PREVIEW: Michael Rault’s funky journey heads to the ARTery
Michael Rault seems a little amused by the idea that the 50s/60s r-and-b/British Invasion fusion that marked his first CD sets him apart from…say, Luke Doucet and White Falcon, for whom he recently opened in Edmonton. Perhaps in part that’s because the latest of the local Rault clan to build a career on blues and […]
REVIEW: 2011 Edmonton Folk Music Festival a blast and a gas
Too big? Stop whining! The Edmonton Folk Music Festival isn’t big enough. We won’t be satisfied until they annex a block of Cloverdale and tear down the homes to make room for another stage, until they expand the beer garden all the way into the Dawson Forest, until they extend the event to 1,000 performances […]
Hot picks: Advantage, indie bands!
It’s Saturday, and Gig City suggests ye denizens of olde Champe Towne quaff a few brews, watch some footie and maybe catch one of the dozen or so decent plays in town these days. What’s that? Music, you ask? Oh, if you insist. The selection is eclectic and marvellous. Wild-T and the Spirit are doing […]
MUSIC: Jenn Grant’s Egyptian solitude
Jenn Grant admits she’s a bit of a home body when she’s not on tour. Traditionally, Grant has always written songs at home, and her friends have to drag her out of the house these days when they want her for a night on the town. But when she wrote the opening track to her […]
PREVIEW: Full of love…as much as any robot can be
As you prepare your schedule of outings for the week and turn your consideration to Thursday evening, specifically Doug Hoyer’s performance at Leva Cafe, there is something you should probably know about Doug Hoyer. Is it that he studies sociology? Is it that he knows a thing or two about Walt Whitman, and in particular […]
Metro’s next Edmonton Tonight keeps things eclectic
Painter Eric Visser, cellist Josephine van Lier, and CKUA music programmer Baba Singh will be among the guests of the next Edmonton Tonight, Friday, Feb. 25 at 10:30 p.m. at Metro Cinema. Host Tom Bernier will welcome Visser and van Lier, a creative couple who will chat about how the arts played a major role […]
