Album review: Colleen Brown’s Direction
Album: Direction Artist: Colleen Brown (Northern Gateway Kickline Records) Four stars (out of five) Colleen Brown’s heady fifth effort is all over the map. Lyrically speaking, that is. The Edmonton...
View ArticleAlbum review: Joel Plaskett & The Park Avenue Sobriety Test
Album: Joel Plaskett & The Park Avenue Sobriety Test Artist: Joel Plaskett (Pheromone) Three-and-a-half stars (out of five) Led Zeppelin. Joni Mitchell. Chuck Berry. Dire Straits. Thrush Hermit....
View ArticleInterstellar Rodeo adds a trio of All Stars
Singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards is temporarily quitting her cafe to play Interstellar Rodeo with Whitehorse frontman Luke Doucet and Halifax icon Joel Plaskett. The three, billed as the Interstellar...
View ArticleG-Eazy, Joel Plaskett, and The Mavericks set Edmonton dates
When it’s dark out, G-Eazy will hit the stage. The Oakland rapper will perform Monday, April 4 at Shaw Conference Centre. Tickets are $45 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Feb. 26 at...
View ArticleWhat's on in Edmonton in March?
Black Sabbath fulfils their rock ‘n’ roll duty, a new downtown music venue opens with a splash, and Alberta Ballet tackles a much-loved work by the Bard this March in Edmonton. He’s been known to...
View ArticleSocial Seen: Music fans check out the new Needle Vinyl Tavern
Max Hurd hits some of our city’s best bashes to snap photos for our weekly Social Seen column. He is an Edmonton photographer and designer. Email your event suggestions at...
View ArticleJoel Plaskett teams with ESO for rock symphony
After nearly 25 years spent crisscrossing the country and performing in every shape and size of venue imaginable, you might think there isn’t much that can rattle the nerves of Joel Plaskett. But he...
View ArticleAlbum review: Leeroy Stagger writes and plays with sure footing
Full confession — after the first few seconds of this I thought, ugh, not another hot folk (as in hot country) song with a lot of lah-lah-lah-ing by a man with the compulsory beard and hat. And, yeah,...
View Article10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Joel Plaskett, Zoominescence and Rupi...
Double the Plasketts … double the fun, as Joel Plaskett and his pop Bill come to town for another concert supporting their 2017 collaboration, Solidarity. The father-son duo have picked up some nice...
View ArticleThree to See Thursday: Two Plasketts, one Nutcracker and some bears
An Evening with Bill and Joel Plaskett: Some people dread hanging out with their fathers over the holidays, but not everyone. Multiple Juno winner Joel Plaskett was so influenced by his father Bill...
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