‘All music is good music’: Whitehorse songwriter Hendrika is a guitar-playing example
So it’s a Great start! the Very First question I ask Hendrika about her band succeeds only in confusing me: …
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Flamenco at the Cathedral: It starts in the voice, and spreads to the feet:
Saturday, November 13th, it’ll be a little warmer than normal in the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, on the corner of 7th Avenue and 1st Street S.E. No, it’s not a new furnace for the church, unless you count David Matyas and Rosanna Terracciano as part of the heating system.
They, Marni Benavidas, Johnathon Lewis and Maria Regnier will be burning the …
What are WE doing New Year’s Eve?
Are we attending “The Malt Ball, Cold Garden’s wildest night of the year and a space disco themed New Year’s Eve party”? Never having been there before, it’s promising to note “this party had to get bigger… which is why this year’s party will be held at The Palace Theatre! We’re transforming The Palace into A SPACE DISCO . . . Featuring interactive performances from Le Cirque De La Nuit and galactically renowned live DJs playing all genres of EDM including house, funk, BASS and vocal melodies! Dress Code: SPACE DISCO! Be the Sequin …
Eating about music: Exploring the musical life over lunch!
we talked to a lot of people about music. It’s our great joy in life, and hopefully yours as well! We mean a lot of people: it’s Musicians or it’s producers or it’s venue operators, artistic directors, roadies, caterers, even though small animals that we reference on our main page. (hey: I’m blind, I didn’t know!!) …
A different kind of animal in the concert hall: But they’re polite and appreciative!
Kathryn & Buddy are talking with other human/dog partners when we return to the Jack Singer Concert Hall lobby, leaving the practicing Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra to hammer out the details of the various Star Wars themes they have been enchanting us with. It’s hard to leave, but I GUESS we’ve got to work as well as listen . . …
Zonnis hopes you’ll ‘giggle at the foibles of humanity’: Storytelling with folk inspired roots-rock
Zonnis:they’re NOT touring through Calgary in the next month; they’re NOT opening for Cindi Lauper at her ‘Final Performance’ in T.O.; and they’re NOT embarking on a Eurasian tour to hit the world’s metropolises before the next hurricane season . . . yet. So why are they in the magazine that claims “Live music is a once in a lifetime experience”? …
Grimelda rocks: Sort of feeling, sort of fooling
Skyler plays guitar, and Blair plays drums, and apparently they “both shriek like idiots!” Their words, not mine.
That simple list does NOT do them credit, though, because this 2-piece sounds like a 4-piece: with complex melody lines and sequencers and samples clearly being triggered and used during a set that includes songs with . . . movements …
Cuerpos means “bodies” in Spanish: It means more than Electronic Post-Punk on the dance floor
My name is Nadia Duman: I’m one of Cuerpos, and I play guitar bass and vocals for the band.
My Name’s Francis Dawson, and I do a lot of the production work, drum sequencing, synths and effects. …
Trash pop punk rock but not too heavy: The Mad Ones belie their name
“But compared to a world where MuchMusic was the main way people saw things, I think there’s still somewhat more democracy now.”
So sayeth Andrew DeVilliers, the songwriter, producer, lead singer and guitar player of Mad Ones, a trash pop band centred in Toronto. …
