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The Pilgramage
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Music Notes
21 Jul 2011

Music Notes

Manraygun / Sat, Jul 23 (4 pm) If a band has managed to capture the sounds of Springsteen and the Clash, while infusing them with New York art punk, the group is worth admiring. Read more »

06 Jul 2011

Music Notes

The Consonance / Sat, Jul 9 (8 pm) A soulful and light jazz band kicking off a six-week North American tour, the Consonance will brighten your Saturday night. Read more »

29 Jun 2011 Edmonton International Jazz Festival /

Edmonton International Jazz Festival
Through Jul 3, Various locations

Rounding out this year's EIJF, Edmonton is treated to the bebop stylings of the Don Berner Jazz Sextet at Churchill Square on Canada Day, but if swing is more your thing, Gerry Guthman is helping celebrate Canada's birthday at the Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre. Read more »

29 Jun 2011

Without Mercy
Mon, Jul 4 (8 pm), Filthy McNastys

Death thrash is just another one of those metal sub-genres that almost seem unknowable. Read more »

29 Jun 2011 Alison Krauss & Union Station

Alison Krauss & Union Station
Tue, Jul 5 (7:30 pm), Jubilee Auditorium, $49.50 & $59.50

Having worked with James Taylor, Phish, Dolly Parton, Yo Yo Ma and Bonnie Raitt is one thing. Read more »

Sometimes the kids aren’t alright

Bobby Cameron prepares to raffle a concert to support Kids Help Phone

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012
Bobby Cameron: surveying the weather

  Kids Help Phone is getting a little help from well-known Canadian singer-songwriter Bobby Cameron. Read more »

Arkells

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012
We should have taken a Michigan left at Albuquerque

  Two thousand and twelve Juno-winning rockers for Best New Band, Arkells, have been hitting the road hard in support of Michigan Left, the sophomore follow up to…. Read more »

Zeus

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012
Zeus: the sum total of everything they've heard before

  Despite releasing its Polaris Prize-nominated debut Say Us two years ago, indie rockers Zeus consider the follow-up, Busting Visions, to be its first true release as a…. Read more »

The Monkey Bunch

Tejay Gardiner / 24 May 2012

  Comedian and writer Shoshana Sperling often compares her new gig as a children's musician to the likes of a Grateful Dead concert. Read more »

Alan Doyle

Meaghan Baxter / 24 May 2012
Sailing solo

  You really can't sweat the small stuff, or so Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle learned. Read more »

Life as a modern romantic

Adaline reflects on the making of her second album

Eden Munro / 23 May 2012

Fri, May 25 (8 pm) Haven Social Club, $8 (advance), $10 (door) On her sophomore album, Adaline enlisted Hawksley Workman as producer, a collaboration that led to more…. Read more »

On the Record

Nothing’s gonna stop him now

JP Hoe discusses the making of his latest album, Mannequin

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012
The mannequin himself

  Mannequin, the new album from Canadian singer-songwriter JP Hoe, is a collection of tunes with a melancholic edge accompanied by sharp lyrics and bold ideas. Read more »

Vibonics

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012
Eclectic and varied vibes

  There's usually some amount of eclecticism amongst music fans' libraries, from the latest indie gem to, whether they want to admit it or not, the latest Top…. Read more »

The New Jacobin Club

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  Horror shock-rock troupe the New Jacobin Club is celebrating 15 years of insanity and stretching boundaries, a feat lead singer The Horde never imagined possible. Read more »

Jk & the Relays

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  From opening for BB King with jazz-funk melodies with Mocking Shadows to tearing up pubs with ska and reggae ferocity as frontman of Jk & the Relays, Jory Kinjo clearly isn't one to shy away from musical diversity. Read more »

The Saturn Sessions

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012

  The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is combining the talents of five unique artists with radio signals from Saturn for a musical experience that's out of this world. Read more »

The Black Dahlia Murder

Meaghan Baxter / 16 May 2012
Classical music fans

  It's been almost a year since Detroit-based metal act the Black Dahlia Murder bombarded airwaves with its fifth studio album Ritual in June 2011, and the band…. Read more »

Return of the Tanyas

Bluegrass trio finds its lockstep after a hiatus

Paul Blinov / 16 May 2012

Fri, May 18 (8 pm) The Be Good Tanyas Myer Horowitz Theatre, $31. Read more »