2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Live tweeting, interviews, daily photo galleries, and more!
Posted by: Paul Little • July 4, 2012 @ 5:34am
2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival Coverage:
- Introduction to the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival
- 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Wednesday Photo Gallery & Round-Up
- 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Thursday Photo Gallery & Round-Up
- 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival: Friday Photo Gallery & Round-Up
ShowbizMonkeys.com tries to bring you loads of coverage from festivals and cultural events, both from our own back yard (Winnipeg Comedy Festival) and around North America (San Diego Comic-Con, Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival). Each festival has its unique charms, and besides hopefully providing interesting things for you to read, listen to, or watch, it's also insanely fun for us. But it's been no secret on these digital pages which festival excites us the most: The Winnipeg Folk Festival -- with its genre-bending (but generally fairly rootsy) line-up of musical acts, the great landscape and climate of the Canadian prairie in July (with a hot sun, and hopefully mosquitoes kept at bay by some friendly dragonflies), and the friendliest group of volunteers and festivalgoers you'll find anywhere -- is the best five days we spend every year.
Winnipeg Jazz Festival Review: Janelle Monae with Roman GianArthur at the Burton Cummings Theatre
Posted by: Matt Moskal • July 3, 2012 @ 10:18pm
During his TD Jazz Lab at the Manitoba Music Conservatory, Lucky Peterson played to the people. Taking requests and telling tales, the Buffalo bluesman gave a preview of his storied career. Joined by his wife Tamara, Peterson encouraged audience participation through a number of classics and standards.
Winnipeg Jazz Festival Review: The Hold Steady with Greg MacPherson at the Burton Cummings Theatre
Posted by: Matt Moskal • July 1, 2012 @ 9:36pm
"Jazz is not just a genre of music," announced Steve Kirby.
The Manitoba bassist had Juss Jazz packed elbow-to-elbow while his hot quartet ended their set. As the evening unwound, venues facilitated genre-spanning performances all under the Jazz Festival banner.
Winnipeg Jazz Festival Review: Larry and his Flask with The Schomberg Fair at The Pyramid Cabaret
Posted by: Matt Moskal • June 30, 2012 @ 2:06pm
"I'm so sorry, this is not jazz," proclaimed a flustered patron to his table.
It was midway through Larry and His Flask's set. The man was in a suit and accompanied by two women in fancy dresses. Everyone else in The Pyramid Cabaret was dressed casual, in vests or had facial hair. After killing another shot, the trio departed.
Katy Perry: Part of Me debuts July 2 with Twitter Fan Premieres
Posted by: Showbiz Monkeys • June 22, 2012 @ 8:03am
Via Press Release:
HOLLYWOOD, CA (June 21, 2012) – Katy Perry: Part of Me from Paramount's Insurge Pictures will get its in-theater debut in the U.S. and Canada on Monday, July 2 with fan sneak premiere events of the 3D film presented exclusively in RealD® 3D in advance of its scheduled theatrical release on Thursday, July 5.
For a couple hundred Katy Perry fans, Last Friday night was just as epic as the video for her song of the same name. In town to perform on Sundays Much Music Video Music Awards, Katy surprised fans by showing up at an advance screening of her new film Katy Perry: Part of Me in 3D.
When a stranger brags, "I'm in a rock band," you can imagine their sound. Self-proclaimed rockers haven't had much allure this decade. They've become the excitable inappropriate uncles of the music industry. Sudbury, Ontario's Pistol George Warren are not rockers. But they have walked a mile in their shoes.
At 56-years old, Keith Morris has dedicated the majority of his life to hardcore punk. He was the leader of Circle Jerks for three decades and fronted Black Flag for Nervous Breakdown. When his term with one band ended, he fought tooth-and-nail to keep a microphone in-hand.
Kathleen Edwards has made a career of manipulating bitterness into success. On her 2003 debut album, Failer, the dissolution of young love inspired the bulk of her creativity. Over a decade has passed since the Ottawa-native recorded her first songs at Little Bullhorn Studios.
Album Review: Willis Earl Beal - Acousmatic Sorcery
Posted by: Matt Moskal • April 25, 2012 @ 8:00pm
Willis Earl Beal is an unfolding enigma. Every single line of his biography is fascinating. Beal's website simply displays his address and phone number. He offers to trade drawings in exchange for letters and sing to anyone who calls. This was inspired by the Chicago-native's homeless phase.
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