B.B. King, a real bluesman, returns to Edmonton May 14
There are few guitarists who can be identified by one note and B.B. King is one of them – and he only plays one note! Ha! Just kidding. He plays three. The point being that the blues legend is a master of understatement. He’s 86! Wouldn’t you be? No need to show off anymore. And […]
Heaviest winter on record as Deep Purple comes to Edmonton Feb. 21
Slowhand Walter, fire in this guy? No, it’s just one of the most famous misheard lyrics from one of the most famous rock classics ever pressed into service – Smoke on the Water – and soon we’ll get a chance to mishear it again live when Deep Purple comes to Rexall Place on Tuesday, Feb. […]
TRUE TALES OF THE ROAD: Harlequin blows up good
One of the most powerful figures in the Canadian music business was once arrested for trying to bring explosives on an airplane. Oh, my, that doesn’t sound good, does it? Just imagine if that had happened today – and not in 1978, when airport security wasn’t so serious. “He’d probably still be in jail,” says […]
Lady Antebellum to Own the Night at Rexall March 27
The South lost, didn’t it? Maybe not. A little country group calling itself Lady Antebellum – its last name usually used as a reference to pre-Civil War southern U.S. during the era of slavery – is taking the world by storm. The Grammy-winning band will play Rexall Place on March 17 as part of its […]
Prepare for the Coming of Neil Diamond on July 16
Forever In Blue Jeans, Cherry Cherry, Sweet Caroline, Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Red Red Wine, America – are we sensing a theme yet? You guessed it: All of the above are songs by the one and only Neil Diamond, who is mounting a huge Greatest Hits tour next […]
Jann Arden, queen of all media, to play Jube on Feb. 27
It has been said that the only antidote to the concentrated sadness of Jann Arden’s music is the devastating wit she displays between songs – which is why at the end of her shows there isn’t a dry eye in the house in more ways than one. Singer, songwriter, author, TV star and raconteur, Arden […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND: Bruce Conte gladly wears Tower of Power albatross
There will be no horns on Bruce Conte’s stage – nor will he be playing any Tower of Power songs. Wait a minute – what?! Yes. Truth in advertising. He’s moved on. He played Friday at Festival Place. The original guitar player on What Is Hip? and all those other great songs points out […]
WHO NAMED THE WAIF: Feist and the marketing of music
After a hot summer of hot pop divas, a wave of winter waifs is upon us. Define waif? These are not rocker girls, nor pure folk singers. There are the kind of female singers whose poppy yet genre-bending songs do not generally contain references to alcohol consumption, explicit sexual acts or pleas for the DJ […]
Roger Waters adds second Edmonton show for The Wall
There sure are a lot of Pink Floyd fans in Edmonton. Due to popular demand, as they say, a second Roger Waters date has been added: Tuesday, May 29 at Rexall Place. The first show on Monday, May 28 has sold out. Tickets start at $45 and end at $225 and will go on sale […]
