- TD Winnipeg International Jazz Fest 2011 (Photo republished with permission from TD Jazz Fest)
Festival season’s here and the time is right for dancing in the street this weekend!
Hillbilly Highway – End times for Times?
by Sheldon Birnie
Well, the Free Press hit music lovers with a dose of bad news last Thursday morning. Unfortunately, I’d only been up for about ten minutes when my day was dumped on when I opened the story headlined “Another downtown icon falls?” Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – End times for Times?”
Reform Party brings new EP to Winnipeg
by Sheldon Birnie
Reform Party have been called “one of Saskatoon’s hardest working bands” before. Hailing from such a thriving musical community, Reform Party have put themselves on a mission “to give new music a punch in the nose.” This Saturday, they’ll be doing just that here in Winnipeg, debuting their new EP Perpetual Motion of Modern Man. Stylus caught up with Enver, bass player of Reform Party, for a quick chat last week. Continue reading “Reform Party brings new EP to Winnipeg”
Weekenders 06/07 – 06/10
Hillbilly Highway – Back on the Horse
by Sheldon Birnie
Neil Young is back on the Horse. Finally. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Back on the Horse”
Label Profile: WOVEN RECORDS
by Darcy Penner
A city with world-class emerging musicians, a city lacking an organized grassroots music industry, and a city not receiving its fair recognition on the national scene; this is the Winnipeg that Jesse Dubé-Smith and Nico Wlock saw when they formed Woven Records in the beginning of 2011. Continue reading “Label Profile: WOVEN RECORDS”
Weekenders 05/31 – 06/3
Plenty of opportunity to get weird this weekend! Continue reading “Weekenders 05/31 – 06/3”
Hillbilly Highway – Todd Snider is a beauty
by Sheldon Birnie
Todd Snider is an American folk singer with a keen eye for quirky detail and a sense of humour and delivery not unlike the late Mitch Hedberg. He’s also a goddamn beauty of a dude, and his appearance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival this year is a highlight on the horizon for me. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Todd Snider is a beauty”
TRANSISTOR 66 WEEKENDER :: Park Theatre Saturday :: April 28, 2012
TRANSISTOR 66 WEEKENDER w/ Miesha & the Spanks, This Hisses, Les Sexy, and Microdot
By Shanell Dupras
After ten years of providing Winnipeg with rock n’ roll, rockabilly, folk, and whatever other genres Art MacIntyre found exciting, it was time to celebrate! I had the pleasure of attending two out of the three shows from that weekend (although missing Friday was slightly devastating), and was impressed and disappointed all at the same time. What was disappointing was not the actual performances. No, they were all incredible in their own ways! What was disappointing was the turn out. After how much these concerts were promoted, I expected more than 30 people to show up. Continue reading “TRANSISTOR 66 WEEKENDER :: Park Theatre Saturday :: April 28, 2012”
The sweet sounds of the Sweet Alibi
by Cindy Doyle
Winnipeg’s all-female folk band-trio, Sweet Alibi, will be wrapping up their first Canadian tour at Park Theatre on May 30. Stylus caught up with member Amber Nielsen via her brand new cell phone as she ran errands biking through our Exchange District. Continue reading “The sweet sounds of the Sweet Alibi”