Posted on February 12, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
“Nobody appreciates damage … at the time.” These are the striking words that started the public’s introduction to Chris Craddock’s magnum opus Moving Along back at the 2001 Fringe Festival. The play has resonated with audiences ever since. Moving Along has been remounted seven times over the years – and here it is some 11 […]
Posted on February 4, 2012
By Rob Drinkwater
Culture, Music, TV and Radio
Once upon a time, certain magazines were chock full of ads for very expensive stereo equipment. Since men were typically the buyers of such gear, they appeared in publications like Playboy, Popular Science, or National Lampoon. Sometimes the ads featured a celebrity. Others were like liquor ads, which also filled the pages of men’s mags, […]
Posted on February 3, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music, The Latest
In the wake of the announcement of nominees for the second annual Edmonton Music Awards – with Tupelo Honey, Colleen Brown, White Lightning, Ann Vriend, Ten Second Epic and Boogie Patrol named in multiple categories – the question arises: Who exactly picks the winners? The public does, in two cases: People’s Choice and “Artists to […]
Posted on February 1, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music, The Latest
Rock musicians do not get much sympathy for complaining how hard it is to be a rock musician. Nonetheless, some do whine from time to time. Because it is hard. Even Tom Cochrane found it hard back in the day. Not so much anymore. Playing the sold out Chamber Ball 2012 Friday at the Shaw […]
Posted on January 31, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
There may be a reason it’s been 40 years since a professional theatre company has attempted to mount Waiting For Godot in Edmonton – this thing is a real bitch. The creative team from Wishbone Theatre is working hard to “find the truth” in Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece before opening night at the TransAlta Arts […]
Posted on January 29, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, TV and Radio
Lesley Primeau comes off like a hard-boiled, old-school journalist you don’t want to mess with if you know what’s good for you. She talks a tough game, takes a stand, doesn’t back down, champions the underdog, fights for justice, truth and the Canadian way. It’s a tough job in a cutthroat business where newsmen and […]
Posted on January 27, 2012
By Rob Drinkwater
Culture, Family
The neighbourhood on 111 Avenue where Edmonton Bicycle Commuters has decided to open its second location in the city is, shall we say, a little rough around the edges. It’s a few blocks west of Commonwealth Stadium where many of the shop fronts sit empty. There’s a bottle depot nearby, and the tenant in the […]
Posted on January 25, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, TV and Radio
The only mystery about the “Strange Sounds in the Sky” videos is which synthesizer was used to make the sounds – aside from how these videos managed to capture the fears and imaginations of people around the world. “It’s definitely a synth,” says producer and recording engineer Phil Anderson, owner of Edmonton’s Powersound Studios, after […]
Posted on January 21, 2012
By Albert Smith
Culture, Music, The Latest
Much effort is made on the part of record companies, concert promoters and radio stations to guess the music “kids today are into.” The people at Axe Music don’t need to guess. They know, thanks to its annual Axetremefest school program, which brings a complete professional sound and lighting rig into selected Alberta high schools […]
Posted on January 17, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Music
As Edmonton’s music community remembers the great work of sound engineer Colin Lay, who died at home Monday at the age of 59 after a long battle with ALS, some of his “hidden” talents are coming to light. Musicians who knew him only as the unassuming recording arts instructor at Grant MacEwan University might have […]
Posted on January 9, 2012
By Albert Smith
Culture, Music, The Latest
Some good news on the Albertan country music front, for a change: Lacombe, Alberta’s own Gord Bamford has finally earned the big country deal – a record contract with Sony Music Entertainment Canada. His Sony debut album, Is It Friday Yet?, comes out March 6. Well played, Alberta boy. But what does all this mean? […]
Posted on January 7, 2012
By Albert Smith
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
Musical theatre is taking over the world – and something must be done or we’re all going to wind up prancing gaily down the street in our bloomers belting out Tomorrow from Annie. Even to know what that is without looking it up is bad enough! Edmonton is well on the way to being overcome […]
