INTERVIEW: Mr. Downchild Answers Three Questions Ahead of Edmonton Show
Donnie Walsh, founder of the Downchild Blues Band in 1969, doesn’t do many interviews anymore, but agreed to answer some email questions in advance of the band’s appearance at the Edmonton Blues Festival in Hawrelak Park on Friday, Aug. 19, part of The Longest 50th Anniversary Tour Ever. Q: I interviewed you at least once […]
REVIEW: Edmonton Folk Music Festival Returns After Three Years Off
I looked out my window on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 4 with trepidation. That evening, I would be heading to the first Edmonton Folk Music Festival in three years – so of course it was pouring. Hearty Folk Fest fans share with a glowing pride their battle stories of surviving the rain, wind, mud, […]
WHAT’S GOING ON: Road Trip!
Pack your bags, load up on the liquids, and gas up your truck – it’s time for a trip out of town. Not too far, what with gas prices what they are, eh. Let’s stick to Alberta. First up is the perennial favourite Blueberry Bluegrass Festival July 29-31, in Stony Plain, Alberta, just 41 km […]
REVIEW: John Fogerty Rocks Edmonton – With His Kids
A packed lower bowl down at Turtle Island was transported through time and space to a psychedelic 1960’s influenced evening of peace and love in the presence of a surprisingly hard-rocking old man named John Fogerty. It’s hard to imagine the 77-year-old CCR founder rocking out harder than he did at Rogers Place on Wednesday […]
