Got knocked down, got back up, then was blown away
The vibrant atmosphere of The Backwater Lounge with Ivan Zenovitch and Cory Chouinard. Their performance promises to captivate.
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Getting Real and Local with Christmas
It’s that time of year again. The season that we all go a bit funny in the head and start manifesting an unusual disregard for
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French, Ukrainian and hillbilly tunes heat up Yukon night
In my last column I lamented the public’s lack of interest in getting up on the open stages of Whitehorse and performing. This past week
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No Smoke, no problem: Pub crawl in post-smoking bylaw Whitehorse
As a non-smoker, I looked forward to my first pub crawl after the anti-smoking bylaw was rolled out to bars Jan. 1. This sits sideways
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Yukoner Produces CD-less CD
It is becoming the way of it. Downloading music from the Internet is rapidly taking over how people listen to music. The new reality is
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Elvis Sightings Wherever CDs are Sold
He’s big, he’s bad and he’s back with a new CD. Love him or leave him, you cannot ignore him: Elvis is in the building.
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Let Automat6n Take You for a Loud Ride
If there were a word to describe Automat6n, it would be “luxuriant”. If you have a taste for simple production, this may not be the
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Hungry Hill Shares a Love of Bluegrass
Like the music of the delta that moved against the flow of the Mississippi and arrived in places like Chicago and Kansas City with blues
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Activist Yukoners Behind a Musical Movement
I’m calling you out. A great theme and a great refrain from a jam-packed CD from the National Microphone Association, an experiment in collective activism
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The Beat Bombshell
Do you have a good résumé? Now before you send me an e-mail looking for a job, hear me out. In this day and age
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Kyle Cashen’s Immediacy Of Music
Kyle Cashen, part of the Whitehorse power trio Friend Called Five, has released a long-awaited, full-length CD of original songs under the banner of Crash
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It’s been a long time since I was in public school. As I remember, we had a music program … we sang and entered choir
George McConkey Breathes Life Into the Harmonica
Discover the magic of George McConkey’s album, inspired by Robert W. Service, featuring powerful songs and lyrics.
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Expatriate Cellos and the Way of the Party
As I start this article, I should reveal to you that this CD is not for the weak. There is much reference to making merry,
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Twisting With the Blues
As you may know, the poetry of the blues is full of metaphors that allude to acts involving one’s naughty bits. Often lyrics will allude
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Attitude Without Platitude
Rap and hip hop has been repudiated by some for being overtly violent and misogynistic. While some of this reputation may be deserved, I think
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Worshipping at the Altar of Black & Silver
It has been many years since the music I worshipped was at the altar of black and silver. In those days, I had really big
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Gordie Tentrees Takes the Road to the Studio
Gordie Tentrees has released his third studio album and is planning to celebrate with a tour of northern communities. More of that later, for now
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Funksoul That’s Breakin’ the Mould
The album gave me a flashback, if these things are possible. The way a smell might trigger a powerful feeling of nostalgia, the sound brought
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Toe-Tappin’ Tunes from One Generation to Another
If you were to draw broad strokes, you could say that the music contained on this CD is classic old-time mountain music. The “primer coat”
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Dennis Victor Allen’s Country: Powerful, Pure And Simple
Dennis Victor Allen is a busy guy. He is a film producer with his own company and screened his first film at The Sundance Film
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Fiddlin’ up That Homespun Feelin’
We Yukoners have a great capacity for understatement. When the thermometer hits -20°, we claim it’s nice out; only by –35° does the weather become
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Lost In Thyme Found On EBay
It started as a strange whisper and a true passing reference. A lost Yukon rock group? Four guys, six records, a suitably psychedelic name and
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