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Volume 51, Issue 9 August 12, 2010 ![[image]](/imgcache/150_images_covers_20100812.jpg)
Previous Issues News • Online Exclusive: High density library delays won't impact students • NUTV channels different path with new director • Public policy events diversify • New research melds mind and machine • New U of C president shares her views (4 replies) Entertainment • Spun: The Postelles • Spun: Women • Spun: Big Boi • Fringe Fest Wrap-Up • Mukwah -- you won't find any scouts at this jamboree • A world away from the Globe • A taste of Blues Fest 2010 • Despite promise, Expendables ultimately predictable • Pining for Banff's beauty Opinions • Child soldiers aren't to blame (3 replies) • The oilsands or Alberta's environment (pick one) (1 reply) Sports • McMahon to host NHL Heritage Classic • Dinos prepare to hold the border • Out of season testing reveals more doping violations |
Content by Ken Clarke
Graphics Artist ImagesStories A taste of Blues Fest 20102010-08-12 - Thousands of blues lovers of all ages congregated to Shaw Millennium Park last weekend for the sixth annual Calgary International Blues Festival. Once again the four day celebration featured a impressive line-up of blues musicians from around the world, who provided the masses with a dizzying array of various blues styles. More...  Folk Fest 2010 Web Gallery2010-08-05 - More...  Online Exclusive: Juliette Lewis, the extended interview2010-07-29 - Most people know Juliette Lewis as a successful actress who has starred in such films as Cape Fear, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk To Dawn, Kalifornia and Strange Days, to name but a few. What many of these people don't realize is that she is a successful, hard-working, hard-touring and hard-rocking musician. Lewis is currently touring with her latest release, Terra Incognita, and is bringing her highly acclaimed live show to Calgary next week. The Gauntlet had the opportunity to talk to Lewis as she was cruising the freeways of her home town Los Angeles. Gauntlet: How's the tour going? More... Juliette Lewis explores uncharted territory2010-07-22 - Most people know Juliette Lewis as a successful actress who has starred in such films as Cape Fear, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk To Dawn, Kalifornia and Strange Days, to name but a few. What many of these people don't realize is that she is a successful, hard-working, hard-touring and hard-rocking musician. Lewis is currently touring with her latest release, Terra Incognita, and is bringing her highly acclaimed live show to Calgary next week. The Gauntlet had the opportunity to talk to Lewis as she was cruising the freeways of her home town Los Angeles. Gauntlet: How's the tour going? More...  Spun: Jeff Healey2010-04-15 - Spun - This posthumous release from guitarist/vocalist Jeff Healey is a pleasantly upbeat 14 song collection of 1920s and 1930s swinging jazz numbers. While most listeners know Healey as a blues rock guitar player, he did form the Jazz Wizards in 2002 and recorded three swing albums with them by 2006, playing trumpet and guitar. It's no secret that this style was Healey's true musical love and it's fortunate he was able to record these tracks before he died of cancer in 2008 at the age of 41. Last Call is culled from solo, duo and trio sessions from 2007 that feature Healey on vocals, guitar and trumpet, Drew Juecka on violin and Ross Wooldridge on piano and clarinet. Despite the lack of a rhythm section, this sparse line-up breezes through the material like it's a walk in the park. In fact, the music is perfect listening for a walk in the park. The majority of the arrangements are joyous and leave plenty of room for virtuosic soloing from all three of these top notch players. Healey's earnest vocals come across in a very sincere and soulful manner, as if he had been singing these tunes the entirety of his short life. More...  Spun: Frank ZappaPhilly '76 2010-03-04 - Spun - When Frank Zappa passed away, he left behind a massive collection of unfinished works in his basement vault that the Zappa Family Trust have been slowly sifting through. Although having earned a reputation for working at a snail’s pace, the Trust does occasionally release the odd hidden gem. Philly ’76 is a two-disc, complete concert featuring a seldom heard line-up of Zappa musicians. The oddest presence is Bianca Odin, who provides rare female vocals to Zappa’s set list. Unfortunately, Odin did not even finish the 1976 tour due to constant requests from crowds for her to take off her clothes. Eddie Jobson, who just left Roxy Music provides superb keyboards and violin. That tour also marked the introduction of guitarist and vocalist Ray White, who later became a familiar member of various Zappa projects. Rounding out Zappa’s band is fretless bassist Patrick O’Hearn and maniac drummer Terry Bozzio. More...  Awards connect Calgary's best bluesmen to Chicago2010-02-11 - For over 50 years, Chicago's Maxwell Street has been famous for their Friday Night Blues and Fish Fry. Musicians from the Mississippi Delta would migrate to the area and electrify their sound, making Chicago world famous for the blues. On February 19, the Black History Month Foundation of Canada, in conjunction with the Black American Blues Historical Society will present the 5th annual Motown and More Gala and Awards Night in the Crossroads Community Centre. More...  Spun: Bryan Lee2009-12-03 - Spun - New Orleans-based bluesman Bryan Lee's 11th solo recording is a swinging mix of original blues tunes and carefully chosen covers. Lee, known as 'The Braille Blues Daddy,' proves his unique guitar and vocal prowess are fully intact. His well rounded band delivers the goods with gusto and charm. Most notable are the soulful sax solos and David Maxwell's lively piano playing, which add the perfect balance to Lee's Bourbon Street flavoured guitar. Although a studio recording, My Lady Don't Love My Lady has a live performance feel. Lending their efforts to the mix are two of Lee's long-time friends. On Junior Well's "Early In The Morning," Chicago blues guitar slinger Buddy Guy lays down an articulate and blistering solo. "Let Me Up I've Had Enough" is a rollicking composition by Kenny Wayne Shepherd who adds his own fiery touches on guitar. More...  Community remembers Reverend Ron2009-11-19 - In Memoriam - Calgary's music community is still in shock following the announcement that Reverend Ron, 20-year host of CJSW's The Blues Witness, passed away Thu., Nov. 12, after a battle with cancer. Ronald J. Predika died the night before CJSW made their long awaited move to the third floor of the MacEwan Student Centre, on the University of Calgary campus. The last song to be played in the old space was Ron's theme song, Merlin Johnson's "Down on Easy Street." More... (1 comment)  Spun: The Beatles2009-09-10 - Spun - It's about damn time. This two CD package is a promotional sampler of the 14 UK Beatles albums which have been digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London and released on 09.09.09. Fans around the world can finally rejoice in hearing the fab four as they've never heard them before. The sound quality has been improved substantially. The enhanced audio treatment is crisper, cleaner and clearer with improved separation of each instrument and vocal on every track. The recordings are more dynamic, complete with warmer, pumped up bass. While each disc is available separately, the catalogue has also been released as a stereo box set with all the mini-docs on a DVD, and as a separate box set which includes all the The Beatles mono mixes. More... [Next Page] More stories by Ken Clarke: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
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