But live music, and live music from the rail – it just reaches parts of my heart and soul otherwise unattainable and I lose myself in it. Or maybe I become the most myself.
City and Colour in Colour
Dear Friend of my Friend,
On the one hand, I’m so sorry you were unable to attend this concert. On the other, I am so grateful I got to go in your place!
Memento Mori Tour: Depeche Mode in Edmonton
Depeche Mode is no stranger to these darker, melancholic, gothic themes. They were the vampire band before vampire bands were a thing.
Telephone Books and Porcelain: I Mother Earth & The Tea Party in Edmonton
You might guess that this is a highlight moment for me, and it is, but, really, the highlights never end at a Tea Party concert.
Running to Gaga: Lady Gaga Jazz and Piano
This show was so spectacularly moving for me. I love these eras of music and fashion. I grew up listening to my dad’s big band albums, watching re-runs of Sinatra, Rogers, Astaire, and Kelly dancing and singing in these amazing Hollywood movie sets. I LOVE this music, these styles.
It was truly the perfect trifecta of music, fashion and Gaga.
U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere
But that’s not all this screen can do and you and everyone around you knows it. And there’s a tension building in this room, partly due to the anticipation of waiting for U2, partly in anticipation of seeing what this titan can do on the inside.
Nickelback – Get Rollin’ Into Town
But WOW! Did we ever appreciate the heck out of Nickelback last week! Maybe it’s partly because these are Alberta boys from just down the QEII and around the corner. But maybe it’s just that they are that good live.
All That Glitters is ‘Golden’: Harry Styles Love on Tour
Seeing Harry and Inhaler twenty years later at Slane felt like it would be a perfect closure to that story. Finally experiencing Slane. Finally seeing Harry for the first time. Finally seeing Inhaler for the first time. And, well, there are some concerts that demand you see them more than once. Instinctually, incorrigibly, inevitably, I knew I’d want, no NEED, to see more than one.
And so I also got tickets to Wembley 1 and 2…
Let’s Go, Girls: Shania Twain’s The Queen of Me Tour
She did for country music what Harry Potter did for literature. She didn’t just cross over genres, she tore down the walls. It seemed like everyone was listening to Shania. In the grocery stores, in the mall. On all the pop/rock and country radio stations.
Surrender To Hope: Bono at the Beacon Theatre and U2:UV Ticket Madness
And you watch Bono, and he watches you. Because Bono does that. He makes eye contact. And he holds it. So you get caught in the blue through pink gaze. You get the feeling connecting – human to human – is vital for him.
In Search of Rock Gods 