Sunday night Mr Worldwide, Pitbull, brought a little Miami flavour to the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles as host of the 2013 American Music Awards. The live telecast on ABC kicked off with an Japanese inspired performance from Katy Perry, followed by performances from a diverse selection of music genres. Performers included, Justin Timberlake, One…
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Petunia And The Vipers
Petunia And The Vipers – Ukrainian Cultural Hall – November 2, 2013 The Hall was filled with excited revellers as Petunia And The Vipers made their biannual return to Vancouver. From the first note, the dancefloor was hopping as the band turned out their blend of rockabilly, country, folk and rock for the audience. The…
Jake Bugg flashes like a Lightning Bolt
Jake Bugg – Vogue Theatre – September 27, 2013 Stepping on stage at a sold out Vogue Theatre 19 year old Jake Bugg didn’t have to try hard to win over the audience. Being just 19 years old, most of the audience was older than he but you’d never know it by his performance. His…
Jim Byrnes Wraps 2013 Enchanted Evenings Concert Series
Jim Byrnes – Dr Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden – August 30, 2013 The 20th Anniversary Enchanted Evenings Concert Series at Dr Sun Yat-Sen Gardens came to a close last week with a performance by blues great Jim Byrnes. The award winning musician/actor played a 75 minute set, of covers and original material before an…
Summer Music Festival Line-Up 2013
South By Southwest just wrapped up in Texas and Canadian Music Week in Toronto just closed, signalling the start of 2013 music festival season. Now’s the time to start planning your trips and travel to experience some great music and arts festivals. Here’s a run down of some of the multi-day festivals running up and…
It’s a BECKstravaganza!
In December 2012, Beck released his latest album, Song Reader, at 20 songs it’s a long player. The unique thing with this release is that in order to hear the songs you must play them yourself, not just on a CD or mp3 player but real instruments. Song Reader is in sheet music form only. …
Top Travel Destinations
In 2012, the UN World Travel Organization (UNWTO) calculated that global tourism had reached a record breaking one billion travellers in the year. British tourist, Mrs Dale Shepard-Floyd arriving in Spain was symbolically revealed as the world’s 1 billionth tourist on December 13, 2012. With a billion people packing a suitcase and travelling there are…