Entertainment

Upcoming gigs: Yelawolf, Arkells

  * Rising rapper Yelawolf , who might as well be Eminem’s spiritual cousin from the south, is rolling into The Starlite Room — Tuesday, April 10.  Tickets are $25 plus service charges at Blackbyrd and Prime Box Office .  On sale: Thursday,...

 

Barack Obama sings at White House blues show

Barack Obama sings at White House blues show

  President Barack Obama breaks into song at a White House blues show, as Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger urges a reluctant U.S. leader to step up and sing a few lines. View original content here: Barack Obama sings at White House blues...

 

Event: Benefit for Bissell Concert & Silent Auction March 1st

  Riverbend Junior High invites you to our Benefit for Bissell Concert and Silent Auction in support of Bissell Centre March 1, 2012 in the Citadel’s stunning Maclab Theatre, presented by Lexus of Edmonton. The silent auction begins at...

 

Deep Purple entertains small, but appreciative crowd

Deep Purple entertains small, but appreciative crowd

  Deep Purple at Rexall Place? More like embarrassing shades of red. Now celebrating the 40th anniversary of their most popular hit, Smoke On The Water, the British-American rockers can no longer fill an arena in Edmonton — or even half...

 

So what else could go wrong? a theatre tale by Gerald Osborn

  Gerald Osborn , a writer of black comedies, swears he has never ever said the title of Shakespeare’s Scottish play out loud in a theatre. We’re beginning to wonder. (Maybe Osborn should just direct a Macbeth and be done with it –...

 

Folk-rock legend Peter Case headlines Edmonton festival

Folk-rock legend Peter Case headlines Edmonton festival

  At a critical time in social history, just how much can music matter? For Peter Case, who was just hitting his teens in the mid-1960s, it mattered enough to set him on the never-ending path of the troubadour. View original content here: Folk-rock...

 

Rihanna and Chris Brown release two songs

Rihanna and Chris Brown release two songs

  On Monday, the two stars Tweeted links to new collabs: “Birthday Cake,” an extended version of Rihanna’s track featuring Chris Brown, and Rihanna’s remix of Brown’s “Turn Up the Music.” View original...

 

Introspection can change pace of singer’s career

Introspection can change pace of singer’s career

  Who knew that actually looking into your own roots could slow down your career? View original content here: Introspection can change pace of singer’s career

 

Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp: New release has raised her profile

Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp: New release has raised her profile

  For singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, keeping teenage journals was the first step in a process that has led the indie rocker to record three albums. View original content here: Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp: New release has raised her...

 

X-Weighted comes calling on Edmonton fans

X-Weighted comes calling on Edmonton fans

  Fans of the TV series X-Weighted who have sat in their livingrooms watching others transform their lives through healthy eating, mental fitness and exercise, wishing they could experience the same journey, now can. View original content...