Whether he’s playing for the Calgary crowd at the Folk Festival or opening up for the Sex Pistols in 1978, Alejandro Escovedo always plays with passion. This San Antonio born singer/songwriter has a distinct...
The jeans are no longer acid washed or tapered, we may have not been ready for a black president 15 years ago but now we have one, lumberjacks have taken back plaid, and Michael...
Andrew Whiteman likes being the boss. That’s why the long-time frenetic guitarist of Juno award-winning Broken Social Scene ventured off on his own enterprise creating Apostle of Hustle in 2001, a sort of indie-hip-hop...
Gaining exposure in the vast North American music scene is never easy. If your group started out overseas the difficult task can be compounded even further English indie rock quintet Gomez has been fighting...
While most singer-songwriters cite other musicians as their greatest inspiration, Ontario’s Justin Rutledge finds himself heavily influenced by novels. Because he reads so much, the 30-year-old said that the literature has rubbed off on...
On the Caribbean coast there lives a group of people that work tirelessly to support their families and preserve their culture. Descendents of shipwrecked African slaves who bred with various Caribbean native groups, the...
Surely after 30 years a music festival is bound to become stale and outdated, right? Well judging by the flurry of activity already going on down at Prince’s Island Park, the Calgary Folk Fest...
The Alberta government has pledged $20 million towards the construction of the $60 million “state-of-the-art” Mount Royal Conservatory of Music and the federal government is willing to kick in the same amount if the...
Before Terri Clark took the Coca-Cola Stage on Thursday night, the free concert venue had been void of any true country music. Needless to say the fans turned out in droves — many likely...
It’s only hours before he takes the stage in Houston, TX, to kick off the North American leg of his Dark Shades of Blue tour, and a soft-spoken Xavier Rudd sits in his hotel...
