The Westward Music Festival returned to Vancouver for its third year on Thursday, Sept. 12 to kick off four nights of local and international talent. This year’s genre-blending lineup had something...
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The National Proves They Still Got It
The National kicked off their tour promoting recent record ‘I am Easy to Find’ to a wildly enthusiastic crowd at a sun-drenched Deer Lake Park. Before the band came on, the large multimedia screens...
A Wild Weekend in the Bass Coast Desert
Thousands flocked to Nicola Valley outside Merritt, BC to party in style amidst boundless indulgence at Bass Coast Electronic Music & Arts Festival? — festival-goers were on full display as the...
Jon Bellion proves to fans that good things fall together on his Glory Sound Prep tour
Jon Bellion at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 7/17/19 You may know Jon Bellion’s sound from songs he wrote for other artists – like “Trumpets” by Jason Derulo or “Holding Out” by Andy Grammer. You ...
The Re-rebirth of Soul with Kelly Finnigan
Traditional soul music has come a long way since its start in the 1950s and 60s yet there is something about its revival over the course of the last 20 years that is pulling heartstrings and reachi...
Filipina-Canadian Rapper HanHan Talks Diversity, Writing, and Cultural Appropriation
Filipina-Canadian rapper HanHan opens up about her writing process, thoughts on diversity within the music industry in Canada, and the challenges behind fusing folk traditions with contemporary mus...
A Conversation with Vancouver’s Queen of Hip-Hop, Rude Nala
Fierce yet gentle, creative but focused, that is what the lioness, Rude Nala is made of. A smiley, soft-spoken rapper from Burnaby has gone from performing outside the H&M in Metrotown to playi...
Queen + Adam Lambert Shine as Mercury’s in Retrograde
Queen + Adam Lambert’s Rhapsody Tour kicked off on Wednesday night to a smoke-filled Rococo inspired stage at Rogers Arena. It was an absolute onslaught of monumental hits from the drop-dead bass l...
Paul McCartney brings a marathon evening of the ‘old, new and inbetween’ to BC Place
The legendary Sir Paul McCartney, who needs no introduction or list of accolades, returned to Vancouver Saturday evening to play an all-McCartney, three-hour show for a packed BC Place stadium. Pl...
Vancouver Folk Music Festival Brings Something for Everyone
If you’re looking to attend a festival this summer and don’t want to leave the city, one of Vancouver’s best events of the summer is just around the corner – the Vancouver Folk Music Festival...
Tara Kannangara is all about insight and experimentation
Vancouver Weekly interview with Tara Kannangara Hot on the heels of the release of her second album It’s Not Mine Anymore, Juno nominated artist Tara Kannangara played Frankie’s Jazz Club in ...
Blue October back in Vancouver and happier than ever
Blue October at the Venue Nightclub, 06/23/19 In 2006, a man in eyeliner, wearing a suit and tie, began making frequent appearances on TV screens throughout North America with a song called “Hate M...
