Alan Small

There’s plenty of truth in the phrase “soundtrack to our lives,” which rock acts use as a justification to keep touring decades after their songs topped the charts. Bands such as Journey and Toto show...

Alan Doyle knows what Portage and Main can be like when people gather there. The former frontman of Celtic pop act Great Big Sea remembers when a sea of people flocked to Winnipeg’s famous intersectio...

Corb Lund goes all-in on his new all-acoustic album, El Viejo. The Alberta country-and-western singer-songwriter — he tells New West stories with Old West sensibilities — brought together his band, the Hurtin’ Albertans, to his home in Lethbridge to create a record with a relaxed, intimate feel.

Michael Cavanagh, who rose from Manitoba Opera’s children’s chorus to artistic director of one of Europe’s grandest opera companies, died Wednesday morning in London, Ont. Cavanagh, 62, had leptomenin...

Many writers have found putting the horrors of war into words a difficult task. Winnipeg composer Tetyana Haraschuk learned a similar lesson while setting her thoughts about Russia’s invasion of Ukrai...

None of the Trans-Canada Highwaymen are from Winnipeg, but Friday’s concert holds special meaning for the newly created Canadian supergroup. Concert preview The Trans-Canada Highwaymen ● Friday,...

If Beyoncé can make the switch to country, then Chris Stapleton can become a soul singer. It’s hardly a stretch for the Nashville superstar; he proved Wednesday night at the Canada Life Centre that he...

Bach is back. Johann Sebastian Bach, that is. The German composer — whose music is often associated with the courtly gestures and palace intrigue of Europe in the 1700s — and the works of his peers will be the centre of attention again four centuries later for the weeklong Winnipeg Baroque Festival, which begins Sunday. “This style of music is very refined. Music from the time of Shakespeare,” says Andrew Balfour, artistic director and resident composer of the Dead of Winter choral group. “These…

It made little sense when, on April 22, 1978, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd — two of the most popular comedians on television — ditched the gags that made them famous, gussied themselves up in black suits and ties and sang the blues to fill three minutes of airtime.

A threshing-machine crew bringing in the fall harvest. Sailors steering a York boat on Lake Winnipeg’s rough waters. Depictions of the two scenes from Manitoba’s early years are among 14 works of art...