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Category Archives: Music
‘Oil Sands Karaoke’: The Secret Singing World Of Fort McMurray
Oil Sands Karaoke
People have a lot of preconceptions about the ground zero of the oil sands, Fort McMurray, Alberta. Like, that it’s an obscenely expensive city surrounded by gaping wounds in the earth filled with endless pits of toxic slurry. Then there are the workers in the patch, who, to be charitable, don’t have a reputation of cultural refinement.
So when Sarah found out about a documentary film called Oil Sands Karaoke, which investigates a fascinating little art bubble amidst this massive industry, she had to talk to some of the people involved.
To read her interview with director Charles Wilkinson and perhaps For McMurray’s only drag queen (and openly gay citizen) Iceis Rain, head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
Polaris People For The Week Of May 10 (Dan Mangan! Chad VanGaalen! Feist!)
Chad VanGaalen
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
This week we check in on how Chad VanGaalen‘s animation sideline is going, get travel tips from Dan Mangan and learn about another headlining Feist event.
To read the column, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Hot Docs Film ‘Alias’ Shows The Struggling Side Of Toronto Hip-Hop
Alias
One of our favourite events is the annual documentary film festival Hot Docs in Toronto.
This year Sarah went deep in her coverage of some of the films. Of particular interest was Alias, a film that followed some decidedly un-Drake rappers as they struggled to pursue their art.
The resulting story can be found over at Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
15 Songs For Working Class Heroes
May Day celebration
When the most recent May Day went by we marked the occasion because we here at Risky Fuel are firmly on the side of the working people of the world.
The result was a list of 15 songs for working class heroes, including numbers by John Lennon, R.E.M. and Rush.
To read the full list head over to Huffington Post Music Canada by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
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