Video of racist incident in Edmonton goes viral
Posted on September 1, 2016 By Meaghan Baxter culture, Front Slider, News, news, TV and Radio
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A video of a racist incident on the streets of Edmonton has gone viral – more than 200,000 views in less than 24 hours. The video, captured while local entrepreneur and actor Jesse Lipscombe was filming a PSA promoting downtown Edmonton, shows a car full of people pull up to an intersection. One of the […]
Folk Fest ends on a high note
Posted on August 8, 2016 By Meaghan Baxter Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
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That’s it, that’s all, folks. Here we are at the end of another iteration of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, and Sunday certainly closed out the weekend on a high note. There was an undeniable current of excitement resonating throughout the crowd on what turned out to be an ideal summer evening, with not a […]
Session acts upstage main stage at folk fest
Posted on August 6, 2016 By Meaghan Baxter Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
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Day Two of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival kicked off just in time for the after-work crowd to hustle down to Gallagher Hill and take in a slew of “Session” performances before the main stage acts got underway. The shorter schedule during the first two days of folk fest always feel like a primer for […]
REVIEW: Blink-182 comes on strong with the new guy
Posted on July 10, 2016 By Meaghan Baxter Entertainment, Front Slider, Music, news
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Shuffling band lineups are nothing new in music. It’s a rarity to encounter a group with any sort of longevity behind its name that hasn’t endured its fair share of turnover. But losing a key member, particularly one whose voice has become a band’s hallmark, can be a make or break moment. Blink-182 doesn’t appear […]