Live! MUSICA Stories
Keep the fire burning Part 1: The Blues Can Survives!
It’s -27°C, and there’s snow everywhere, and the windchill makes it -38°! What in the hell am I doing going to the bus stop at night, in such weather? The Blues Can has a small candle lit at its heart, which they’re trying to protect from the wind and weather: I want to help them Keep The Fire Burning. …
Andrea Koziol: ‘Let’s just make a record!’ Folk? Jazz? Improvise!!
As to where she’s been geographically, Andrea Koziol has performed from the east to the west coast of Canada, and up north and down in the prairies as well. Musically, though, the trail has been less clear.
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Gabrielle Papillon not just a Troubadour Singer/songwriting while Social distancing
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! …
Perfect Cadence Wind Quintet: ‘Chamber Music is Conversation Among Friends’
We sit down with Jonathan Gresl, the bassoonist of the Perfect Cadence Wind Quintet. and His Fox Renard 222 looks impressive at their recent performance. …
A ‘Femme Wave’ brings art & music awareness in Festival form
When MUSICAlive! first hears about the 2019 Femm Wave Festival, it’s only a few days away! But it sounds too cool to miss, and fortunately both our photographer and the Board Member manning the front desk are willing to help us put it together for our fearless readers: we made it to Calgary’s Feminist Music & Arts Festival! …
Motherhood: The Band, Definitely not the State of Mind
Listen to an excerpt of this interview on Apple Podcasts
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 …
Wicked Grin Believes the Blues Can Help Good People in Bad Times
When MUSICAlive! first learns about Murray Kinsley’s guitars for the blues-rock mix of Wicked Grin’s latest album, it’s pretty encouraging!
“I use a Fender Telecaster modified Thinline (and) I call it the ‘Frenken-Tele’ …
From the Beauty to the Pragmatics of Performance: Karl Hirzer and the Calgary Philharmonic
MUSICAlive caught up with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra’s newest Associate Conductor, Karl Hirzer. After some back and forth, the conversation started with the absolute basics. …
