08 July 2019
Musician Spotlight Series: Dion Todd
By Kelly Bedard // Music
The Musician Spotlight Series shines a light on up-and-coming bands and solo acts creating heartfelt and original work across genres, giving them an opportunity to talk about their music, their …
22 March 2019
Musician Spotlight Series: Nuela Charles
By Kelly Bedard // Music
The Musician Spotlight Series shines a light on up-and-coming bands and solo acts creating heartfelt and original work across genres, giving them an opportunity to talk about their music, their …
09 September 2018
Musician Spotlight Series: Gabriela Geneva
By Kelly Bedard // Music
The Musician Spotlight Series shines a light on up-and-coming bands and solo acts creating heartfelt and original work across genres, giving them an opportunity to talk about their music, their …
10 July 2018
Musician Spotlight Series: Theo Tams
By Kelly Bedard // Music
The Musician Spotlight Series shines a light on up-and-coming bands and solo acts creating heartfelt and original work across genres, giving them an opportunity to talk about their music, their …
07 March 2018
Joey Niceforo- “Winner Takes It All”
By Anya Wassenberg // Music
“Winner Takes All” is the ABBA favourite you think you know – you think so, that is, until you hear the latest version by singer Joey Niceforo. Joey is a …
13 January 2018
Sykamore- Self + Medicine
By Anya Wassenberg // Music
Self + Medicine is the second release for singer/songwriter Sykamore. The native of Carseland, Alberta has been recording since 2012, and released her debut album PETAL in 2013. Sykamore has …
14 September 2017
#ARTBIRTH Lady Gaga
By Kymberley Feltham // Theatre (Toronto)
Athena Reich’s #ARTBIRTH was so unexpected, such a witty and subversive spectacle. Reich, as her pregnant Lady Gaga alter ego, drops a line early in the show warning us that …
06 July 2017
Carole King is Beautiful
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Carole King is a worthy musical heroine, an artist of prodigious talent and notable personality, and book writer Douglas McGrath has crafted her life story into a dramatically compelling piece …
08 January 2016
The Good Feelings Are Spreading Like Wildfire
By Marty Chodorek // Music
One of my favourite music teachers once observed how challenging it can be to write music with a positive tone. Personally, I’ve never tried my hand at it, but I …
27 June 2015
Must See: Love & Mercy
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
When the epilogue ended and the house lights came up in the movie theatre where I saw Love & Mercy, no one moved. The real Brian Wilson was on screen …
19 June 2015
The Unofficial Katy Perry Musical
By Kelly Bedard // Theatre (Toronto)
Katy Perry’s music is very theatrical and generally rooted in storytelling, two qualities that pretty much guarantee that one day we will see her songbook turned into a Broadway show. …
17 April 2015
In Reel Life: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of
By Kelly Bedard // Music
I’m not even a little bit embarrassed about seeing the Backstreet Boy documentary. Other than Joshua Jackson and Gilbert Blythe, I’ve loved nothing in my entire life as long or …
26 October 2014
Global Cabaret 2014, Part 1
By Kelly Bedard // Music
I’m halfway through the 7th (and final?) Global Cabaret Festival weekend down at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Here are the highlights so far: UPDATE: Read Part 2 …
04 July 2014
Bey & Jay Light set Gillette Stadium on Fire
By Kevin Dillon // Music
As the smell of weed wafted through the air, the lights dimmed, and Beyoncé and Jay-Z took the stage at Gillette Stadium. The two walked out with one of their …
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