CONCERT: Looking forward to The Weeknd
Posted on August 21, 2015 By Trent Wilkie Front Slider, Music
Grammy nominated alt-R&B hero The Weeknd is coming to Edmonton on Monday, Nov. 30 as a part of The Madness Fall Tour. The Scarborough native’s latest album, Behind The Madness, is currently rising through the charts and has music reviewers foaming at the mouth trying to define its sound, specifically the album’s second single The Hills. Using […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Stars come out for Blues fest
Posted on August 19, 2015 By Michael Senchuk Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
This weekend finds another music festival making its home at the Heritage Amphitheatre in Hawrelak Park, as the 17th annual Edmonton Blues Festival winds its way into our hearts and souls. Elvin Bishop, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame earlier this year, headlines Friday night; Shawn Holt and the Teardrops […]
Amber Nash puts a little ‘Pam’ in Fringe play
Posted on August 17, 2015 By Stephan Boissonneault Comedy, Entertainment, Front Slider, Theatre, TV and Radio
The name Amber Nash may not mean anything to you, but her voice undeniably will. The American actress voices the curvaceous, openly bi-sexual, hedonistic, human resources director Pam Poovey in FX’s hit adult-animated espionage satire cartoon Archer. Nash is in Edmonton for her one-woman show What’s Wrong With You? during Edmonton’s 34th International Fringe Theatre […]
ROCKFEST REVIEW: Classic rock to die for
Posted on August 16, 2015 By Derek Owen Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
Dennis DeYoung of Styx couldn’t have captured the zeitgeist of the 2015 Edmonton Rock Music Festival better than when he sang the line, “Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime.” For this was the best of times long past for the city’s classic rock community. For all the flak DeYoung taken in the press […]
Styx with Dennis DeYoung steps up to headline Rockfest
Posted on August 13, 2015 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
OK, Edmonton Rock Music Festival fans: the show must go on – no matter who’s playing and who’s in what band. Behold the stamina of classic rock. The version of Styx featuring original singer Dennis DeYoung will perform the Saturday closing slot in place of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, who had to cancel due […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Nothing can stop Rock Festival
Posted on August 12, 2015 By Michael Senchuk Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
After a busy week of major gigs, with the folk festival now concluded and the Mumford & Sons show on Tuesday at Rexall – not to mention Foo Fighters Wednesday night – things settle in for a bit until the major fall tour season. But wait! There are two more music festivals for Edmonton music […]
CONCERTS: Hey Rosetta! and Andrew W.K. to hit Edmonton
Posted on August 11, 2015 By Mike Ross Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
How did the folk fest miss booking Hey Rosetta!? This Newfoundland group has all the right assets: Sorta rootsy, sorta rock ‘n’ roll, a large, multi-instrumental band with a Peter Gabriel-ish lead singer, political activist aspirations and a predilection for worldbeat-pop-folk fusions – and they even have some minor hits. Not too big (yet), not […]
End of the Earth, by Chad Huculak
Posted on August 10, 2015 By Chad Huculak Comics, Front Slider, News, Politics
Folk fest fans back NDP: Captain Obvious Poll
Posted on August 9, 2015 By Mike Ross Culture, culture, Entertainment, Front Slider, News, Politics
One of the fun things about having 20,000 apparently like-minded folk fenced in at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is the opportunity to practice some anthropology. So many people gathered in such a seemingly narrow cultural niche – folk music – where politics tends to lean left, have made Gallagher Park an oasis of green […]
A Taste of Edmonton Folk Fest
Posted on August 9, 2015 By Trent Wilkie Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
There are many things to the Edmonton Folk Music Festival besides the music. Jam thousands of people together in one fenced in area and you are going to find some unique situations. Here are a few samples seen on Saturday: First, the easy part … The Music Old Man Luedecke was one of many highlights […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Folk Fest Monsters
Posted on August 5, 2015 By Michael Senchuk Entertainment, Front Slider, Music
It’s that one weekend every year where if you’ve scheduled any other music event, you’re definitely taking your chances. Sure, you might have decent luck if it’s a metal show – but even then, with 20,000+ music lovers a day taking in the Edmonton Folk Music Festival in Gallagher Park, and with all the local […]