Posted on June 26, 2011
By LH Thomson
Front Slider, Music
At his Regina show on Friday night, legendary Beach Boys impresario Brian Wilson – he who once lay in bed for three years — reportedly took to the stage in sweatpants and a dress shirt. He played, he talked, he rambled and mumbled a bit disconnectedly. Fans loved it. But that’s the nature of fandom. […]
Posted on June 25, 2011
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music, Visual Arts
If you didn’t know that the Works Art and Design Festival was going on, you might not know there was a festival at all. This is a good thing. Thanks to events like the Works, downtown Edmonton in the summer has become a non-stop riot of audio-visual happenings whose various festival organizers are indistinguishable from […]
Posted on June 25, 2011
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music, The Latest
The memorial service for Gaye Delorme, who died suddenly in Calgary on June 24, will be held at the Polish Hall, 10960 104 Street, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 10. Other memorials are being planned for Calgary and Vancouver. Local drummer Greg Pretty called the death of his friend a “huge loss … he […]
Posted on June 24, 2011
By Staff
Music
The live music offered on an average Edmonton Friday night borders on the absurd, sometimes. U.S. performers often marvel at how active our club scene still is, long after most of theirs were replaced by drum machines and disco balls, as a certain song once noted. They’re amazed we pull it off. I don’t have […]
Posted on June 23, 2011
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
American jazz singer and smoker Madeleine Peyroux has temporarily switched to du Maurier Light because the Lucky Strikes she asked for aren’t available in Canada. Coincidence? We think not! It’s a Big Tobacco Conspiracy! Jazz festivals in Canada wouldn’t be where they are today – or where they aren’t, depending on how you look at […]
Posted on June 23, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
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Posted on June 22, 2011
By Staff
Music
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Posted on June 22, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Front Slider, Music
Multitalented musician Ben Sherazi picked a good time for an Alberta homecoming. His Los Angeles-based prog-rock band Rajas hits Alberta for its first time this week, playing the Sled Island Festival Thursday in his hometown Calgary. The band then heads north to Edmonton for a Sled Island showcase with local openers The Equation at Brixx […]
Posted on June 21, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
The generational divide between Baby Boomers and Generation Xers can be summed up with one simple name: Beck. Which one came first to your mind? If you stand, or more likely, sit, on the Jeff Beck side of the line, this is your lucky day. It’s Tuesday, Oct. 25, to be precise. That’s when the […]
Posted on June 21, 2011
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
It’s interesting to examine Rihanna’s musical trajectory since she was beaten up by her boyfriend Chris Brown in 2009. You have to wonder if things might be different if it had never happened. She performs tonight (Wednesday, June 22) at Rexall Place (buy). Maybe S&M wouldn’t have become such a massive hit, its sexy video […]
Posted on June 20, 2011
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
Edmonton rapper Doug Crawford has an unlikely organization to thank for getting to open for Eminem on D12’s American tour this fall – Canada Customs. If it weren’t for our polite and efficient border patrol, who obviously didn’t like the look of this posse of Detroit rappers when they came to entertain the good folks […]
Posted on June 20, 2011
By Staff
Music, The Latest
It’s been far too long since a visit from one of the founders of “symphonic rock,” for which we all owe a huge debt of gratitude – so let’s roll out the welcome mats for the Moody Blues, returning to the Jubilee Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 3. With the 1967 hit Nights in White Satin […]
YOU SAID IT: Rihanna Rocks Rexall
Posted on June 23, 2011 By Staff Music, The Latest
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