Articles by Em Medland-Marchen

Calgary's Festival Season Started Its Thaw with BIG Winter Classic 2024

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2024

With the arrival of BIG, the defrosting of Calgary’s festival scene begins...

Depeche Mode Lit Up the Dark in Edmonton

Rogers Place, November 21

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2023

Forty three years since their inception, Depeche Mode still have plenty of life left. The English new wave band — now a duo consisting of s...

De La Soul and Wu-Tang Clan Celebrated Hip-Hop's Past — and Looked to Its Future — in Calgary

Scotiabank Saddledome, October 14

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2023

50 years since its inception, hip-hop is alive and well in Calgary. That was clear from the tens of thousands who piled into the Scotiabank...

TALK's Messy Live Show Went Out of Orbit

Calgary Stampede, July 14

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2023

There's nothing that draws a crowd in this decade quite like TikTok. That proved true once again with TALK, the Ottawa native who rose to o...

Broken Social Scene Skipped Soundcheck and Lifted Spirits

Calgary Stampede, July 12

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2023

Smoke had descended on the grounds for day seven of the Calgary Stampede, and the poor air quality had whipped the festival's normally rauc...

Big Boi Played the Game in Calgary

Calgary Stampede, July 10

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2023

It was a match made in heaven for the Calgary Stampede: Big Boi at the Big Four Roadhouse. "Canada The ATLiens have landed" Big Boi announ...

Cordae Felt the Love in Calgary

Calgary Stampede, July 8

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2023

A province-wide heat warning on Saturday didn't stop droves of cowpokes from mozying their way over to the Calgary Stampede to bear witness...

Lord Huron Found True Love in the Stampede

Calgary Stampede, July 9

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2023

The Big Four Roadhouse was packed Sunday night, and after a long day of Stampeding under the cover of thunderstorms and light rainfall, the...