The Lethbridge and Area Firefigters Pipe Band centre around their bass drummer as they play a set at Average Joe’s Sports Bar on Sunday night. A group of local firefighters put down their hoses and ladders and picked up drums and bagpipes to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The Lethbridge and Area Firefighters Pipe Band…
Local band rocks the Owl Acoustic Lounge
A Lethbridge-based band who has a raw, emotional approach to both song writing and playing live hit the stage at a local lounge this past weekend. Biloxi Parish performed in front of a packed Owl Acoustic Lounge in Lethbridge this past Saturday night. The band features four members who all reside in the windy-city and…
The Flat welcomes artists home
A lot goes into throwing a house party. A lot goes into putting on a concert. Now, combine both of those and imagine upwards of 30 people, plus a band and all of its gear in your living room. Exhausting, right? Residents of local venue The Flat have dealt with all of these intricacies on…
An Australian musician pays a visit to an eager Lethbridge audience
One Australian musician made a Lethbridge music venue his home for the night playing to a small room packed with attentive fans. Originally from a small town in New South Wales, Kim Churchill left after high school to pursue a career in music and hasn’t looked back. Churchill sat barefoot, surrounded by instruments as he…
Striking the right chord
As the lights inside the church dimmed, the sound of the symphony echoed through the historic room. The Lethbridge Symphony joined by the Ventus Women’s Choir and Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Singers, presented Beethoven and Sanctuary Monday night at Southminster United Church. This concert celebrated the entire Beethoven symphonic cycle and highlighted the importance of arts…
Battle of the Bands YQL Edition
Local bands had a chance to show the city what they’re made of on Wednesday night as they took over The Slice Bar and Grill. The University of Lethbridge’s radio station CKXU put on a battle of the bands that pitted the best local bands up against each other in a night on rocking and…
Celebrating southern Alberta talent
Often referred to as the universal language, music bridges any number of borders and cultures to unite people in rhythmic syncopation. That widespread charm is due in part to the strong sense of community that often develops around local artists. One driving force in southern Alberta is that of emerging record label Cottonwood Records. Cottonwood…
Anything but Adequate
The snares pop and the guitars whine, feet tap and heads bob. The irresistible pull of funk is back, and it is brought anew with the help of southern Alberta band, Adequate. Good things often come in three. For Keenan Pezderic, 28, Scott Mezei, 31, and Josh Thorlakson, 26, three seems to be the magic…
Marty Funkhauser and the electronic scene
Electronic music has been growing in popularity over the last decade creating events that bring out groups of people in the hundreds to the hundred thousands. Lethbridge has seen a desired increase in the computer generated genre of music with the uprising of local DJs booking venues for events and the creation of the Lethbridge…
I want you back
Today I’m going to take you backstreets back on a nostalgic trip to the ’90s era of boybands. You could say I left my heart in the ‘90s, securely fastened to the boy band train. It’s tearin’ up my heart to know that the glory days of music are behind us. So throw your hands up…