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Slean travels over Land & Sea to Edmonton
The baroness of broken hearts and string arrangements, Sarah Slean, will show off her latest sonic adventures on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Myer Horowitz Theatre. Tickets are $28.50 plus service charges at...
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Danny Michel at the Arden Theatre; Blackie and the Rodeo Kings at the Winspear
Singer-songwriter Danny Michel‘s love affair with Belize continues. Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me, due Sept. 18, is his second album recorded in the Central American country — 2011’s Sunset Sea was...
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Tubesday: Edmonton’s Wet Secrets, Bryan Finlay, Colleen Brown, Calvin Love +...
1. Over the last two days, five Edmonton acts have released music videos — including The Wet Secrets‘ Nightlife, which stars one of SCTV‘s most beloved characters, Count Floyd, played by Joe Flaherty....
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Stream Colleen Brown’s CKUA set
Colleen Brown celebrated Valentine’s Day by sharing her heart — and granola — with CKUA listeners. The Edmonton songstress performed tunes from her four-song EP, Direction 1: Major Love, and at least...
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A new Direction for Colleen Brown
Edmonton folk-rocker Colleen Brown will release her fifth effort on Monday, March 16. Halifax icon Joel Plaskett co-produced the album, Direction, which will be available via Bandcamp. Fans can get a...
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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...
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Album 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....
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Interstellar 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...
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G-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...
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What'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...
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Social 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...
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Joel 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,...
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10 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...
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Three 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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