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Reviews
Conversations With Nick Cave Massey Theatre, New Westminster BC, October 10 Published Oct 11, 2019Yesterday evening, Nick Cave's "Conversations" tour arrived in the Vancouver suburb of New Westminster, where a sold-out Massey Theatre gree...
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Kinnie Starr Interstellar Rodeo, Edmonton AB, July 26 Published Jul 27, 2019There's no possible way that Kinnie Starr's performance could fit into a standard issue live review. In front of a stage being changed over...
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Features
The Last Poets' Anger Has Global Scope on 'Understand What Black Is' Published May 17, 2018Long before "woke" became a buzzword and Twitter hashtivism was a trend, there were the Last Poets. The group formed in Harlem in 1968, an e...
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The Last Poets Understand What Black Is Published May 16, 2018The world has changed in many ways since the Last Poets formed in the 1960s, but the battle for equality has yet to be won. Understand What...
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Native North America Gathering Megaphono, Ottawa ON, February 9 Published Feb 10, 2018The traveling Native North America Gathering — which celebrates the remarkable songwriting and storytelling collected on Light in the Attic'...
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X Avant Night Three: 'Intérro' featuring Jason Sharp, Tanya Evanson, Kaie Kellough and Kevin Lo / E-Saggila 918 Bathurst, Toronto ON, October 13 Published Oct 14, 2017While the bill originally promised a headlining set from radical industry disruptor Chino Amobi, a bad case of food poisoning had other idea...
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X Avant Night One: Man Forever / Germaine Liu / Luyos MC 918 Bathurst, Toronto ON, October 11 Published Oct 12, 2017For its 12th year, the Music Gallery's flagship X Avant festival is returning with a lineup befittingly curated under the broad theme of "re...
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Shane Koyczan Debris Published Sep 23, 2015It may be impossible to give a fair review of Shane Koyczan's Debris. It's so colossal, both in size and emotion heft, that it requires repe...