This time of year pow wow dancers are gingerly pulling their dance regalia out of storage to assess the amount of repair necessary in preparation for the upcoming pow wow…

Emily Spiller has a whole lotta soul. Last year, when I first experienced Emily Spiller live, I was immediately taken by her confidence, professionalism and her rich smoldering voice. Then…

A few months ago, I was listening online to a community radio station show on CKCL from Cranbrook. The DJs were playing eclectic selections while waxing poetic about their time…

BC blues rocker George Leach’s newest album Surrender is now born and George is showing her off. The tour is titled Let it Go… but not like “let ‘er go”…

Brought together for a one-off performance at the Vancouver Celtic Festival in 2006, their unique blend of electronic dance beats infused with Punjabi Bhangra and Celtic folk music has resonated…

I must have refreshed my email 10 times that day! I couldn’t wait any longer. As a proud street performer I hoped I’d be a shoe in. I’ve been performing…

It’s good for you and it tastes good too. “Medicine Candy” is the term used by Bracken Hanuse Corlett, one of four members of Skookum Sound System, a new Indigenous…

On day three of our summer tour across Canada, Mother Nature reminded us who’s boss. We’d been on Vancouver Island for a few shows and now we were heading east,…

After learning to play the piano at a very young age Adham Shaikh quickly fell in love with the synth heavy sounds of pioneering electronic groups from the seventies and…

After twelve days of an absurd collection of items arriving at your door including a lot of interesting but messy birds, would you not be thinking of a colorful, perhaps…