Posted on November 15, 2011
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
After a hot summer of hot pop divas, a wave of winter waifs is upon us. Define waif? These are not rocker girls, nor pure folk singers. There are the kind of female singers whose poppy yet genre-bending songs do not generally contain references to alcohol consumption, explicit sexual acts or pleas for the DJ […]
Posted on November 14, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
There sure are a lot of Pink Floyd fans in Edmonton. Due to popular demand, as they say, a second Roger Waters date has been added: Tuesday, May 29 at Rexall Place. The first show on Monday, May 28 has sold out. Tickets start at $45 and end at $225 and will go on sale […]
Posted on November 14, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music
Finally Johnny Reid gets the idea. Why do four shows in the Jube when you can do one at Rexall Place? And don’t give us this guff about wanting to get “intimate” with the audience. That’s four shows! Just put four times the energy into one show – hell, twice would be more than enough […]
Posted on November 13, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music, The Latest
To answer the burning question of the day – why does everybody seem so depressed? – we turn to a prominent Canadian rock singer who suffers from bipolar disorder. Mental illness doesn’t necessarily make Matthew Good an expert on depression, but as fans can tell you from his music, he’s put some deep thought into […]
Posted on November 12, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest, Visual Arts
Pablo Picasso gave the young guitar player a wink – the only reward for an unusual performance at the great painter’s 90th birthday party. The 16-year-old Juan Martin had been asked to ditch his prepared music and “improvise the paintings on the wall, just look at the paintings and interpret them.” He says he thought […]
Posted on November 11, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music
Suicide is not painless, not for friends left behind. It’s been four years since Emerson Drive’s bass player Patrick Bourque took his own life, and only now can Brad Mates bring himself to talk about it so openly. The singer was interviewed recently to promote the band’s show Saturday night at the Edmonton Expo Centre […]
Posted on November 11, 2011
By Robin Schroffel
Front Slider, Music
He may look a little less svelte in his tartan-accented custom leisure suit than he did on the cover of “Dedication,” but Les McKeown and his group of faux-Bay City Rollers proved Thursday night why Rollermania should not be forgotten. The Century Casino was packed with overgrown teenage girls who rushed to the front of […]
Posted on November 10, 2011
By Michael Senchuk
Music
Long weekends tend to spread the good gigs out – so we bring you a special five day weekend music update. Your lawn does’t need any more mowing, it’s too early to worry about Christmas lights, so get out and support live music in Edmonton! Best bets: Alex Vissa (Thursday); Peter Katz and the Barr […]
Posted on November 10, 2011
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
They let her keep her sneakers. This is just one small perk among many for the newly minted Q-Benjamin, a.k.a. Quanteisha Benjamin, in her new record deal with Warner Music Canada- but it’s an important one. “I love my sneakers,” she says. “I’m in my element and I’m very comfortable. I’m doing what I’ve always […]
Posted on November 9, 2011
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
The best answer to the question of why classic rock is something that deserves preservation is found in Joe Queenan’s hilarious generation-bashing book Balsamic Dreams: “Baby Boomers have deluded themselves into thinking that what once mattered to them should now matter to others.” Or maybe this is too much deep thought for what was, after […]
Posted on November 9, 2011
By Kevin Maimann
Front Slider, Music
The cover of The Devil Wears Prada’s latest album Dead Throne looks positively evil. If you were to judge by the jagged upside-down skull bathed in an eerie glow, you would probably guess they’re a metal band … and you’d be correct. But you might not guess they’re a Christian band. “Metal and God can […]
Posted on November 7, 2011
By Staff
Front Slider, Music
Watching classical crossover quartet Il Divo perform, one has to marvel at the strict choreography necessary for these four perfect specimens of singing man-candy – each of whom is a Josh Grobin or one-quarter Luciano Pavarotti in his own right – to stroll slowly around a giant stage while crooning Bridge Over Troubled Water as […]
