Musical Musings: Pop songs in film…love it or hate it?
Welcome back to Musical Musings. Today, I’d like to talk about a personally divisive issue: pop songs in movies. I’m thinking about it now because, if you have read the new issue of the...
Tagged: music
Musical Musings: A selfish introduction, and Muslim punk
Greetings, casual reader, and welcome to Musical Musings, the new blog for me, the arts editor of the Reflector. I say “for me” because, well…let me start from the beginning. I’m a huge music...
King Don Juan rises from the streets
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...
Give them all your loving
When Winnipeg’s Perms take to the Liberty Lounge stage on October 2, the stripped-down sound and renewed energy of the veteran rock-poppers will be a treat for us concert lovers. The band’s catchy tunes...
Back by popular demand
With the words “wow” and “flutter” in the title of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks’ 2008 show, people can be forgiven if they don’t immediately think of turntables or variations of speed, sound and frequency distortion....
The night is alive
Whether you’re in the mood for indie pop, rock, punk, metal, or dance music, Calgary’s downtown core plays host to a variety of clubs that will appeal to any and all musical tastes. We...
Virgin Fest: Big sound, bigger van
Ryan Guldemond, leader of the Vancouver-based modern-rock group Mother Mother, is becoming an authority on cheap hotels. “We’re on the road so much, I’m a regular hotel connoisseur,” jokes the Bowie-esque guitarist and frontman....
Virgin Fest: Arkells relish Canuck comradery
It may be cliché to paint all Canadians as a polite group of people. It’s hard to believe if you’ve ever been to a NHL game and see the devotion fans express by being...
Folk Fest: Party in the park closes on high note
Four days of music, dancing and likely lots and lots of drinking came to a close with a beautiful mainstage show on Sunday night, featuring the likes of Mavis Staples and Loreena McKennitt, to...
Folk Fest: Queen of the swamp
For the better part of 20 years, Kat Danser worked with people who were dying. Not exactly a cheery profession. Now, much of the heartfelt emotion poured into the 41-year-old’s performances comes directly from...
