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Concert Review :: FONTINE :: Live at the Lyric Theatre

by Bradi Breckman

Some music is best listened to while lying in the grass on a warm summer night. Local artist FONTINE’s indie-folk tracks certainly fit into this category, making it obvious why she was picked to perform in Assiniboine Park’s Summer Entertainment Series. This concert series featured local artists at the outdoor Lyric Theatre every Thursday and Sunday in July and August. FONTINE performed on August 25th, closing out the Sunday evening shows. 

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Maggie A. Clark’s Favourite Albums of 2024

The year draws to a close. The usual signifiers of the season put in their scheduled appearances: the sidewalks and rooftops lined with snow, trees and eavestroughs strung with lights, doors bedecked with wreaths. There is a palpable cheer in the air. All of this can only mean one thing.

It’s time for some half-baked listicle slop, baby! Seemingly every media outlet spends their December churning out their curated selections of the year’s best songs, albums, movies, books, games, etc. — so why shouldn’t I compel Stylus to get in on the fun? Who am I to resist the omnipresent allure of list-making?

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Artist Spotlight: Helena Deland

by Kim Wiesner

So, the Winnipeg Folk Fest is such a highlight for us here. How was your first one?

It was amazing. I totally understand. I think it’s a highlight for everyone. We had been playing a few festivals earlier in the past two weeks. And to be honest, I was feeling really low energy, drained, the traveling, playing, the being in crowds. I’m not so much of a like festival-goer type. And then I ended up being in festivals a lot. But then I got to the Winnipeg Folk Fest, and it was just the most like, you know, kind of generative, energy-giving, sweet, soft experience. And, I’m just gonna say it on the record. I don’t think I’ve been treated that well. You know what I mean? The organization here is so efficient, and everything is thought out. And as soon as you meet something as an artist, it’s like you’re like, you just have to rub the magic bottle, and the genie appears and here’s a beautiful meal and your transportation. 

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Concert Review :: Noah Reid Live at the Winnipeg Folk Festival!

Bradi Breckman

On the second day of the 49th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival, Snowberry Field in Birds Hill Park was packed with festivalgoers braving the afternoon heat. Why? To see Noah Reid, of course. Having come to fame through his role in the hit comedy show Schitts Creek, Reid is now making his name as a musician. The Ontario-based singer/songwriter drew a crowd on his first-ever visit to Winnipeg as the temperature climbed to 30°, and the anticipation grew.

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Show Review: Pop Punk Party 4! Live at the Park Theatre

Guitar player performing at Pop Punk Party at the Park Theatre.

by Bradi Breckman

On October 19, I had the pleasure of attending the Pop Punk Party at the Park Theatre. The show was held as a fundraiser for mental health awareness and suicide prevention in memory of Zach Huchall, who was tragically lost in 2016. The fundraiser was put on three years in a row before it was halted due to Covid-19. Thankfully, it returned this fall with a passion! The proceeds from this year’s show went to Klinic Community Health and the Robb Nash Project, totalling over $35,000 through ticket sales, silent auction tickets and donations. 

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Concert Review :: Cluster Festival :: Pulse (with Debashis Sinha, Jason Tait, and Compost)

(June 6, 2024)

by maggie astrid clark

If—as Phil Elverum sang during his performance of an unreleased Mount Eerie song at the West End Cultural Centre (WECC) on June 26—recorded music is a “statue of a waterfall,” then concert reviews are poems about a blurry photograph of said statue. Words cannot capture the experience of a sound, let alone reconstruct a memory that is already fading from the mind.

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