Local boys make a mess
by Sarah Kitteringham The three men that make up Calgary act NOSIS are aware of the stereotypes that threaten to envelop them. Buzz genres like metal, rock, and blues all evoke certain preconceptions in...
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Fall arts picks
by Claire Miglionico & Zoey Duncan Haultain and First Street Festival www.victoriapark.org September 12, 2010 Victoria Park is bucking the crummy rep it has been saddled with and as one of the last...
When studying goes oh-so right
by Reflector Staff Students know that feverish university research begins long before you set yourself down into a blue plastic chair in September. In the early years of post-secondary school, you may have spent...
I went to the Legion, you should too
More than just ‘old people, dart boards and draft beer’ By Kelsey Hipkin I had heard of Calgary’s Legion No.1, friends had told me about various music shows they had been to there but I...
Juliette Lewis rocks The Republik
Musician and actor genuine and down-to-earth By Gabrielle Domanski Upon entering The Republik on Thursday night, one couldn’t help but notice the surprisingly low turnout. It was soon brought to my attention however, that...
Outside the gates of Folk Fest
by Katie Turner While the music may be happening behind the fences of Calgary’s Folk Music Festival, there’s a different kind of party outside the gates. Friday afternoon saw hundreds of festival-goers waiting in...
Kelsey Does Calgary: Folk-me that’s a great festival…
I like folk music. I like all sorts of music actually, but have always loved the freedom and fun-lovingness (as well as the melancholy) that can be folk music. That being said, when you...
Folk Fest: Tune in to Axis of Conversation
From Rocky Ridge to Chaparral, Coral Springs to Cougar Ridge and all that’s in between, there’s at least one thing all Calgarians have in common: we all have to grow up eventually. For local...
Folk Fest: Chris Gheran is more than a military junkie, but he’s that too
There’s a hip-hop/folk mixtape in my collection that samples a blustery, deep-voiced and unnamed man who proclaims: “Folk music is high-class music but there’s a lot of low-class people singing it. Matter of fact,...
OK Go goes for it at the Calgary Stampede
By Gabrielle Domanski The wet Calgary weather last Saturday didn’t manage to dissuade the eager OK Go fans from gathering early at the Stampede’s Coca-Cola Stage. The turnout probably could have been better but...
