Bluegrass vets bring attitude to Elks

Some bluegrass with an attitude is coming your way. The Special Consensus band, featuring award-winning Cape Breton vocalist Ryan Roberts and steadfast banjo player Greg Cahill, stops at the Elks Lod… more

Junkhouse guitarist dies

HAMILTON, Ont. — Dan Achen, former lead guitarist for the Hamilton rock band Junkhouse, has died of a suspected heart attack. He was 51. Achen, the owner of Catherine North recording studio in downt… more

Minimalist music brings a thaw

Red Deer Symphony Orchestra conductor Claude Lapalme is prepared to forgive anyone who falls asleep during Saturday’s concert. He even condones it, saying the second half of Arvo Pärt’s Tabula Rasa, … more

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcomes Genesis, ABBA, Hollies

NEW YORK — English progressive rockers turned 1980s pop stars Genesis were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame … more

Jackson in $200 million-plus posthumous recording deal

LOS ANGELES — The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $20… more

Forgotten boy no more

DETROIT — Iggy Pop was starting to feel like the Susan Lucci of rock ’n’ roll. Just as the veteran soap actress believe… more

Never fearing to look back

Juno-Award-winning folk singer Stephen Fearing compares listening to his old songs to looking at pictures of himself as … more

Just me and the legend

A line as thin as a guitar string separated country singer Crystal Shawanda from the despairing friends she grew up with… more

Hawksley the Workman delivers for Red Deer fans

Devoted Red Deer fans got a heap of value for their concert buck on Wednesday night, getting at least four Hawksley Work… more

Long tour puts polish on Naish

A bizarre incident of two men jumping into a tiger enclosure at the Calgary Zoo made a lot of people wonder, what were t… more
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