Music

Posted on 10 May 2012

Great Lake Swimmers Land on the Island...

Freshly returned from a European tour, Toronto’s Great Lake Swimmers will kick-off their Canadian tour for their latest album in Victoria this Saturday. New Wild Everything, the follow-up to the Polaris-shortlisted Lost Channels, reflects the band’s growth and cohesion after some heavy touring. “We’d been touring as a band, and I wanted to get some of that magic and... Read More »
Posted on 16 Apr 2012

Leanne Allen interviews The Grapes of...

The Grapes of Wrath have reunited and are playing at Upstairs Cabaret in Victoria – what used to be Harpo’s – for one of a series of Autism benefit concerts. Leanne Allen asks them what it’s like to be back together after 20 years. Read More »
Posted on 11 Apr 2012

Johnny Reid performs at SOFA –...

PHOTOS (by Jeff McAllister) – click any image below to view a larger version, then click NEXT or hit “n” to cycle through them… How do you break the hearts of roughly 3,500 women aged six to 60? Sincerity and a Scottish accent certainly help. Baby-faced neo-country crooner Johnny Reid did exactly that at the Save-On Foods Memorial Arena... Read More »
Posted on 01 Mar 2012

Calgary’s Michael Bernard...

Calgary’s Michael Bernard Fitzgerald Livens Up Lucky Bar PHOTOS – click any image above to view a larger version, then click NEXT or hit “n” to cycle through them… When I heard that Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, a singer/songwriter with a lot of soul and style, was coming to town, I immediately signed up to review the show. Based on... Read More »
Posted on 27 Feb 2012

Deep Purple – Jeff McAllister

Deep Purple – Jeff McAllister   PHOTOS (by Jeff McAllister) – click any image above to view a larger version, then click NEXT or hit “n” to cycle through them… One of the biggest ironies of the aging rockstar is that sooner or later your audience turns against you. “I prefer to remember icons the way they were,” my... Read More »
Posted on 24 Feb 2012

Singer/songwriter Anne Schaefer gives...

Singer/songwriter Anne Schaefer gives CVV Magazine’s John Threlfall a preview of her new CD – The Waiting Room. Read More »
Posted on 17 Feb 2012

Carmen – Nice Girl, Till You Get...

Carmen – Pacific Opera Victoria. Music by Georges Bizet. Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy It’s been a while since I’ve done a written review. CVV has such a great team of reviewers now that for the most part I just leave things in their capable hands and concentrate on other multimedia content for the site. But when... Read More »
Posted on 13 Feb 2012

Hedley – Against All Odds ...

Hedley – Against All Odds PHOTOS (by Jeff McAllister) – click any image above to view a larger version, then click NEXT or hit “n” to cycle through them… Despite 15 years of devout music fandom, I’ve harbored quite a lot of apathy for bands like Hedley. Most of us over 16 feel the same way about Vancouver’s Pop-punk... Read More »
Posted on 18 Dec 2011

Prince – Amanda Farrell-Low

Let me start off by saying I’m not a huge Prince fan. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I dislike his music, it’s just that I never really got into him. As an ’80s baby, I was just a little too young for the 1999 and Purple Rain era, and it wasn’t the kind of music my parents... Read More »
Posted on 06 Dec 2011

Imaginary Cities Delivers an Astounding...

“We were not expecting people to come to our show,” said Imaginary Cities member Rusty Matyas to a pretty packed Lucky Bar last Friday night. “We’re a pretty new band, so this is awesome.” Considering the trajectory of the Winnipeg-based group, who just toured through Australia and supported the Pixies on a US tour a few months ago, the... Read More »
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