Posted on June 27, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
Like several members of the remarkable Rollie Miles family, Brett Miles is driven to succeed. But there’s more to his feverishly eclectic arts career than good genes, or the privilege that comes from being the youngest child of the prominent Edmonton Eskimos champion, respected educator and pillar of the local community. It’s a sign you’ve […]
Posted on June 25, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
A year and change after the band wowed the crowd at Sonic Boom 2011, Metric is returning to headline in its own right – inside the big building this time. At last. The band plays Thursday, Nov. 15 at Rexall Place, with Stars opening. Tickets go on sale Friday. On the strength of such killer […]
Posted on June 21, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music
Mike Plume illustrates the dilemma of a lot of guys in his situation – as a recording artist who decides to retreat behind the scenes to make a living as a professional songwriter in Nashville. We’ve heard rumour of these songwriting factories down South that churn out bushels and pecks of radio ready hits for […]
Posted on June 21, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
From an apparent black gig hole last weekend comes a supernova of musical activity. Both the Edmonton International Jazz Festival and the Works Art and Design Festival, with its free live stage in Churchill Square, start Friday. Also playing on this night is the monster blues project the Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Jube and […]
Posted on June 20, 2012
By Adrian Lackey
Music
Three of the continent’s finest classical musicians will grace the lineup of the Edmonton Chamber Music Society’s 2012 Summer Solstice Festival, running Friday through Sunday at Convocation Hall in the Arts Building of the U of A. Joining the three-day event will be Edmonton-born violinist Jessica Linnebach, currently associate concertmaster of the National Arts Centre […]
Posted on June 20, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music
We’ve beaten to death this idea that being in a band is like a marriage – but what about a band that literally is a marriage? The Tedeschi Trucks Band – at the Jubilee Auditorium Friday night – is centred around Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, a power blues couple if there ever was one. […]
Posted on June 19, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest, Theatre
Here’s a devilish scenario: What if – of all religions – Paganism turns out to be the correct one? Like, hey, didn’t see that coming. Imagine: The Mother Earth Goddess, aka Gaia, has been beaten and raped by humanity. Her husband, meanwhile, doesn’t know because he’s been asleep for several hundred years following an epic […]
Posted on June 16, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
Bryan Adams doesn’t do anything by half. It’s either now or never. There is no stalling for some indeterminate point in the near future. Everywhere you go, the kids wanna rock, not just certain places you go. The lack of direct empirical evidence doesn’t seem to matter. Has Bryan actually played everywhere just to make […]
Posted on June 14, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
As Alberta music fans shift their attention southward to Calgary for the impending Sled Island music festival, there are definitely still some shows in Edmonton worth checking out. On Friday night a new Edmonton electro band called Terrace plays its first live show ever at the Haven Social Club; and on Saturday a lengthy list […]
Posted on June 13, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
Fans of one of the freshest and most eclectic acts seen at last year’s Edmonton Folk Music Festival won’t want to miss the return of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. The band has announced a cavalcade of tour dates for early fall – including Tuesday, Sept. 18 at Edmonton Event Centre. Tickets go on […]
Posted on June 12, 2012
By Wayne Arthurson
Music, Theatre, Visual Arts
If you’re an aboriginal artist, there’s a perception that your discipline is mostly traditional, like pow-wow dancing, beadwork, soapstone carving, stuff like that. There’s also a perception that if you’re an aboriginal artist, you have act or dress a certain way. For example, I’m an aboriginal writer, but some people have expressed surprise that I […]
Posted on June 12, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Front Slider, Music
It’s not who you know, it’s who you don’t know – and that’s the key to enjoying a good jazz festival. This wisdom, above, comes from Kent Sangster, artistic director of the Edmonton International Jazz Festival, which runs through July 1 at venues around town with headliners like Wayne Shorter and Chris Botti and many […]
