I did a blog post a few weeks ago talking about how summer was shaping up to quite different from previous years. The long daylight hours, warm temperatures, blooming flowers, leafing trees, fresh fruits and vegetables and other...
Read MoreIt’s a beautiful day outside! It would be perfect for a picnic, but instead of a basket of delicious sandwiches Covid-19 has packed another of its turd burritos for us. Like it says in the headline, the Regina Folk Fest is the...
Read MoreOrdinarily around this time of year I’d be getting started on our Hot Summer Guide. It runs in our last June issue, and highlights a range of music/theatre festivals, fairs and other special events that are planned for...
Read MoreThere is probably no better time to see a band live than when they are not promoting a new album. Two-and-a-half years removed from debuting the fun, bouncy “Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance”, Belle and Sebastian hit the stage...
Read MoreI Mother Earth got their start in Toronto in the early ’90s. Grunge was king back then, and the band, which featured brothers Jagori Tanna (guitar) and Christian Tanna (drums) and vocalist Edwin, definitely fit into that...
Read MoreThis is a remount of a show the Globe Theatre has presented before about the life and career of country music legend Patsy Cline. The musical was written by Dean Regan, and this version is directed by Geoffrey Whynot with Devra...
Read MoreFormerly a quartet, this Saskatoon-based indie folk band seems to have scaled back to a three-piece since it released its debut album Less Argue in 2013. Three of the four original members are still involved, though, and...
Read MoreGovernment Town is a local indie folk-rock band. They’ve snagged at least a couple of wins/nominations in our annual Best of Regina contest for Best Regina Band and Best Album categories in past years. Numberwise, the...
Read MoreFor long-time Prairie Dog readers the Pack A.D. need no introduction (but here’s one anyway in the current issue). A garage rock duo from Vancouver consisting of singer/guitarist Becky Black and drummer Maya Miller,...
Read MorePrairie Dog has partnered with the Cathedral Village Arts Festival since 2000 to produce the festival’s official program guide. The guide for the 2016 festival went out in our May 12 issue. The CVAF is celebrating its 25th...
Read MoreIf you were a fan of indie Canadian rock in the early 1990s the Lowest of the Low out of Toronto was likely on your radar. Fronted by Ron Hawkins (guitars, vocals) with David Alexander (drums), Stephen Stanley (guitar) and John...
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