The 2013 Prairie Brass Band Festival kicks off this weekend at the Third Avenue United Church on April 19 and 20. This is one concert series that is guaranteed to blow. I mean that in the best possible way.
I only planned to watch Scott Bradlee and his friends jam for a few minutes. Maybe catch a song or two and throw in a request that would probably be ignored. I ended up watching — and participating — for two hours. Here’s why you should give this kind of show a shot.
Aaron Adair, Saskatoon’s own high school teaching soul man, put on an candlelit concert in the round at the Refinery on Friday, April 12. This post is a collection of images from that concert. The show was a celebration of the release of his album Aanalog, which was officially launched this week.
I don’t know how this guy fits upwards of 233 songs in his brain and can conjure them up on demand, but he does. He’ll play any song requested from the the list below at his Live by Request show the Bassment. Dude doesn’t even use sheet music.
An interview with local artist Aaron Adair, whose album release concert this Friday will be part 1960s cocktail party and part 1968 Elvis comeback special, all reimagined in a soulful modern performance right here in Saskatoon.
