Category: Calgary Concert Alert
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Calgary Concert Alert (the possibly a bit late edition): Woodpigeon @ Broken City…TONIGHT!
Apologies lad and lassies but little ol’ me forgot to give the heads up for the locals (like they didn’t already know) on Woodpigeon tonight in Cow-town! They are playing at Broken City…
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Oliver Thiessen returns with “Volcanoes and Factories”
Oliver Thiessen made his debut on Slowcoustic in October 2008. We knew back then that Oliver was talent and we couldn’t wait for his first full-length album. Here is a little he said / she said from Slowcoustic HQ
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Tomorrow night, lamenting with Liz
Tomorrow night I will hopefully be spending some quality time with Liz. Okay, spending time at a table in the back, casually tapping my foot while enjoying what I can only assume will be a frosty brew.
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Upcoming Calgary Concert Alert: *Nov. 23rd* – Vic Chesnutt & Liz Durrett
Upcoming is a concert I am making sure I am at – the Vic Chesnutt / Liz Durrett performance at the Marquee Room on November 23rd (locals, please note change in venue with Timbre Productions).
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Newly infatuated: One Hundred Dollars – Forest of Tears
Holy shit I am digging this song (Tirade Of A Shitty Mom)! Wait, I’m digging the whole damn thing. I recently picked up the album for One Hundred Dollars – another winner from Canada folks – and this song (and below video) are just amazing. It is all psychedelic, folkish and is stuck in my…
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Calgary Concert Alert – Mojave! Tonight: August 25th, 2009
Mojave hit the Calgary Concert alert with their Cross Canada Tour stop right here in Calgary tonight at Dickens Pub (locals can find it HERE). They have hit the roads looking for good folks, good vegan cuisine and now a great show here in Cow-Town (is it okay to say cow-town and Vegan in the…
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Akron/Family – another reason to go to the Calgary Folk Fest
So Akron Family are on tour. They are on tour and stopping at the Calgary Folk Fest for a couple of shows. I know I am thinking of hitting up the Twilight stage on Saturday to see about the show (it lists them last, so I assume a 8:00pm start??). Regardless, I have been listening…
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Calgary Concert Alert – Sunset Rubdown Tonight, July 2nd!
Another show at the Marquee room tonight, this time it is Sunset Rubdown on their new album tour for the June 23rd released album “Dragonslayer”! The new album “Dragonslayer” is still too new to make comment as SR are not a regular listen for me. There definitely is that signature sound and panicked delivery that…
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Calgary Concert Alert – Jenn Grant with Dan Mangan…TONIGHT, June 23rd!
You heard that right folks, tonight at the Marquee room here in Calgary – Jenn Grant with Dan Mangan. Fill you Canadian talent boots right here in Cow-town. Tickets are $15.00 if you purchase prior to the door, but who knows what they will hit you for at the door (in or around $15.00 I…
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Share’s “Slumping In Your Murals” to be released August 4th. Let the Countdown Begin!
Share, the latest band I have found from Halifax, Nova Scotia is set to release their new album this August. What is happening in the East Coast of Canada? These people are ridiculously talented, it could be our version of Portland/Seattle, me thinks. If I were you, I would start counting the days, as it needs to be…
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Tonight’s Calgary Concert Alert – Julie Doiron / Dog Day / Miss Quincy
Tonight, June 11th, 2009 at Broken City here in Calgary! Julie Dorion w/ Dog Day and Miss Quincy and the Ramblers Watch & listen to some performances – maybe convince you to go? Just that last push over the edge? ~Smansmith p.s. Visit my post on Doiron’s “Wintermitts” here, tell me it isn’t one of…
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Calgary Folk Fest hits the bigtime with talent galore!!
So the full line up and schedule for the Calgary Folk Fest hit the public this past week, and wow I am pretty excited about the late July event. For me the city has two premier festivals each year and they are the previously mentioned Sled Island Festival (see here for my post) and then…