Usually it’s pretty good. For Daisy Blue – the former Daisy of the early-2000s local folk group Painting Daisies – it took a move on her own to Vancouver in 2008 to find both her musical […]

MUSIC PREVIEW: Born Ruffians, living large

MUSIC PREVIEW: Born Ruffians, living large

The Born Ruffians have had some curious peaks in their career – including an appearance on the British teen drama Skins as a fictional band named Hummingbird, and having their single Little Garcon appear in an American Express commercial. It all adds up on the buzz meter. The Ontario band plays Friday at the Starlite […]

Timmies Cup Theatre, by Chad Huculak

Timmies Cup Theatre, by Chad Huculak

CONCERTS: Rihanna, Trews, City and Colour

CONCERTS: Rihanna, Trews, City and Colour

The 2016 concert calendar is filling up fast – and we haven’t even got the new calendar for Christmas yet. Announced this week are shows by a female pop singer who likes to be bad to be good, a Nova Scotian rock band gone unplugged and a man named for a city and colour who’s […]