Articles by Myles Tiessen
MJ Lenderman Fights the Wind – And Wins – on the Fantastic 'Manning Fireworks'
PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2024
"Birds against a heavy wind that wins in the end," mourns MJ Lenderman in the very first words of his new album 'Manning Fireworks'...
Fontaines D.C. Pen an Unreliable Encyclopedia of 'Romance'
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2024
Love is not patient or kind. It fails and boasts. It appears contorted, grim, armed, and it poisons the angered soul with swarming radon ...
Leith Ross Was a (Too Quiet) Storm at Winnipeg Folk Fest
Green Ash Stage, July 13
PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2024
Some tent in the festival campground, staying up all night and missing the music the next day; some come exclusively to hear their ...
At Winnipeg Folk Fest, Nadah El Shazly Stopped Time
Bur Oak Stage, July 14
PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024
It was hard to process what happened during Nadah El Shazly's set. Describing how it was doesn't come close to helping understand...
Elisapie Broke Through at Winnipeg Folk Fest
Main Stage, July 12
PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024
The 49th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival was a marathon to complete. Weather closing in on a humid 35 degrees, rain and lighting popped ...
Lucinda Williams Set Winnipeg Folk Fest Alight
Main Stage, July 11
PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024
How many concerts or shows does one need to attend before live music begins to lose meaning? How many sweltering days under the burning...
Jamboree Mourn the Salad Days on 'Summerland'
PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2024
It rises from the prairie landscape as a defiant obelisk. Two sixteen-story towers joined together by an all-embracing tropical atrium ...
Chastity Was Voiceless but Vivid in Winnipeg
The Handsome Daughter, April 19
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2024
The one who belonged most at Chastity's Friday night Winnipeg show was the kid standing by himself smoking a cigarette 15, maybe...
