INTERVIEW: Tom Cochrane hit a crossroads on highway of life

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 […]

Why are we here? Waiting for Godot aims to find out

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 […]

EDMONTON RADIO: Primeau fights for truth, justice, the Canadian way

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 […]

Edmonton Bicycle Commuters’ new shop brings hope to blighted neighbourhood

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 […]

Strange Sounds in Edmonton Sky part of viral phenomenon

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 […]

Axetremefest to recreate School of Rock for area high school students

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 […]

OBITUARY: Colin Lay a man of many gifts

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 […]

Alberta country singer Gord Bamford scores a big deal

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? […]

Giant musicals invade Edmonton – it may already be too late

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 […]

Wild West Saloon is history – and so is Edmonton country bar band scene

Posted on January 6, 2012 By Mike Ross Culture, Music, The Latest

The closing of the Wild West Saloon is one of the last nails in the coffin of Edmonton’s once thriving country bar band scene. After 30 years of live music, the North Side bar shut down two days before Christmas, according to entertainment booker Ray Woodward, who hired bands in the room for the last […]

New Trevor Anderson film The Man That Got Away to premiere this fall

Posted on January 3, 2012 By Mike Ross Culture, Film, The Latest

With the release of the trailer for Trevor Anderson’s new film, The Man That Got Away, we can at last get a peek into the life of his mysterious Great Uncle Jimmy – an Alberta farm boy turned Broadway dancer who became friends with Judy Garland while the two were in rehab together. The Man […]

CONCERT PREDICTIONS: Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Red Hot Chili Peppers – no Beach Boys

Posted on January 1, 2012 By Albert Smith Culture, Music, The Latest

Who needs Kreskin? You can predict the future simply by studying the events of the past. For example: Beyonce won’t be coming back to Edmonton because promoters lost their shirts the last time she was here. Simple economics. Ozzy Osbourne and Van Halen, on the other hand, did great business in this town. So it […]

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