Who? Yes! No, not Yes – The Who comes to Edmonton!
On the idea of The Who touring with just two original members, fans have generally shrugged their shoulders and responded, “Well, ‘alf a Who is better than no Who at all.” Now what about The Who with an orchestra? For that’s exactly what Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry have cooked up for their latest tour: […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Feel the Bern
Since his first release in 1997, Dan Bern has been working non-stop on his craft, putting out album after album (he’s got some two dozen now), doing work on film and television scores, and he’s even found time to be an influential painter, with works hanging in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. He also wrote […]
Def Leppard comes to Edmonton in July
Here’s one classic heavy metal band that isn’t going to be staging a farewell tour any time soon – Def Leppard. The great survivors from Sheffield are going on a Canadian tour again this summer, stopping in at Rogers Place on Monday, July 29. America’s roots-metal band Tesla (no relation to Elon Musk) will open […]
PLAYBOT: Sweat hits Alberta nail on the head
So now we wonder when seeing a yellow vest: “Is that a protester or just a construction guy?” Terribly confusing. It sucks that an allegedly unsavoury political group has co-opted such a common article of safety clothing designed for visibility, but what are you going to do? Judge all yellow vests accordingly? Switch to hot […]
2019 MUSIC PREVIEW: Ozzy! Priest! Skynyrd! Ariana!
The Big Three – can we call them the Big Three? Yes! – THE BIG THREE shall rock Edmonton this summer. Name other metal legends so widely known by only one name: Ozzy, Priest, Maiden – this trifecta alone will make 2019 a huge year for classic heavy metal in Edmonton. Ozzy Osbourne, age 70, […]
The Illusionists razzle dazzle Edmonton
The art of illusion is probably as old as civilization itself. Once the province of wizards and enchanters, it became a popular entertainment in the hands of Thurston and Houdini in the early years of the 20th Century – known now as “The Golden Age of Magic.” As our culture and society advances, seeing something […]
NYE MUSIC PREVIEW: ‘Opening acts’ for 2019
Ask any musician and they’ll tell you that New Year’s Eve is the best-paying gig of the year – yet oddly it will not usually be ranked as “the most fun.” That’s because you’re effectively playing second fiddle to the New Year itself – along with the inevitable countdown to midnight and the performance of […]
EDMONTON THEATRE 2018: The Colin MacLean Awards
If the Alberta economy is in tatters, it would be hard to tell from the number of plays and musicals to grace our stages this year. Theatre budgets may be suffering and costs ballooning, but we fortunate Edmonton theatre-goers have enjoyed a mountain range of productions. Like our Rockies, some were high, others not so […]
YEAR END REVIEW: 6 great Edmonton Bands
Edmonton’s music scene continues its journey towards becoming ever more diverse, and more noteworthy. Some of the world’s biggest music blogs and podcasts continue to reference some of our bands. This year Major Love was perhaps the most noteworthy of those, getting some serious love from the UK’s The Line Of Best Fit. The latter […]
End of a Comics Era: Happy Harbor closing
Happy Harbor wasn’t “just a store that sells comics,” as owner Jay Bardyla humbly puts it. It was a cultural institution in this town – and news of its closing has hit the local comics community hard. It’s a huge loss for Edmonton. Happy Harbor didn’t just sell comics. They nurtured new readers with a […]
Gush for Singin’ in the Rain!
The answer is a triumphant, “Yes!” Yes, Sherwood Park’s Festival Players’ Christmas gift to Edmonton, Singin’ in the Rain: The Musical, does manage to create a quite dazzling job of the joyous deluge in which Gene Kelly danced the title tune in the 1952 MGM musical. For one thing – there’s real rain. It comes […]
Cher brings ‘Here We Go Again’ to Edmonton
The one lie we can forgive our favourite artists for is when they say they’re going to retire – and then they don’t. How can we miss you if you don’t go away? Fans even seem to be cool with being tricked into paying top dollar for a “farewell” tour thinking they’d never get to […]
