Winnipeg music & culture since 1989
by Sheldon Birnie
Since the 2009 release of their debut LP, Jason Maas & The Lower Companions have been grinding it out in Winnipeg’s roots scene. Now, on the eve of the release of their latest record, the six song Lock & Step, at the Times Change(d) this Saturday, singer, songwriter, and band leader Jason Maas got on the phone here to Stylus to talk about the band, the record, and what comes next for the Lower Companions. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Lower Companions drop new disc”
by Sheldon Birnie
Well, there’s no escaping old Neil Young this week out here on the Hillbilly Highway. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – All Neil weekend here on the Highway”
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?”
by Sheldon Birnie
Like The Boss said, “Summer’s here and the time is right for racing in the streets.” Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Back on the Road”
Sometimes when you’re cruising down the highway, some slick somebody cuts you off and burns away, leaving you in their dust.
This week, I was going to write about the Times Change(d), as beauty a rest-stop on the Hillbilly Highway as any in the free world. See, there’s a film coming out about the joint this Thursday at the Times itself, with screening and performances by Times regulars Andrew Neville & the Poor Choices and Guerrillas of Soul.
But Kent Davies beat me to it, the truck driving son of a gun. And he did a good job of it too, summing up the event and the beauty of the bar succinctly. Like an experienced vet; like a pro. Read about it on the Uniter’s blog.
Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – High & Lonesome Times”