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LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comLive blues music will return to Lethbridge once more on Aug. 28 with the Coulee Blues Festival at Civic

JJ Voss is rolling up his sleeves. The veteran singer-songwriter — eagerly anticipating his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine — can’t wait to get back to work in front of live audiences after having to settle for a long-distance relationship with his fans over the past 15 months. “I’m pretty much done with the virtual concerts at this point; I think my audience is fatigued of that,” Voss said this week from his Regina home. “I’m cautiously optimistic and I’m booking kind of full steam ahead right now for summer and fall. You set yourself up for a potential letdown (if the situ...

The FeSKival concert in Regina this weekend features five prominent Saskatchewan music acts along with options for food and accommodations.

  SASKATOON -- The latest album release from The Tragically Hip perked up ears in the province with its title Saskadelphia, but the Hip isn’t the first band to dawn this name on an album cover. Twenty-four years ago Regina-based artist Jack Semple released an album and a song called Saskadelphia. “It just kind of describes the style of music I was playing at the time, in the geographical region,” Semple told CTV News. On Thursday Tragically Hip announced the release of its new album Saskadelphia. According to the band’s website, Hip drummer Johnny Fay suggested the name for its ...

Straker, who local music fans might recall as he was in the area celebrating fifty years of the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils in 2019 doing shows in both Yorkton and Langenburg bringing along some friends to the party - Jack Semple and Annette Campagne, said the recent SMA award was appreciated. It "was a nice surprise," he said, adding "the nominees in the category were all so good, all making such great music; I really wasn't 'expecting' the award in full honesty. "The only thing crummy about winning the award during a pandemic is that the award ceremony is on-line.