Wu-Tang Clan cancels Edmonton show
Maybe it was too good to be true – so many rap legends in Edmonton on one weekend. Something had to give. The Wu-Tang Clan concert Friday night at the Shaw Conference Centre has been cancelled due to “unforeseen circumstances.” Refunds are available at the point of purchase. No other information was forthcoming. The rap […]
Edmonton busker battles!
It’s Saturday night on Whyte Avenue. A busker behind a drum kit made of plastic pails pounds out a furious beat, all by himself. You can hear it blocks away. Directly across the street is a guy playing loud electric guitar through an amplifier – on a completely different song. They even drown out the […]
Bohemia saved, Artery still in limbo
A beloved Edmonton musical hole in the wall has been saved – but that means the fate of another is still up in the air. After the sad announcement of the imminent closure of the aptly-named downtown bar Bohemia, and regulars mourning the loss of yet another cool indie music venue, the current managers have […]
Additional AC/DC tickets released today
When they say a show is “sold out,” it’s never sold out until they figure out the sight-lines from the stage set-up. So that means new seats to the AC/DC concert at Commonwealth Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 20 are available. For $75 or $125, they go on sale today, Monday, at 10 am through Ticketmaster. […]
Free song download for Kirby Legacy Award
Local singer-songwriter Beth Portman is giving away a song to honour the Edmonton music scene’s finest friend – Kirby, known by one name only. She died of cancer almost one year ago. The song is called Take a Trip (available for free download, below), a jaunty ditty rendered in the style of a 1940s cabaret […]
Canadian Folk Music Awards to strum in Edmonton
Three local women have done Alberta proud with nominations for the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards, being held in Edmonton in November. The news was announced with a “National Strum” at City Hall Wednesday. The veteran artist Laura Vinson and Free Spirit gets a nod for Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year, Lizzy Hoyt (daughter of […]
Vance Joy returns to Edmonton as a big star
Behold the meteoric rise of a bright new folk star. Just weeks after wowing Taylor Swift’s audience as a warm-up act, Vance Joy is headlining his own North American tour – coming to Edmonton at the Jubilee Auditorium on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016. With Calgary’s own Reuben and the Dark opening, tickets are $40 and […]
ANNOUNCING! Matthew Good, Gogol Bordello, K-os
That was fun, the summer, the festivals, the lovely weather. We return you now to your regularly scheduled indoor concert … schedule. Announced Tuesday was another appearance from Matthew Good, playing Friday, Nov. 20 at the Jubilee Auditorium. Tickets are $35 or $42.50 and go on sale Friday. Good, who’s played in Edmonton like a […]
Final Black Sabbath tour comes to Edmonton
There seems to be something going around. Now Black Sabbath is calling it quits – but not before one last blast. The End: The Final Tour by the Greatest Metal Band of All Time (as it’s correctly billed) will pummel metal fans around the world, including here in Edmonton, Saturday, Jan. 30 at Rexall Place. […]
K-os theory: Was Jesus a woman?
Do you believe in God? “That’s your first question?” responds the unwitting interview subject – in this case the rapper K-os, aka Kevin Brereton, who’s probably the only hip hop headliner at the Sonic Boom alternative rock festival at Borden Park this Saturday and Sunday. This wasn’t just a random dumb question. K-os’s new album […]
RADIO: Dirty Deeds done expensive
In the Bear radio station’s “Dirty Deeds” contest to win tickets to the sold-out AC/DC show at Commonwealth Stadium on Sept. 20, the first challenge was to call your wife and tell her your dog died … and another radio stunt goes over the line. Asked to explain themselves, the cast of The Paul Brown […]
Why do mosh pits spin counterclockwise?
It’s time again to bring hard science to bear on another pressing issue – to find out why “circle pits” at rock ‘n’ roll shows spin counter-clockwise. The rotational mosh phenomenon has been confirmed by a number of reliable sources – and no, pits don’t spin clockwise in the Southern hemisphere, like typhoons. The Coriolis Force […]
