Jul. 18, 2012 - Issue #874: Musician’s Survival Guide: Songwriters on Songwriting
Minor Empire
Firsts, Lasts and Favourites
Minor Empire, the seven-piece ensemble from Toronto fuses psychadelic rock, electronica, jazz and traditional Turkish music for a sound that's captured the attention of world music radio charts and earned it the title of World Group of the Year at the 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Prior to the band's stop at Festival Place in Sherwood Park, vocalist Ozgu shared her firsts, lasts and favourites with Vue.
First album
Queen, A Night at the Opera
First concert
Sezen Aksu
Last album
Dhafer Youssef, Divine Shadows
Last concert
Tower of Power
Favourite album
Erkan Ogur, Bir Omurluk Misafir
Favourite musical guility pleasure
I watched the whole last season of American Idol on YouTube. V
Wed, Jul 25 (7:30 pm)
Minor Empire
With La Luna de Santiago
Festival Place, Sherwood Park, $8
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