Author: Carey Rutherford

Swallowed by the mutual loves of words and music (but far too chicken-shit to perform them with a band), Carey’s writing career started slowly as a freelance writer in 2003, starved him nearly to personal bankruptcy until 2008, and changed directions while writing for FastForward, Beacon Calgary, GayCalgary, and Examiner magazines. With the death of many old-school periodicals, and the explosion of musical diversity in Calgary, the modern approach to writing about live music performance in the Calgary region presented uncluttered landscapes for the focussed passion that Carey’s conversations with musicians, drag queens, festival producers and small animals has uncapped. He was moulded by the brilliance of paper-based periodicals old and new (Life, rolling Stone, Swerve! and Adbusters etc.), and sees the info-verse as needing creative, empathetic, but clear-eyed Agents to communicate these performances.
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Grace at the Palomino New Year’s Eve bash: ‘Bro! Don’t worry about it!’

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It’s pretty sad when your cat has a busier social life than you do. Oscar, the ho’ (yes, he’s been nicknamed a whore) has stayed out overnight 3 times in the past 2 weeks: notice that 1 of those nights went down to -21 degrees Celsius! And we find him outside, running across the street toward a different house, after up to 40 hours away from home, and he’s not even hungry when he’s dragged back inside: tramp!

So it’s New Year’s Eve, and the blind music reviewer is contemplating the logistical difficulties of winter public transit, going to dark music venues: navigating through … Continue Reading >Grace at the Palomino New Year’s Eve bash: ‘Bro! Don’t worry about it!’

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Gianna Lauren’s comin’ fer pancakes with her fok-pop East Coast soundscape!! Yee-haw!!

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Listen to an excerpt of this interview on Apple Podcasts

Gianna Lauren is on the phone from Vancouver, just before her first show of the tour that takes her across Canada to her home on the east coast.

It goes like this: July 2nd Vancouver, The Railway Club; 5th Victoria, GOAT Festival; 7th Kamloops, Zack’s Cafe; 8th Calgary, Broken City;10th Edmonton, Wunderbar; 11th Calgary, The Palomino; 12th Saskatoon, House Concert; 15th Toronto, Junction Music Hall; 16th London, Grooves Record Store; 16th London, Out of Sound Haus; 17th Toronto, Burdock Music Hall; 19th Peterborough, House Concert.

And yes, concerned citizens, I DID warn her about coming to Calgary Twice during the Stampede, but she’s not afraid. Apparently.

… Continue Reading >Gianna Lauren’s comin’ fer pancakes with her fok-pop East Coast soundscape!! Yee-haw!!