Expolatino promises sun and spice.
It’s one of the last festivals around before school begins once more, which makes it all that much more appealing. Expolatino’s 15th anniversary is bound to be better than ever this coming weekend. Check...
Tagged: music
Queens are kings at the Jubilee
By Vinciane de Pape All too often, Calgary music fans are given the great disservice of experiencing a band’s half-hearted, lackluster performance. Unfortunately, sitting between the east and west coasts means that we’re usually...
Calgary Folk Fest delivers on all fronts
By Sean-Paul Boynton When the sun finally decided to keep on shining throughout the weekend after a gloomily rained-out Friday, the 2011 Calgary Folk Music Festival truly came alive. In this reviewer’s opinion, the...
Bigger Fish Fryin’ causes ripples in Live PA pond
By Brandon McNeil It’s comforting to know that even though music’s popularity has shifted towards the digital-sound-layering-wave of electronic there are still artists out there involved with the genre that don’t rely on overdone...
Sled Island preview: Cursive
By Jesse Graham I was first introduced to Cursive when I was a fresh faced fifteen-years-old. Having been recently broken up with by, at the time, the love of my life, I laid in...
Reverie proves a great end to Ghost River’s season
By Bri Turner Ghost River Theatre’s latest masterpiece, Reverie, made its flawlessly executed public debut on May 19th, and it seems inevitable that this unique and arresting production will leave an indelible imprint on...
Record Store Day brings out the crowds
By Lynne Hogan Record Store Day, April 16, is a young holiday in its fourth year with the goal of celebrating and supporting music. Born out of love for independent record stores and vinyl,...
The sweet sound of breaking ground
MRU begins work on conservatory project By Bryan Weismiller Members of the Mount Royal University conservatory showed off their tremendous talent on April 26 during a ground-breaking ceremony for the school’s new music facility....
Sled in the summertime
by Vanessa Gillard Arts Editor Since 2007 Calgarians have had their own private island — Sled Island. If you have never heard of the little festival that could, you have been missing out. What...
Take a voyage with Radiohead
by Sean-Paul Boynton The Reflector What is a Radiohead record? More specifically, what does an album have to be in order to be classified as such? Does it have to be life-changing, world-skewing and...
