The sixth annual Block Heater Festival, presented by the Calgary Folk Music Festival, began auspiciously Tuesday night with…
Category: Review
Reviews: Foo Fighters, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sleaford Mods, The Besnard Lakes and Kiwi Jr.
Medicine At Midnight Foo Fighters RCA It’s oversimplifying and lazy to say that 40 years ago, as a…
Theatre Calgary’s online A Christmas Carol a festive treat not a holiday obligation
By Lori Montgomery Filming a theatre production is a touchy business, in my opinion. There is a vividness…
Reviews: Miley Cyrus, AC/DC, Eels and an ‘essential’ Joni Mitchell box set
Plastic Hearts Miley Cyrus RCA Records While she’s very much a product of the American Industrial Entertainment Complex,…
Reviews: New albums from Bruce Springsteen, Bob Mould, Sufjan Stevens and Flaming Lips
Letter to You Bruce Springsteen Sony Music It starts out so gentle, so easy, so familiar. That pure…
Postcard Review: Jawbone gives Calgarians hungry for live theatre something to chew on
Finally! A live theatre fix! Caroline Russell-King offers up a Postcard Review of Jawbone, currently taking place at…
Album Reviews: Marc Bolan tribute, Kathleen Edwards and Fast Romantics
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex Various artists (produced by Hal Willner) BMG AngelHeaded…
Look for theYYSCENE in a monthly print form beginning September 1
It's not all bad news, and doom and gloom. Not all closures, going-out-of-business signs and sadness for what…
Roots ‘n’ Rock Roundup: Reviews of recent albums by Pretenders, JJ Shiplett, Lucky Holloway and Richard Inman
The Pretenders Hate for Sale BMG (Released: July 19.) Shhh. Listen. Can you hear it? The intriguing spoken…
Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare By the Bow pandemic production of Romeo and Juliet well-suited to the times we are in
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has gotten used to all of my social connections taking…