Ozzy better, Black Sabbath coming back
Good news: Ozzy is feeling better, and Black Sabbath will make-up for the show they had to cancel in Edmonton. The new date is Wednesday, March 2, at Rexall Place. Tickets held for the original date of Jan. 30 will be honoured, and some tickets are still available; if you cannot attend the show, refunds […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Big Band Valentine
For the record, so to speak, Carol Welsman came out before Diana Krall – singing more or less the same sort of material with similar smoky style, both Canadian, both went to the famed Berklee College of Music, both jazz singers who both accompany themselves with decent chops on piano, both since moved to Los […]
SHOWS: James Taylor, LOG, bizarre Beyonce booking
Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show has apparently sparked some discussion about race relations in America – and good for her – but there was nothing “outrageous” about it. What’s outrageous is that she has been booked to perform at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium on Friday, May 20 – an ambitious move given her history in this […]
REVIEW: Corb Lund shows soul of Alberta
This whole country boy vs. city boy thing that Corb Lund has going – it doesn’t matter anymore. The fusion is complete. What a joyous homecoming it was at the sold out Jubilee Auditorium Saturday night, an olde-country hoedown hootenanny celebration of the Prodigal Son Returned, his only “crime” having secretly moved to Calgary recently. […]
Why are there so many phone songs?
At this moment in time, somewhere on or about the day of Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, it is possible to hear three different songs called Hello on top-40 radio. Four if you count Lionel Richie’s Hello on the oldies stations. There’s Hello by Dragonette, who “just came to say hello, hello, hello, hello,” as opposed […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Bright Light Social Hour upon us
Much has been made of how the low Canadian dollar is impacting touring acts on both sides of the border – though last week’s spate of concert announcements may have us thinking differently. Regardless, it’s great to another great American coming our way, and in this case it’s all the way from Texas: The Bright […]
REVIEW: 54-40 gets intimate
I guess I picked the right (if differently spelled) Osbourne to go see on Saturday night – Neil Osborne, that is, from 54-40, leading his band in an acoustic show at Festival Place. Black Sabbath, meanwhile, was forced to cancel its Saturday show in Edmonton, and also Calgary Feb. 1, because Ozzy is suffering from […]
Eagles of Death Metal coming to Edmonton
Traumatized but undaunted, the Eagles of Death Metal are coming to Edmonton for the first time since the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 89 concert-goers at their show, as well as the band’s merchandise man Nick Alexander. The band led by Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and his […]
Black Sabbath postponed, get well soon, Ozzy!
California native Ozzy Osbourne obviously has trouble with the messed up alien climate of Alberta – because “extreme sinusitis” has forced the heavy metal legend to postpone tonight’s Black Sabbath concert in Edmonton, and also the Feb. 1 show in Calgary. The announcement came just hours before the band was to take the stage at […]
MUSIC PREVIEW: Black Sabbath forever
When an artist dies, all the art they’ve ever done instantly becomes all the art they’ll ever do – so it becomes much more valuable. What was said to be true with an individual works with a rock band – the main difference being its members will still be alive after their own wake! Besides, […]
NEWS FLASH: Nerd culture now pop culture
It’s not surprising that a local nerd has taken it upon himself to catalogue the myriad of nerdy things in town – comic stores, gaming clubs, fantasy fiction, anime, cosplay, you name it. Some nerd was bound to do it. And it’s no shock that the Edmonton Nerd List has taken off so quickly – […]
Brian Jonestown Massacre to psych out Edmonton
Far out, trippy, groovy – only the old terms will do to describe the Brian Jonestown Massacre, which has put Edmonton on the itinerary for a quick spring tour, much to to the delight of area musicos. The San Francisco band plays the Starlite Room on Friday, May 20. Tickets are $27.50 and go on […]
