For several years now, my standard response whenever I got into conversations about Kathleen Edwards was that I “liked her but didn’t love her.” To be honest I cribbed this from a friend but it reflected my view well enough. The […]
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For several years now, my standard response whenever I got into conversations about Kathleen Edwards was that I “liked her but didn’t love her.” To be honest I cribbed this from a friend but it reflected my view well enough. The […]
Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards Voyageur is being released on January 17th. Change the Sheets is the lead off track. I saw Kathleen live back in September, and this album is one you need to get. Don’t wait: you can order […]
Most of us experience music in its recorded form more often than not: we buy albums and play them in our stereos, our cars and our iPods. We listen to the same recordings again and again until we’ve internalized them […]
I come at these things backwards sometimes: I have a friend who wanted to see Blind Pilot, and my memory had no recollection of them. Some quick digging and it turned out that local favourite Dan Mangan had opened for […]
Winter in Vancouver can be a cold, dark, wet experience. This past weekend was no exception with near torrential levels of rainfall coming down on a weekend when the city was hosting the Grey Cup–Canadian football’s approximation of the Superbowl. […]
I feel, really, that this review should start with a confession of sorts–the kind of raw admission that characterizes so many addiction related groups so here it goes: I’m Skot, and I’m a bit of a Wilco fan. I am, […]
Sitting in Vancouver it’s hard to explain the popularity of Dan Mangan. Most artists have a hometown advantage–that core group of fans who’ve been with them since the very beginning and makes for larger crowds than at travelling gigs. With […]
When Melbourne, Australia’s Wagons last hit Vancouver it was in the form of lead singer Henry Wagons’ solo opening set for a sold out Labour Day weekend crowd at the Biltmore Cabaret. The last year’s been good to the Wagons […]
Melbourne, Australia based Wagons made their second trip to Vancouver (the first for the full band) with a stop at the intimate Railway Club. When a band that normally plays to crowds of about a thousand plays a venue with […]
Wagons stopped by Vancouver to play their first gig in the city with the full band in support of their new Rumble, Shake & Tumble album. Naturally, the fan f…