Blue Rodeo tops off a night of Canadiana at Calgary Folk Fest
By Vanessa Gillard Sunday evening at Folk Fest this year was a hard one to top; the beautiful weather had put everyone in a splendid mood and the sunset was beating orange on the...
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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...
An appreciation of The White Stripes
By Sean-Paul Boynton Nearly four years ago, The White Stripes played their very first concert in Calgary, and it was more than worth the pain of being continually passed over during the previous seven-or-so...
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...
Internet falls short in student job search
by Sean-Paul Boynton The Reflector The moment you’ve been waiting for is almost here: the completion of your schooling and the opportunity to celebrate your graduation. But after the champagne stops flowing and the...
Highway music
by Sean-Paul Boynton Ah, the open road. Summer is here, which means it’s the perfect time to pack a bag, grab some friends and hop in the car for a journey to…well, wherever you’d...
Noise 101 CD Reviews for April 15 Reflector
by Sean-Paul Boynton Before punk was punk and rock was pop, before dyed hair and eyeliner and “Jesus of Suburbia,” there was Iggy Pop and the Stooges, the most dangerous band in the world....
Off the beaten reel
by Sean-Paul Boynton Tired of the usual Oscar schlock? Worried that independent film may be squashed once and forever by the rise of 3D-tainment? Aren’t you sick of hearing the words “James Cameron” mentioned...
Noise 101 CD Reviews for April 1 Reflector
Choice Cut by Sean-Paul Boynton If you’re looking for some insight into the originality and individualism of Erykah Badu, take a look at the video for “Window Seat,” the first single from her stunning new...
Telling stories on the fly
by Sean-Paul Boynton In the year 1599, William Shakespeare penned one of his most famous soliloquies, spoken by the character Jacques in As You Like It, which contains these immortal opening lines: “All the...
