Music
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Feel the love
Gil Carroll, Adam Soloway and Josh Winestock are the names behind the up-and-coming record label Real Love Winnipeg.
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
When I spoke with Ofield Williams – the Grand Analog DJ and oft-hip hop producer – his group’s third and latest record Modern Thunder had already garnered critical acclaim since its release on August 20.
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Tensile strength
In August, Montreal-based art rock band Braids released its second full-length album Flourish // Perish.
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Rapper’s delight
Local hip hop artist M-Kaps unveils his sophomore full length, Another Day, Another Sodoku on Saturday at the Park Theatre. The MC started getting into hip-hop as a teenager a decade ago, but things didn’t get serious until 2009 when he released the Supremium EP, a collection of tracks he had been working on during the five years prior.
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Visual: Royal Canoe
Royal Canoe in concert.
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A new chapter
After some blood, sweat and tears, Winnipeg band Electric Soul is releasing Second Paradise, its debut full-length album which incorporates elements of rock, funk and jazz.
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First Australia, then the world
Vance Joy doesn’t even have a full-length record out yet, but the Melbourne-based folk-pop singer/songwriter is already generating a lot of buzz in his home country.
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Shine On Festival of Music and Art
Held in the heart of the Sandilands Forest, the Shine On Festival of Music and Art has been going strong since 2005 as a laid-back yet experimental music festival.
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Morden Corn and Apple Festival
Since 1967 the Morden Corn and Apple Festival has been going strong, and with its focus on all things free, from the admission to the entertainment, the hot-buttered corn on the cob and ice cold apple cider (as well as shuttle services) it’s definitely the hot spot for family friendly good times this summer.
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Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival
Last year 10,000 people descended upon Red River Exhibition Park to check out the inaugural Winnipeg BBQ and Blues Fest, a brand new event which came into fruition for two reasons according to managing partner Kevin Walters.
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Harvest Sun
The tiny, 100-person village of Kelwood, Manitoba will get a major population boost from August 16-18. Eight years in, and Harvest Sun Music Festival has grown into a full-on cultural destination, drawing people from all corners of Manitoba for good tunes, tasty food and fresh community vibes.
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Rainbow Trout Music Festival
For the last few years Jean-Guy Roy (former member of defunct local rockers The Morning After) has been leading Federal Lights, turning it from a basement solo project to a full-on band with his wife Jodi, David Pankratz (Quinzy) and Rob Mitchell (The Attics). Last year the band released the six-song, Cam Loeppky (John K. Samson) produced Carbon EP and played a whack of industry conferences, festivals and gigs around the country.
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Manitoba Electronic Music Exhibition
The life of a DJ can be, well, pretty crazy. At least that’s what most of us non-DJers tend to imagine.
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The Small Town Fests
Local comedian Matt Falk is a busy guy. Yeah, we’re all busy, but Falk is really busy.
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Folklorama
Set to the backdrop of Winnipeg’s diverse cultural communities is Folklorama – a two-week celebration held August 4-17 which features more than 40 pavilions, 20,000 volunteers and over 400,000 annual visits.
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River City Rumble
Winnipeg rockabilly enthusiasts will finally have a festival to call their own when the inaugural River City Rumble takes over the Metropolitan Entertainment Centre during the weekend of August 3-4.
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Icelandic Festival of Manitoba
Have you ever wanted to be a viking? Alternatively, have you ever dreamt of witnessing a viking reenactment? Well, now’s your chance.
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Rockin’ the fields of Minnedosa
The Rockin’ the Fields festival is celebrating its tenth year out in Minnedosa, taking over for the dearly departed classic rock weekend as the perfect place for the best in back to basics, radio-ready rock - and no one plays louder and harder than local four piece When Planets Al!gn.
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Brandon Folk Festival
One-man rock band Shotgun Jimmie’s latest effort, Everything, Everything is a portrait of a man on a serious ‘life high.’
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Wild at Heart
I meet the four fresh-faced, gregarious members of Latka in a well-lit downtown Winnipeg cafe to receive an oral history of the band and get an exclusive first listen of their debut album My Bright Heart.