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Music Notes
21 Jul 2011

Music Notes

Manraygun / Sat, Jul 23 (4 pm) If a band has managed to capture the sounds of Springsteen and the Clash, while infusing them with New York art punk, the group is worth admiring. Read more »

06 Jul 2011

Music Notes

The Consonance / Sat, Jul 9 (8 pm) A soulful and light jazz band kicking off a six-week North American tour, the Consonance will brighten your Saturday night. Read more »

29 Jun 2011 Edmonton International Jazz Festival /

Edmonton International Jazz Festival
Through Jul 3, Various locations

Rounding out this year's EIJF, Edmonton is treated to the bebop stylings of the Don Berner Jazz Sextet at Churchill Square on Canada Day, but if swing is more your thing, Gerry Guthman is helping celebrate Canada's birthday at the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre. Read more »

29 Jun 2011

Without Mercy
Mon, Jul 4 (8 pm), Filthy McNastys

Death thrash is just another one of those metal sub-genres that almost seem unknowable. Read more »

29 Jun 2011 Alison Krauss & Union Station

Alison Krauss & Union Station
Tue, Jul 5 (7:30 pm), Jubilee Auditorium, $49.50 & $59.50

Having worked with James Taylor, Phish, Dolly Parton, Yo Yo Ma and Bonnie Raitt is one thing. Read more »

Pip Skid

Wed, Feb 8, Wunderbar

Bryan Birtles / 01 Feb 2012

  Headed to Edmonton for the first time in a while, Pip Skid is a rapper not afraid to point fingers at the people who deserve to be…. Read more »

Looks young, feels old

Harlan Pepper's music is wise beyond the band's years

Bryan Birtles / 01 Feb 2012

Playing the kind of dusty road music that makes rust belt towns what they are, it's incredible to think that the members of Harlan Pepper are barely out…. Read more »

Duo Aperio

Fri, Feb 3, Muttart Hall

Bryan Birtles / 01 Feb 2012

Fri, Feb 3 (8 pm) Muttart Hall, $20 – $25 There are three things you need to know about Renée-Paule Gauthier: first, she's the violin half of Duo…. Read more »

Mitchmatic

Fri, Feb 3, Wunderbar

Paul Blinov / 01 Feb 2012

By his own admission, Mitch Holtby—better known on local stages as Mitchmatic, one of Old Ugly Records' core rap trio—has been working on It's Probably Raining for longer…. Read more »

Geoff Berner

Sat, Feb 4, the Artery

Bryan Birtles / 01 Feb 2012

Accordian player, singer, songwriter, activist, star in Norway, klezmer enthusiast, Geoff Berner is a lot of things. Read more »

What happens in Nashville ...

James Murdoch and Jay Sparrow's creative retreat yields a one-off show and live recording

Paul Blinov / 01 Feb 2012

Fri, Feb 3 (7:30 pm) Nashville North Featuring James Murdoch and Jay Sparrow Arden Theatre, $32   It was midway through their 10 days in Nashville, when James…. Read more »

Shane Philip

One man band arrives in Edmonton

Bryan Birtles / 25 Jan 2012

Sun, Jan 29 (9 pm) On the Rocks, $10 A one-man musical force, Shane Philip plays drums, guitar, digeridoo and many others while ensconced inside the musical cave…. Read more »

Chic Gamine

Montreal/Winnipeg vocal group comes to Edmonton

Bryan Birtles / 25 Jan 2012

Fri, Jan 27 (7 pm) Full Moon Folk Club, $18 Juno award-winning vocal quintet Chic Gamine has been vocalizing in front of audiences since 2007. Read more »

Greener pastures

Edmonton expat Daniel Moir finds inspiration on the coast

Paul Blinov / 25 Jan 2012

Fri, Jan 27 (9pm) Daniel Moir With Joe Nolan, Lou Wreath Wunderbar, $10 Though Daniel Moir calls Vancouver home these days, you can't hold leaving the Edmonton city…. Read more »

Coming In Waves

Trivium's latest came after a rediscovery process

Bryan Birtles / 25 Jan 2012

Fri, Jan 27 (7 pm) Trivium With In Flames, Veil of Maya, Kyng Edmonton Event Centre, $43. Read more »

Live from the cold

Gordie Tentrees and the recording of Naked in Scandinavia

Bryan Birtles / 18 Jan 2012

Gordie Tentrees Sat, Jan 21 Black Dog (4 pm) Northern Lights Folk Club (8 pm) Hailing from the Yukon, Gordie Tentrees has always had to go far and…. Read more »

Pocket Universe

Paul Blinov / 11 Jan 2012

Sat, Jan 14 (8 pm) Part of Art's Birthday Ortona Armoury, $5   It's been a long five years since Pocket Universe took to a stage and performed…. Read more »

The end of a long road

The Crooked Brothers look back on the creation of Lawrence, Where's Your Knife?

Bryan Birtles / 11 Jan 2012

Thu, Jan 19 (8:30 pm) Wunderbar, $5 Dusty, stomping, heartbreak folk, the Crooked Brothers' latest album Lawrence, Where's Your Knife? gets at the heart of the West. Read more »