Grammy-winning ensemble premieres new work from Calgary composer Allan Gordon Bell Beacon Staff Reporter For Calgary composer Allan Gordon Bell, being selected to write a brand new composition for Eighth Blackbird was an honour, and a challenge. It is not every day a Calgary composer gets to write a piece for a two-time Grammy Award-winning [...]
Calgary stop for Bret Michaels to help promote Life Rocks Foundation Beacon Staff News Bret Michaels is on the road and headed for Calgary’s Deerfoot Inn and Casino for his Get Your Rock On Tour on Dec. 13. Bret Michaels first rose to fame as the frontman of the band named Poison. As one of [...]
The Stone Iris prom show to be X-mas bash of the Edmonton-based band Beacon Staff Reporter Edmonton’s 7 piece rock, reggae, blues and soul band Stone Iris (James Brown’s lost love children) will take part in a prom show of their newly-released album ‘Illuminations’ at Studio 37 in Calgary on Dec. 15. The Calgary show, which [...]
Michael Buble Teams Up With Bing Crosby to release a new version of White Christmas Beacon Staff Reporter Michael Bublé will be releasing a new holiday single of an old favourite, White Christmas, which includes a special guest performance by Bing Crosby. It will be available worldwide Dec. 10 and 11 on iTunes. The White [...]
Folk Music Festival wins award for commended category Beacon Staff Reporter The Calgary Folk Music Festival (CFMF) has won A Greener Festival Award, making this the second consecutive year in a row that the festival wins this award. The award was presented to CFMF in recognition as one of the greenest festivals in the world [...]
