Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
Interview by Bradi Breckman
On Sunday, July 14, I had the pleasure of interviewing local singer/songwriter Leith Ross at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Ross had been busy all weekend with performances and workshops at the festival, and I was glad to finally find a moment to pick the indie-folk singer’s brain.
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by Maggie A. Clark
Owing to The Guess Who’s transformation from rock band into local institution, it’s easy to forget that Burton Cummings is not only a real person, but a real person who is still alive and making music.
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by Paige Drobot
Jazz artist Robert Burton is the preeminent musician, teacher and fly fisherman from Winnipeg, Manitoba. That sounds like a bold statement, but it’s true.
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by Myles Tiessen
It’s hard to describe the type of music Zoon makes. Their discography exists beyond any traditional classification and remains acutely unique to them.
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by Noah Cain
It is 4/20 in Winnipeg. Outside the West End Cultural Centre, the people shuffle and hop along slushy sidewalks. A Colorado Low approaches the Dakotas. It’ll reach us by the weekend, a cruel conclusion to what’s felt like a cruel April, a cruel winter, a cruel couple years.
Continue reading “Concert Review :: Boy Golden and the Church of Better Daze”
by Jackie Weseen
Alternative-rock band Jamboree’s sophomore album Life in the Dome is a delicate balance between hope, despair, melody, and broken chaos. Released on April 1 by House of Wonders Records, the album in its entirety is a melancholic delight.
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by Myles Tiessen
Hopscotch and skipping his way through slick rhymes and eccentric flows, 22-year-old Caid Jones is an unrelenting force on “For The Game.”
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by Olivier La Roche
It’s very likely that you’ll begin to question if this album is a new release or a record of the past on your first listen. With its clean, dreamy strumming of 12-string guitars, there is an unmistakable jangle pop quality to Chime School’s self-titled debut.
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Words by Ryan Haughey
What can you do with 85 cents? According to Matt Foster, not too much.
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