Live Music Is A Once In A Lifetime Experience
Alternative to what?
Our interview with Bif Naked regarding her upcoming documentary tour starts off with a strange admission: we’ve been hearing about her Calgary performances for 20 or 30 years (“It’s true,” she agrees), but we’ve NEVER seen her play! And we don’t really understand why? Bif’s always had an interesting aura around her musical events, but it just …
MUSICAlive! starts our conversation with Laura Hickli with the 2 of us giggling like idiots, which is rather strange given the somber topics she is addressing in the dark secrets EP: near death occurrences, questioning relevance and purpose. You know, lighthearted stuff! …
When we originally contacted Gabrielle Papillon through her Pigeon row Records promoters, she was completely thrown by the phone call.
We had arranged to give her a day’s breather after arriving home in Canada from songwriting work in England, as it seemed likely she’d want some time to recover from the jet lag. Then the pandemic caught fire! …
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Motherhood, a band out of New Brunswick formed in 2010, makes music that ranges from cool cheery Beach-Boys vibes to what Penny, bass and keyboard player, calls “a shrodell”—that is, a cross between shrieking and yodelling…all in a single song …
“A ‘palimpsest’ is a manuscript in which traces of the original can be found, and through performance, I rewrite my emotional scripts.” – FOONYAP
In a normal precursor to the interview, MUSICAlive! asks Calgary-born alternative musician FOONYAP to tell us what instruments she played on her debut …
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 …
