Tag: Music

By James Hawkins

It might be a bad thing for these huge bands, like friggin’ Metallica, who get mad about it, but I don’t even think that’s really an issue for us and for a lot of bands,” says Adam Nimmo, drummer of The Most Serene Republic, about downloading. “Free exposure is free exposure.” In fact, the band… Continue reading Music Interview: Most Serene hype band

By Peter Hemminger

I don’t think music is about technical expertise,” Myke Atkinson confides on a tour of his office. “Certain guitar players can play progressions that I could never pull off no matter what, that’s great. But they’re not doing anything to translate what they’re feeling, they’re just making things that sound polite and nice.” The room… Continue reading Music Interview: Beneath These Idle Tides

By Katherine Fletcher

There are several f-words you could use to describe acoustic guitarist Kaki King, none of which include the one you’re probably thinking of. She’s feisty, fearless, fierce, and five-feet tall. With the exception of the latter descriptor, this string of alliterative adjectives also characterizes her remarkable music. The young musician’s wit is as quick as… Continue reading Music Interview: No-nonsense virtuoso

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

The hare pranced around the tortoise gleefully when he accepted the challenge. Of course the hare would beat the slow plodding turtle. On the day of the race the hare sprinted off, leaving the tortoise in the dust. Tired out and very much in the lead, the hare decided to take a nap. Moving at… Continue reading Music Interview: Tortoise slowly saves rock

By Stephanie Shewchuk

Although typically classified as a hip-hop artist, Buck 65’s music encompasses a diverse range of styles and can veer in nearly any direction. Set to perform at this year’s Calgary Folk Festival, the former Eastern Canadian and current Parisian, credits his small town upbringing for his wide range of influences.“I grew up in a small… Continue reading Music Interview: Buck 65 ain’t no holla back girl

By Emily Senger

When Christine Fellows performs at the Calgary Folk Festival this weekend, she’ll have to leave an integral part of her band at home, her cat, Slap. Listen attentively to Fellows’ new album Paper Anniversary as Slap’s purring–or throat singing as it is credited–provides background accompaniment to the track “Instructions on How to Dissect a Ground… Continue reading Music Interview: Christine Fellows’ feline inspiration

By Paul Jarvey

Since the age of 12 David Sanchez has been turning heads and touching hearts with music cast from snapshots of life. From Puerto Rico to New York and across the world, the TD Canada Trust Calgary Jazz Festival is the next stop for this nomad and his saxophone.From an early start in his home town… Continue reading Music Interview: Offering up some fine sax

By Garth Paulson

“I think I told some guy I was going to fuck his baby cousin if he didn’t shut up” remarks Jamie Stewart, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and creative force behind the warped pop band Xiu Xiu. “That was probably the meanest thing I’ve ever said. I did get lit cigarettes thrown in my face a couple of… Continue reading Music Interview: The beautifully inaccessable–the inaccessably beautiful

By Alan Cho

Describing a new band to the uninitiated is like watching your band teacher in high school snort his virgin rail of coke. Spouting a mishmash of band names and wildly gesticulating, he claws at invisible fairies snatching at the powder caked under his mustache–you’re not going to get anything out of him except a deep… Continue reading Music Interview: Pocket Dwellers defy genres

By Rachel Betts-Wilmott

Sharon Jones, the funk singer and current face of the Dap-Kings, used to work in corrections. Before she did office work, back-up vocals in a studio and way before she was fronting an excellent ensemble band she worked at Ryker’s Island, the center of New York City’s jail system. This is hard to believe considering… Continue reading Music Interview: Sharon Jones corrects the funk