Posted on April 26, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
Most of our favourite bands in the city will be somewhere this weekend, with two intense gigs on Sunday night featuring many of the city’s best-known acts. On Saturday night, the rest are probably nominated for an Edmonton Music Award, with several notable local acts also performing during the awards ceremony at the Royal Alberta […]
Posted on April 19, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
It’s a relatively light weekend for live music, not to be unexpected after a cataclysm of revered acts gracing the stages of various Edmonton venues this week. With Coldplay opening up their North American tour with a legendary performance on Tuesday, an intimate event with Our Lady Peace at the Starlite, and Joel Plaskett at […]
Posted on April 5, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
While the weekend’s biggest name is undoubtedly the underground Brit-rock band Kasabian, which plays Edmonton Event Centre on Friday night, the best bang for your live music dollar may be at Wunderbar, where The Fight perform Saturday night for the tidy sum of $7. On Easter Sunday, Abbotsford’s Real Boys perform alongside one of Edmonton’s […]
Posted on March 29, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
Folk rock takes centre stage this weekend, with the extraordinary Rose Cousins performing Friday night, followed up by Philadelphia’s Good Old War on Saturday and a plethora of artists performing during the “Swig Of Alberta” traveling road show on Sunday night at the Wunderbar. Friday Alan Frew – This five-time Juno award winner, perhaps best […]
Posted on March 15, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music
Let’s think of other cultures whose stereotypes we can hang a day on like we do as an excuse to get drunk with the Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Better yet, let’s not. No sense letting political correctness get in the way of a good excuse to get drunk. Besides, as prominent local Irish person […]
Posted on March 8, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
This weekend’s live music offerings feature a little bit of everything, from a Juno Award-winning folk songstress (Amelia Curran on Saturday), to a rapper all the way from Pittsburgh (Mac Miller, right, on Friday), to one of Vancouver’s best indie pop bands (In Medias Res, Friday) – and of course ther’s another record release, this […]
Posted on March 1, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
It’s still early in the touring year, which means that there aren’t a lot of big names hitting Edmonton this weekend. The biggest is probably Thursday night: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald at the Starlite Room. Other notables include a release party for Cygnets’ new album on Saturday at the Pawn Shop, while across town, at the […]
Posted on February 21, 2012
By Mike Ross
Film, Front Slider, Music
In world where artists and entertainers have been ordered to stay at least 50 metres from each other lest one corrupt the other in a co-dependent spiral of mutual destruction, Bob Wiseman has been happily breaking the restraining order for years. To say this former Blue Rodeo keyboardist’s solo career has been “out there” is […]
Posted on February 16, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
There’s a pair of major music events this weekend, with Gigantour landing on Friday night with Megadeth and Motorhead; and two full days folk music up for grabs at Expressionz Café as part of the Uptown Folk Club’s Winterfest 2012. And what kind of live music weekend wouldn’t have a release party? Saturday’s offering is […]
Posted on February 9, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
A fairly sedate weekend for live gigs in Edmonton, but there’s definitely a handful you should think about checking out, including Steel Wheels (all the way from Virginia), the eclectically diverse Sultans of String, and a release party for what could easily be one of the best albums of the year from an Edmonton act […]
Posted on January 26, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
A couple of acts that hit their peak in the 1990s come to Edmonton this week, with the pop brothers Hanson on Friday, and country crooner Neal McCoy on Saturday. And there’s plenty of local talent on display as well, culminating in an all-day live music festival at Winston Churchill Square on Sunday, Tip Of […]
Posted on January 19, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
With the weather transitioning over the weekend to more normal temperatures, there’s no excuse not to head out and catch some live music. Friday’s schedule is a bit light – but Saturday night more than makes up for it. Friday African Guitar Summit – If you’re looking for something completely different from the city’s usual […]
