August 2021 Issue

"CALLING ALL WRITERS" A letter from the editor: August 2021

by Scott Roos Understatement of the year, but since July 11th, we've been very very busy. In fact, with restrictions eased live shows and...

"Summer Ain't Over Yet!" Advice from Hot Dog Helen

by Hot Dog Helen Hi, Hot Dog Helen here! Hasn’t it been a great summer so far? It’s so nice seeing live music start up again! Summer...

He's back! Prince Albert's Soulfather returns after hiatus

by Mark Hodgman photo by Scott Roos Life can be tough. Other people are scary. We find ways to confine ourselves to echo chambers of our...

"If You're Not Happy Then What's The Point?": Ripper and The Jesses

By Will Yannacoulias The spirit of rock & roll irreverence we all admire is perfectly embodied by Ripper and the Jesses, a Regina trio...

Rock music has been the foundation of my music career: Meet Zayd

Hard Rock is a sub-genre that defined the global rock star images over the course of Rock music's evolution from Rockabilly and crooners...

Not All Who Wander Are Lost: Curtwood Bearsman

By Will Yannacoulias Don’t let the acoustic guitar fool you; with percussive groove-laden riffing, multiple time changes, challenging...

"Now it’s done. What now?" Set To Flames react to release of debut full length

By Scott Roos pictures courtesy of Set To Flames “I don’t want to use the word isolated but there’s (only) a select few of us (in the La...

Murray McLauchlan Part One: I'm not a firm believer in retirement

by Scott Roos photo courtesy Eric Alper It’s 2021 and Canadian music icon Murray McLauchlan has just released his 20th album entitled...

Wicked Little Town: Hedwig And The Angry Inch Comes To Saskatoon

By Will Yannacoulias “All Hail! She’s the King, She’s the Queen! All Hail! Of the Freaks, All the Freaks On the Scene!” In 1998, New York...

"I’m honoured my album has made it halfway around the world" introducing the UK's Saving Scarlett

UK Hard Rock band, Saving Scarlett, have made their official debut in Canada by having signed CD copies of their debut album, Hourglass,...

I've never felt that sick before: Last Birds recount how COVID-19 changed them as songwriters

by Scott Roos *photo courtesy of Durr Photography Launched onto the provincial stage by a brilliant digital performance at the SaskMusic...