Help a Saskatchewan artist get on track
CBC Radio 3 is hosting a brilliant contest and promotion right now called Tracks on Tracks that will see a select group Canadian musicians and music lovers travel from Vancouver to Toronto on board...
View ArticleNational Youth Arts Week begins
Tuesday marks the start of a week of dynamic events aimed at bringing together the city’s young arts community. National Youth Arts Week runs from May 1 -7 and features workshops and events including...
View ArticleNess Creek makes a splash with 2012 line-up
Ness Creek organizers announced the full line-up for this year’s festival today, and once again it’s good enough to make me want to pack up my leaky tent and spend three nights in the (almost)...
View ArticleMumbling at Mastodon
A couple weeks ago I got to interview a member of the metal band Mastodon. I was incredibly excited and did tons of research for the interview. Shortly beforehand I was told I’d be talking to drummer...
View ArticleSaskatoon band invades the UK
Today’s Friday blog post is a bit different because next week I’m flying to London, England to perform with Slow Down, Molasses and I wanted to introduce the posts I’ll be writing while I’m there....
View ArticleUK Tour Diary: part one
Greetings from rainy Saskatoon! Unfortunately my lack of computer time on this trip meant I wasn’t able to post my blogs about touring with my band across the UK as planned. However, I did use the old...
View ArticleUK Tour Diary: part two
This is the second in a short series of posts about touring the UK with Saskatoon band Slow Down, Molasses. May 20, 2012: At this point we’ve crossed the UK, visiting Wales and Scotland, played another...
View ArticleTake care, spike your hair
My screen grab is a little blurred but the ad pictured above is for a brand new bar in Saskatoon called Lepp’s. It’s the only online info I could find about this new location, which takes over from...
View ArticleNew music, talent shows and rock and roll
Saskatoon band Reform Party has released a brand new EP and are throwing a show tonight at Vangeli’s (with guests Eyebats, Form and Dire Wolf) to celebrate and to kick off their Eastern tour, which...
View ArticleScratch shuts its doors
Downtown nightclub Scratch has closed its doors without any fanfare. No closing party, no pinatas, no farewell shooters. “It is with many emotions that I have to announce that @scratchclub opened its...
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