Sunday night, Canada’s country music industry wrapped up a week of celebrating their own with the 2014 Canadian Country Music Awards. Hosted by Jann Arden and Rick Mercer, the award show opened with a onstage collaboration with The Road Hammers, Paul Brandt, George Canyon and Tom Cochrane. Other performancers during the show included host Jann Arden with Autumn…
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11th Annual New West Cultural Crawl
Next weekend New Westminster will come alive with Arts & Culture. The 11th Annual New Westminster Cultural Crawl takes place August 9 & 10, 2014. The two day city-wide Arts & Cultural experience opens the doors to local artists and artisans, explores the city’s heritage, and its unique cultural footprint. Every year arts and cultural…
Rock The Shores 2014 rocks Victoria this July
The 2014 edition of Rock The Shores promises to indeed rock the West shores of Greater Victoria this July 11-13. The now three day festival, takes over the fields at the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre which will be filled with revellers ready to rock to a mix of old and new acts. The line-up…
A Pete Seeger Tribute Concert – March 15
Recently the world lost a pioneer of folk music and activism, Pete Seeger, long an inspiration to generations’ worth of musicians and activists, including many BC musicians and songwriters. Seeger performed benefit concerts in Vancouver several times, including a well-remembered summer concert at Malkin Bowl, benefiting those evicted from the Downtown Eastside prior to EXPO…
Top 10 Singles 2013 from iTunes Canada
As we come to the end of the year let’s take a look at the most downloaded songs on iTunes Canada Top 10 Song 2013 Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke ft T.I. and Pharrell Wake Me Up – Avicii Stay – Rihanna ft Mikky Ekko Roar – Katy Perry Royals – Lorde Scream & Shout …
Vancouver Folk Fest 2013
Once again the sun will shine on Jericho Beach Park as the Vancouver Folk Festival gets underway for another year. Over 60 bands and artists will descend on the beach and its 7 stages. With the beauty of English Bay and the city skyline as the backdrop and great bands in before you, the 36th…
Touch Wood at Van Dusen Botanical Garden
This summer, take a walk on the wild side. As you wander the natural beauty of VanDusen Botanical Garden stop and take a look at for the Garden’s latest art installation – “Touch Wood“, running June 20th until September 30th. Following on the successful run of last year’s “Earth Art” exhibition, “Touch Wood” is another…