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The folk/traditional fusion trio out of Prince Edward Island hit the stage tonight here in Calgary, and I chatted with fiddle player Rowen Gallant.
Read the feature that appeared in my Calgary Herald blog, and listen to the podcast, or download it from iTunes (ThatDanGuy’s Podcast)
Review tomorrow!
The latest piece for my Calgary Herald blogspace – a preview of the new production opening this week from Artists’ Collective Theatre, and interviews with the cast and creatives on my YouTube channel.
You’ll find all the links here.
I caught up with singer/songwriter Jenn Beaupré ahead of her CD release party for her soulful new release “Reach Out” – imbued with a modern Motown sound.
She has a release party set for January 17th at the Ironwood Stage & Grill in Calgary.
Read the online feature in my Calgary Herald Blog Watch the entire interview on my YouTube channel, the link is towards the bottom of the page!
Out right now – check out my feature on Nova Scotia musicians Cassie & Maggie MacDonald:
http://www.penguineggs.ab.ca (this will just show you the cover – you need to go buy the magazine 🙂 )
I see that Pirate Bay (an illegal download site) has been raided, and is currently offline. Here in Canada, Saskatchewan internet providers are now forwarding info on users that visit those sites to the copyright holders for warnings of legal action as well.
As a creator of materials in print and online, and a supporter of live musicians, this is GREAT news – and long overdue. The internet has caused so much uncertainty for creative artists, and even long-established performers are having to do kick-starters to make money or be able to even record a new album.
This is a good trend, which I hope continues to swell – it is the law after all.
Support artists. Buy, don’t steal.
Later!
Well, if you are going to borrow a well-known name, you may eventually find yourself having to change it 🙂
Read all about that, plus my review of last night’s exceptional show in Bragg Creek. Next year, you’ll be looking to see The Cariboo Express instead! Check it out here.
And here’s more than a handful of pictures from the evening!
If you enjoyed the great musical acts of the ’80’s, you’re probably going to walk away a fan of Stage West’s latest production, 80’s Solid Gold. Featuring a talented cast of actors and singers, backed by the top-notch band led my Musical Director Konrad Pluta, this 2-hour show relives the best of that era.
Check out my Calgary Herald review for more info!
And watch my interview with co-creator, director and choreographer Timothy French here.
We’ve got winter in spades here, but Captain Hook and Peter Pan will likely take your mind off that!
StoryBook Theatre’s Peter Pan opens this weekend, and I chatted with the young star playing Peter. Check out the feature in my Calgary Herald link!
My interview with iconic Canadian rocker and folk roots artist Barney Bentall is online in the Calgary Herald.
Check it out here.
I’m going to be rebuilding links that were lost during the re-vamp of the Herald site, so keep checking back. And anything new in music, theatre, writing – all things creative. All The Worlds Of Stages!
Dan
Canadian rocker Matthew Good hit the stage at Cowboy’s Dance Hall here in Calgary last night with a vulnerable, introspective solo acoustic set of his music, filling the joint to capacity for this rare opportunity.
The last chance I had to see Matt perform live was back at the Alberta Flood Aid concert back in 2013, where he had his band and a very short time-slot between a host of other great Canuck acts.
This StubHub offering was a far different duck, and the sellout audience responded by singing along to every song, and filling in the blanks when he allowed them to.
Good’s music by its very nature has so many textures and personal elements that lend itself to a treatment like this, so it was near church-like as he mixed up his thick catalogue and added rare live performances to his set list. That said, there was plenty of favourites, based on the cheers that erupted when familiar chords or lyrics cascaded out.
Add that extremely gentle element into the hilarious stories he shared about the process of how some songs or albums got “adjusted” along the way, and it was a night of magic for anyone that has followed his lengthy career on his own or with his band.
To hear Strange Days, A Boy And His Machine Gun, Metal Airplanes, Tripoli, and more more more stripped down to the basics, and with his earnest voice alone – wow… It doesn’t get much better than that…
Catch up on Mr Good on his website…
Opener Amy Hef earned some new fans as well, I think. Bringing her style of indie rock singer/songwriter that frequently collides with pop sensibilities, her set crackled along to get better and better before she left the stage
With songs that reminded me a bit of Scottish rocker KT Tunstall, she also took a turn on Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues just for fun, but it worked well for me.
From her own catalogue, we got to hear Creepin’ Me Out and Being Awesome, to name just a couple of tracks. I think we may be hearing more from her…I look forward to that.
She’s got a great website you can find here.
DanStYves.com 