By Cassie Weiss, Staff Writer Sometimes, even the least suspecting person can be a hero, and any one thing — big or small — can change a life forever. It’s the traditional plot of a...
Photos: Reflector staff As students walk their usual paths to class each week they may pass pieces of art here and there. In fact, there are actually more pieces than you might think. According...
Acres of Lions Collections Cordova Bay Records Listening to the second album, Collections, by Victoria-based Acres of Lions, one major thought keeps returning. While nothing is wrong with this album, nothing is really...
by Jonathan Vern McGill The Reflector Incessant buzzing filled the floor of the BMO Centre this weekend as artists punctured ink into the skin of those attending the eighth annual Alberta Bound Tattoo...
It is hard to imagine attributing the words sweet and tender to a story that recalls the relationship between artist Robert Mapplethorpe and rock musician and poet Patti Smith, both better known for their...
By Therese Shultz It’s not very often that an artist can renew the sounds of our roots and bring them to an audience in an entirely new light. Mr. Justin Townes Earle is the...
By Vanessa Conley After playing punk and post-hardcore for the better part of 20 years, Jim Ward is slowing it down. The effects of endless touring and constantly making albums took its toll. “It...
by Zoey Duncan Half-naked and sweating copiously, Gregg Gillis is buoyant, bounding up and down, over and over, behind his plastic-wrapped laptop in Wyckham House. On stage, he’s surrounded by dozens of ebulliently dancing...
With his feet firmly on the streets of Calgary and his eyes to the sky, local rap artist Juan “King Don Juan” Ramirez always knew he wanted to spend his life making music. Ramirez...
