Ladies sure all that glitters is gold in female Led Zeppelin tribute
If the lady who’s buying the stairway to heaven finds the stores are all closed – stores that sell stairways to heaven, Rona, maybe – and she can still get what she came for when she gets there, that is, heaven, then why does she even need a stairway to heaven in the first place? […]
WHAT’S SO FUNNY: Tony Woods cuts through the you-know-what
Like many African-American comics, Tony Woods plays the race card from time to time – not that there’s anything wrong with that; Chris Rock does it all the time – but some of his best material involves what people in the comedy trade might call “cutting through the bullshit.” Hey, it’s a dirty job, but […]
John Fogerty to play Cosmos Factory at Rexall Place Sept. 22
Some folks are born to wave the flag, or with a silver spoon in hand, as the case may be, but John Fogerty ain’t no senator’s son. He’s a stone cold American troubadour whose powerful anti-war lyrics still hold up today. He didn’t go to war – he just sang about it. Time for a […]
Local journalist wins Calgary Folk Music Festival songwriting award
Kevin Maimann never planned to be a folkie. The local journalist and sometime GigCity writer – who was recently named editor of Sun Media’s free daily 24 Hours – is a metal dude who was “just fooling around” with an acoustic guitar. Now he’s won a Calgary Folk Music Festival songwriting contest. After a finalist […]
Snoop Dogg brings cool rhymes to Edmonton Event Centre July 14
F’nizzle, cut the shizzle – the guy who invented this sort of talk is returning to Edmonton. You guessed it: Snoop Dogg, whose distinctive low-key drawl can be heard on more recordings than you can shake a stick at, brings his cool rhymes to the Edmonton Event Centre on Saturday July 14. Tickets go on […]
Tedeschi Trucks Band to play Jubilee Auditorium June 22
Holy hot Texas tamale! Not since Steve Earle shacked up with that redhead firebrand Allison Moorer has there been such a power music couple as seen in the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Featuring Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, both formidable modern blues stars in their own right, The Tedeshi Trucks Band plays Friday, June 22 at […]
WRITER CITY: Dellamonica puts the magic in magical realism
A.M. Dellamonica – an Edmonton-bred fantasy writer whose first novel Indigo Springs won the “Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature for the Fantastic” – has a fresh sequel on the shelves called Blue Magic that may be even more fantastic. Now living in Vancouver with more than 30 short stories to her credit, she […]
