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 […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Bermuda Fest the new wave
The summer festival season has now concluded, but that only means that the fall festival season is set to begin! Two up-and-coming music fests are in that mix, including this weekend’s Bermuda Fest. Indoor festivals have their advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, you don’t have to worry about the weather. And if you […]
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 […]
The Willy Nillies life of George Ireland
“If you ask a dragon, why does it fly? “You’ll get more file than reply, “If you ask a troll, good sir, what’s the toll? “It would probably most indefinitely cost your life.” Throw that verse underneath a Dark Ages circus folk sound and you may be able to imagine Edmonton’s very own outlandish troubadour, […]
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. […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Sonic Boom blows up real good
Borden Park hosts the city’s last big music festival of the year this weekend, as the now veteran Sonic Boom takes its position front and center in amongst a bevy of other music gigs. Now entering its eighth year, this has become without a doubt one of the city’s most important festivals, close to par […]
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 […]
COMICS: Heart of Wonderdick in Edmonton
A Torontonian taking the piss out of Edmonton? Break out the machetes! Relax, it’s just cartoonist Mike Winters, who may call the Centre of Canada home now, but his heart clearly resides in Dirt City. Winters’ weekly comic strip Cartoon Machine offers up caustic views on millennials, toxic relationships and … Edmonton Oilers draft picks? […]
