WEEKEND MUSIC PREVIEW: Delhi 2 Dublin a delicious taste of India electronica
From a surfeit of mainstream pop music of a Hedleyroonian, Pitbullish nature at the hockey arena this week, we face a weekend filled with an astounding variety and quality of live music from all over the world. Dig it. Friday Carlos Del Junco – Call it a mouth organ, Mississippi saxophone, lip cannon or a […]
Yanni returns to perform Aug. 7 at the Jubilee Auditorium
Yanni is no fool. He knows he’s considered the king of cheese among the “cool” crowd – “a guy who plays the piano and probably has some incense and a couple of crystals,” as he told a reporter recently – just as much as he knows that the “cool” crowd has no business being at […]
WIN: Tickets to Plants and Animals March 27 at the Starlite Room
Oh, Montreal – always so cool, always on the cutting edge. If Quebec secedes, please stick with Canada, won’t you? Maybe we could build a wall in the middle of the city or something. Just trying to help here. Canada’s coolest city comes up again because one of Canada’s coolest new bands that happens to […]
Brent Butt comes back to stand-up comedy – June 22 at the Winspear
Before Brent Butt went on to star in the modern version of The Beachcombers, he was a happening stand-up comic – and like most happening stand-up comics who make it big, he always seems to come back to his roots. The star of Corner Gas and CTV’s Hiccups will hit this road this spring for […]
100 Years of Calgary Cowboys almost worth making the drive
While Edmonton feels much more like an authentic wild frontier town than Calgary at this point in our shared history, Calgary will always be the cowboy capital of Canada. So we’re OK with the announcement of a cool cowboy gig happening only in Cowtown, featuring the legendary Ian Tyson paired with area Canadiana country star […]
Lily Tomlin to perform at River Cree Casino May 11
For all this talk about stand-up comedy being such a male-dominated art form, there sure are a lot of powerful female comics – many from a time when women weren’t even allowed to vote. Not really. But Lily Tomlin can use that line in her act if she wants, and she’s probably got better old […]
Big Wreck returns to rock Edmonton Event Centre with Albatross May 4
It’s about time Big Wreck came back. Everybody else has – plus we still hear a lot of Big Wreck music on the radio. They must’ve done something right. The melodic rock band whose distinctive riffs are powered by guitar whiz Ian Thornley is back after a 10 year “hiatus” with a bang – a […]
