Day: 14 November 2018
Local pubs carry the musical load

Local pubs carry the musical load

- Bryn Lipinksi There’s a huge amount of live music in Edmonton – a very small portion is performed at Rogers Place and the Jubilee Auditorium. The rest, the vast majority, is performed at local pubs like the Buckingham and The Dirtbag Cafe. The sound design in these...

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Where has the music gone?

Where has the music gone?

I want to preface this by saying I do not consider myself to be a music elitist. I can enjoy the new Taylor Swift song as much as anyone, though it may not be my genre of choice. But what has happened to the “musician” part of music? Drum machines, samplers and...

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‘Nightmare’ good for Carmanah

‘Nightmare’ good for Carmanah

This year was and continues to be a big year for the Victoria, B.C. based group Carmanah. They released their debut album Speak in Rhythms in February. Both their singles “Roots” and “Nightmare” made it to No. 1 on the CBC Music Top 20, and they finished part of a...

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