Hillbilly Highway – Pure Manitoba Gold

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by Sheldon Birnie

I was over at my pal JP’s place the other night, interviewing him about his show, “Destination Moon,” on CKUW for the upcoming issue of Stylus. After going over the process he uses to assemble his shows from his extensive LP collection, he dug into some country music for me as we enjoyed the last of our beverages. It has to be said, during the 1970s and early 1980s, with the proximity of K-Tel records and other pressing plants in Winnipeg, that a lot of pure gold was pumped out into the world, the bulk of which has either been destroyed, is sitting in peoples’ basements or thrift stores, or assembled piecemeal into collections like JP’s. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Pure Manitoba Gold”

collage-à-trois :: Q + A


Everything is beautifully white or awfully brown, auto-body shops are padding their coffers, and Winnipeg’s annual-show-season has the addition of collage-à-trois’ Winter Show. Formed in the summer of 2011, the jazz-inspired trio has been steadily writing, rehearsing, and playing in and around Winnipeg—including the TD International Winnipeg Jazz Festival and the Fringe Theatre Festival Mainstage.

This year, collage-à-trois’ Winter Show is also doubling as the release of their debut, self-titled EP. Stylus sat down with the three women  for a laughter-filled chat about their formation, their EP, bilingualism, and their upcoming show. Below is an edited transcript.

Catch collage-à-trois’ second annual Winter Show at the Gas Station Theatre on Friday, December 21st. Doors are at 7:30; show is at 8:00. Tickets are $15 ($10 if you are a student).

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Mitten Claps + The Gunness + The Unbelievable Bargains // 12-06-12 // LIVE @ ROSE N BEE

Mitten Claps @ Rose N Bee
All photos by Andrew Mazurak at the Rose in Winnipeg.

By Andrew Mazurak

Well if you haven’t seen or heard of our bi-monthly fundraiser festival pandemic that started at the Lo Pub back in the summer and moved on over to the Rose n’ Bee, then get your ass out to the next one in February! This last slew of our fine Winnipeg artistic friends first included Mitten Claps (listen to their 2012 EP here) who got the night rollin’:
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