?uestlove Black Thought and the rest of The Roots will be at Flames Central on Thursday — their first Calgary appearance
Week gets off to an indecision-inducing start
Anyone suffering from chronic indecision will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Last week’s column mentioned The Roots the legendary hip hop group hitting Flames Central on Thursday night. That’s still likely the show to beat this week but it isn’t the only game in town. There’s also singer-songwriter Fred Eaglesmith at The Palomino in the only solo acoustic show of his tour (a perfect chance to show off his biting sarcasm and insightful lyrics) and banjo-based songwriter Old Man Luedecke at the Ironwood. Plus fans of local music can head to The Marquee Room for the Sad Bastard Tribune featuring performances by The Collapse The Heavy Pets Raccoon Forest Tate Fraser Dolly Sillito Kris Ellestad and tribune organizers Lucid 44 . All that before the weekend even kicks off — it’s going to be mighty tempting to call in sick on Friday.
Calgary’s jazz community is out in full swing this weekend. Local folk-jazz songwriter Heather Blush releases her new CD Vice on Friday July 18 at the Ironwood. At the same time the Jazz Is Society of Alberta will set sail again for Jazz on the Lake an evening of cool jazz and colder drinks featuring John Reid on saxophone Allistair Elliot on trumpet Gary Sylvester on accordion and John Hyde on drums. Then on Saturday the Glenn Miller Orchestra will make its way to the Jack Singer. Miller himself went missing over half a century ago but trombonist Larry O’Brien has almost 50 years of experience in big bands and has been leading the group for two decades so seekers of the big-band sound are in safe hands.
Lastly if you missed the winners of X92’s Xposure contest at Virgin Festival they’ll be at Snatch Rock ’n’ Roll Lounge on Tuesday July 22 along with indie-rockers Attack in Black and The Stills . All-girl metal assault Killbourne couldn’t make it due to prior commitments but that still leaves the prog-influenced rock of The Summerlad Michael Bernard Fitzgerald’s sophisticated pop The Secret Broadcast’s energetic dance rock and The Fast Romantics’ bouncy garage rock.
