Good For Grapes – Commodore Ballroom – March 16, 2013 (opening for Spirit Of The West) Local indie-folk septet, Good For Grapes got the festivities off to a roaring start on Saturday night as a full house at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom were ready to get their St Patrick’s Day weekend going. Often the opening act…
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CelticFest Vancouver 2013
Can you hear the pipes? Starting this weekend you should be hearing a lot of pipes and Irish jigs around Vancouver as Celtic Fest gets under way. The celebration of Celtic heritage kicks off this Saturday March 9th with free entertainment and family fun at The Village at False Creek (Olympic Village) from noon until…
Squamish Valley Music Festival unveils 2013 line-up
Last Friday night at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver brandLIVE and Livenation Canada debuted the line-up for the 2013 Squamish Valley Music Festival. The evening featured performances by Yukon Blonde and Diamond Rings, both Canadian artists are in the line-up for the August 8-10 multi-stage event. Headlining the festival, which is fast becoming one of…
Beekeeper Debuts ‘Shout At People’ EP
Last weekend, local trio beekeeper debuted their latest EP, Shout At People, at the Biltmore Cabaret in Vancouver. The third release from, vocalist/guitarist Devon Lougheed, bassist Brandi Sidoryk and drummer Luke Cyca follows their Top 20 place in The 2012 PEAK Performance Project. The performance at the Biltmore Cabaret felt more like a party of…
MUSE wraps up West Coast ‘2nd Law’ tour in Vancouver
MUSE – Rogers Arena – February 6, 2013 Wrapping up a dozen dates up the West Coast of North America, MUSE visited Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Delivering their usual spectacular stage performance, the trio from Teignmouth kept the near sell-out audience on their feet for the entire two hour show. Coming on stage with a…
Nelly Furtado has Indestructible Spririt
Nelly Furtado – Commodore Ballroom – January 9, 2013 Hitting the road in support of her first English language album since 2006, Nelly Furtado launched her “Spirit Indestructible Tour” this week in her home town of Victoria. The following evening she played Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom, where I caught the show. After a shaky sounding start…
Jessica Tyler takes a break from Degrassi
Jessica Tyler – Commodore Ballroom – January 9, 2013 Best known for her roll of Jenna Middleton on MuchMusic’s Degrassi, Jessica Tyler is showing that she is a triple threat. In addition to acting on the hit show her character is also a singer/songwriter, often picking up the guitar. Jessica is following in her own…