Tag: edmonton

  • Interview: Wendy McGrath (Broke City)

    Interview: Wendy McGrath (Broke City)

    Please welcome our guest writer, Thea Bowering, interviewing prairie writer Wendy McGrath about her brand new book, Broke City, part of the Santa Rosa Trilogy.   Recently, on my CJSR-Radio program, WORD, I talked with Edmonton poet and novelist Wendy McGrath about Broke City (2019), the novel that completes her Santa Rosa Trilogy, which also…

  • Concert Review: Depeche Mode (Oct 27, 2017 – Edmonton)

    Concert Review: Depeche Mode (Oct 27, 2017 – Edmonton)

    Depeche Mode is touring through North America right now — we caught them in Edmonton, Alberta on October 27th. A good show, though not mindblowing. A few people seemed surprised when I told them I was going to Edmonton to see Depeche Mode live. They were surprised that Depeche Mode was still a thing and…

  • Concert Review: Kanye West (Edmonton)

    Concert Review: Kanye West (Edmonton)

    That time we probably saw Kanye West (hard to say, it was dark) live in Edmonton. It reinforced all the things everyone says about him. I flew to Edmonton last week to cover the Kanye West show, and my friends Joel and Taunya drove up from Calgary to meet me. It was a great weekend…