Music

Leonard and Joni: The Untold Love Story, at the Jube. Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen are two of Canada’s most iconic and beloved singer songwriters, each of whom mined their own biographies for their songs.

Heartstrings & Honky Tonks comes to Studio Bell. Across North America’s grain belt, an endless supply of songs drift from radios at roundups, fairs and during miles of open highway, marking the passage of time as those miles and events repeat perennially to an evolving soundtrack.

Lund’s 10th studio album is a DIY winner. With his latest album, Alberta treasure Corb Lund returns to familiar themes like card playing, war (think Horse Soldier!), and Western capers.

Shows That Will Thaw Your Cold Heart. The Calgary Folk Fest’s Block Heater takes place February 15 to 17, featuring 12 events, seven venues, and 27 artists.

Thinking about the past while building the future. There’s a sense of optimism glaringly evident in “Your Friendly Neighbourhood Rapper” KTheChosen, also known as Thabo Chinake.

Dean Clarke and Rob Faust PHOTO: ROB FAUSTInfluential Calgary DJ’s love of music, love of life will be sorely missed. (Ed. Note: In August, Calgary lost one of its pioneering DJs, Dean Clarke.

Keystone venue creates community cohesion serving up great music and food over 20 years after opening. It’s fitting that the Ironwood Stage and Grill is named after one of the strongest and most resilient trees in North America.

Like a page out of a diary you’re not supposed to read. In the 1970s and ’80s, Vancouver-born Art Bergmann bashed out music with bands like Young Canadians, Los Popularos, and Poisoned that showed us how to be young, angry and pulsatingly alive.

The YYC Music Awards go down once again on Sept. 24 at Grey Eagle Event Centre, and I always love this event as it showcases some of Calgary’s finest talent, and even lets someone such as myself discover new acts.