from Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011) You will not be able to stay home, brother.You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,Skip out for beer during commercials,Because the revolution will not be televised. The revolution will not be televised.The revolution will … [Read more…]
2001: Shave my head for the first time, work as a youth pastor at Red Willow Community Church in St Albert AB (Events: Just Shoot Me, Gerta’s Eclipse, and fall retreat in Nordegg), canoe the Mackenzie River in NT, camp at Elk Island National Park, attend plays at the Citadel Theatre, travel to Halifax NS … [Read more…]
I’ve listened to some great music this year. Much of it has come from artists with which I was previously acquainted (The Arcade Fire, Neko Case, Daniel Lanois, Switchfoot, etc.), but a lot of new (to me) musicians have come across my path, for which I am very grateful! Mumford & Sons I wasn’t a … [Read more…]
A couple weeks ago I attended a rich musical event: Owen Pallett performing at Knox United Church. I had heard from a friend that Mr. Pallett was kind of full of himself, a bit pouty, but a superb performer. All of this was true in my experience. He was very gracious towards the opening artist … [Read more…]
Mavis Staples: “They said I was singing the Devil’s music.” Stephen Colbert: “Were you singing the Devil’s music?” MS: “I’m positive, I was not singing the Devil’s music.” SC: “Did you ever sing disco madame?” MS: “The Devil ain’t got no music!”
I’ve seen some good shows in my limited concert attending life. This one will stand forever as a great concert: The Arcade Fire at the Corral, Calgary, AB, September 26 with Calexico. Amber and I scored tickets through my friend Gary at church. They were on the floor, so I pushed for us to line … [Read more…]
My mom has been raving about the Canmore Folk Music Festival for a years now and we were finally in province for it this year. I’m glad we were! The great blues musician Matt Anderson (from NB) played a couple workshops and we were excited to see him. We saw him last at the Vinyl … [Read more…]
Just finished downloading “The Suburbs” by Arcade Fire and my kids want to listen to Swingset Mamas’ “Dance Around the House.”
This was a great show! and not just because I was about 20 feet from Neko Case for a couple hours (though that was pretty cool too). The music was energetic and fun. The artists gave it everything they could give on this first show of their North American Tour. The Mountain Goats opened with … [Read more…]
Folk-Roots or Alt-Country or Edge-Rock, there really isn’t a way to categorize Wilco, so why bother when you can listen to them! I got to listen to them live on Tuesday night at the Jubilee (the twin of Edmonton’s Jubilee as Wilco mentioned after their opening band Califone did too). Lucky me! Wilco proved that … [Read more…]