Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
Livingston is the musical experiment designed by a folklorist and a computer scientist with the goal of generating new, distinctly Canadian folk music with a computer. Continue reading “Livingston – Artificially Intelligent Folk Songs Of Canada, Vol.1”
by Martyna Turczynowicz
Jessy Lanza is an up-and-coming R&B artist from Hamilton Ont. She made a name for herself with her debut EP “Pull My Hair Back”, a mash-up of R&B and electronic with some funk and soul thrown in. Stylus caught up with Lanza for a Q&A. Continue reading “Jessy Lanza makes a stop in Winnipeg”
by Broose Tulloch
In less than four years, local music label Dub Ditch Picnic has reached a pivotal milestone, releasing its 50th album, err cassette, April 1st. The compilation of 50 artists includes several local acts that have enjoyed some success on Campus/Community radio, such as Dead Ranch, Beef Donut, and Kindest Cuts. Continue reading “Dub Ditch Picnic :: Rebuilding, Moving Forward with 50th Release”
The press release included with this CD calls Andy Bishop (who is White Ash Falls) “one of Vancouver’s most sought-after sidemen,” but that should soon change. Continue reading “White Ash Falls – Over The Night”
“In the woods, I find peace.” Thus begins Kim Harris’s debut album Only the Mighty, and what a peaceful journey it is. Continue reading “Kim Harris – Only the Mighty”
Tea and Confidences is the second collaboration between Irish folksinger Andy White and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings’ Stephen Fearing, who met backstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Continue reading “Stephen Fearing & Andy White – Tea and Confidences”
words & pics by Jordan Cayer
The Southern California desert is a perplexing place. The hot, dry atmosphere leaves even the most hardened individuals gasping for water and shade. When night comes, it is often a relief that can sooth one’s sunburnt skin and leave a promising, albeit short, period of cool breeze and safe haven from the sun’s harsh rays. When that same sun rises over the San Jacinto mountains, it breathes a new life into the cool atmosphere that sets the whole cycle into motion once again. Continue reading “A look back at Coachella 2014”
by Devin King
It’s March 14th at 8:33pm – three days into Neil Young’s one month funding drive for the new Pono Music Player. The goal was $800 000, but in the first three days it’s already raised an extraordinary $3,315,512. What does this mean? There are three possible answers. Continue reading “Fear of Music : Determining the Surprising Success of PonoMusic”
by Sheldon Birnie
Hockey is fun. Music is great. It’s a pretty simple formula. Continue reading “Junos 2014 :: JunoCup a winning format for fun”
by Matt Williams
The impeccably tailored, and always undeniably charming Jian Ghomeshi opened his live taping of Q in Winnipeg on Thursday with a joke that seems simple at first, but more telling upon a little bit of thought:
“It’s awesome to be back in Calgary,” the Persian prince exclaimed.
An obvious, and pretty funny one, but as the saying goes, there’s some truth to every joke. The host of one of Canada’s coolest radio shows went on to refer to the venue of his last live taping here as “the garage” (in fact, The Gas Station Theatre), despite referring to our fair city as his “second home.” But I’m not here to rip on Jian, who does a fantastic job week in, week out (just try to tell me you can do that amount of work and stay standing). And venue name slip-ups are to be forgiven. This isn’t his town, and we shouldn’t be offended he flubbed. But there is a bigger problem that comes to light here, and that is the fact that the decision-making part of this country has no idea what goes on in our region of it, and in some cases may or may not even acknowledge its existence. Continue reading “Junos 2014 :: Q Live at the Burton Cummings”