Earthly Pursuits

Arts, Entertainment, and Environmental Issues

In Pursuit: Corb Lund

mariko margetson September 13, 2019

Corb Lund picks up a blue folding chair and makes for the shade like a horse to oats. I follow him to a spot about 20 meters away and set my chair across from his

Vancouver Folk Music Festival Day 2: Survival, Revival!

mariko margetson July 26, 2019

I literally went from a cranky old bag to a jubilant hard-core fan in a millisecond. Music is magical medicine.

Vancouver Folk Music Festival: Artist Review Day One

mariko margetson July 24, 2019

Corb Lund, Larkin Poe, Le Vent du Nord, the Dardanelles, Copperhead and Los Pachamama y Flor Amargo play opening day of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.

Living the Dream: Festival Successes, Failures and a Guide for This Season

mariko margetson July 18, 2019

That summer nearly 400,000 people converged on a farm near Bethel New York to be part of a celebration that would transcend music, art, and social reform to define a generation.

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King Princess Rules the Queen Elizabeth With an Iconic Twist

Live Music

Nay, this gay royal prefers to place demands on her subjects, and they obviously love her enough to do her bidding with enthusiasm.

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City and Colour, Come Back to Me. Vancouver's Love Affair With Dallas Green Continues

Live Music

There’s something magnetic about Dallas Green. First there’s his voice, a distinctive and clear tenor that soars through haunting lyrical ballads.

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Bishop Briggs Conquers the Commodore

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Enter Bishop Briggs.

And when I say enter, I mean bound across the stage as if her legs were springs and her arms were confetti shot from a cannon

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In Pursuit: Sarah Jickling Succeeds With Staying Power

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“Nobody’s a Saint.”

Sarah Jickling leans forward slightly as she twirls a long strand of dark brown hair around the finger of her left hand.

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Matt Mays Live: Love Rules

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“For Fuck’s sake, let there be love, eh?” Matt Mays laughed as he introduced his newest single to a fervent crowd at Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre

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Black Joe Lewis and The Honey Bears Bust It Out at the Rickshaw

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With a tangerine coloured guitar hanging loosely around his shoulder, Joe Lewis tapped his toe on one of the monitors resting on the stage in front of him.

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October Playlist

Lists

Playlist of musical acts passing through Vancouver during the month of October with dates, venues and ticket information. Plus a sentence or two on what we can expect at the show or why we put the song on the list.

Lists

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Band of Skulls Bring Out the Best of Vancouver

Live Music

A lot of bands lay claim to having the best fans ever but based on what I saw at Venue Night Club Monday night, that honor goes to Band of Skulls.

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Rival Sons: Live at Summerset Festival

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Rival Son’s front man Jay Buchanan stalks around the stage, his right hand firmly gripping a microphone

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In Pursuit

In Pursuit: Corb Lund

In Pursuit

Corb Lund picks up a blue folding chair and makes for the shade like a horse to oats. I follow him to a spot about 20 meters away and set my chair across from his

In Pursuit