Brandon Isaak: Spiritual Undertones
After two acoustic solo albums, Bluesman’s Plea (2011) & Here on Earth (2014), Brandon Isaak’s Spiritual Undertones marks a departure.
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After two acoustic solo albums, Bluesman’s Plea (2011) & Here on Earth (2014), Brandon Isaak’s Spiritual Undertones marks a departure.
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Songs are almost like children, having a little life of their own. Thorin Loeks on his second album, Shine Through The Dark.
Add a fruity kick to your fall with a lychee martini! Try the cocktail at the CD release party and concert for Yukon musician Nicole
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Director Daniel Cross visits the southern United States with his latest documentary I am The Blues (2016), highlighting living blues legends in the heart of
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Ping pong might be what prevents Shawn Hall from harpooning Matt Rogers, or keeps Rogers from dismembering his musical partner with an axe. The duo
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Musicians from near and far play the Blue Feather Music Festival. Selina Heyligers-Hare – Sass Jordan – Deering and Down – Jimmy D. Lane
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Local musician Ryan McNally really does have himself a Mercury, which he definitely does cruise up and down the road.
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Blues band Black Iron Blossom came out of nowhere. I hadn’t even heard of them before the normally quiet Sam Gallagher stopped me in Mac’s
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Howard Chymyshyn (aka Chymy) was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta in 1946 (my mom was born in the very same town 10 years later). His
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“To be a musician’s musician is the biggest achievement that I could Such is the case of J.J. Cale. I must admit my prejudice going
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“The blues and country music were the same. A lot of what I play comes from that time when they were one.” Isaak
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Brandon Issak releasing a new album and travelling to Memphis, Tennessee to participate in the largest blues gathering in the world.
Heading to the Belly of the Blues Read More »
Donald Ray Johnson may be the coolest to come to Whitehorse. He’ll play Coasters with Yukoners Dave Haddock, Brandon Isaak and Ed White.
Cool comes to Coasters Read More »
Montréal native Ryan McNally has loved the blues since he was nine years old … although if you grew up in his hometown you might
Skookum Jim Friendship Centre is doing something different this year with its 2009 Folklore Show on Saturday, Jan. 31: it will be A Night of
It’s gonna be a ‘blue’ folklore Read More »
As you may know, the poetry of the blues is full of metaphors that allude to acts involving one’s naughty bits. Often lyrics will allude
Twisting With the Blues Read More »
If you are a lover of music, this is one fantastic week to be a Yukoner. Check it out: you have Justin Haynes, Jean Martin
A grand-slam week for music lovers Read More »
A few days before flying to Whitehorse, Matt Minglewood will be in Toronto accepting a Maple Blues Award for lifetime achievement as a bluesman. The
Dancing on the Tables Read More »
When a total stranger approached Brandon Isaak after a Twisters gig in Germany a few years back, saying he wanted to build a guitar for
A Signature Honour Read More »
On June 11, 2008, Prime Minister Stephen Harper rose in the House of Commons to issue a formal apology for Canada’s century-long Indian residential school
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Brandon Isaak almost trashed his musical career before it started. “I didn’t see it. I stepped on it, broke it in half”
Singing the Alaska Highway Read More »