Musical Notes

05.01.13
Music Melts Our Separations

Music brings different people and things together

04.13.13
Music, Bringing People Together Since the Beginning of Time

Fernie Alpine Resort's closing weekend featuring Fernival and Chilliwack

03.08.13
Fearing Gets Out There Between Hurricanes

Musician Stephen Fearing is playing in Fernie this month, learn more about his first solo record in seven years - Between Hurricanes.

02.01.13
It's the End of the World, and They Feel Fine

Carolyn interviews Michael Woods, playing in Fernie February 16 and 17 at the Griz Bar, and at the Northern on the 22.

12.31.12
Hits From the Throne

Musical Notes is back, this month Carolyn interviews G-Money of The Runs, Fernie's Number Two Band!

10.11.12
When in doubt, Go For the Eyes

Go For the Eyes played an amazing show at the Northern last week, find out more about this band in Carolyn's column.

09.21.12
Krief is a Dear, except when he’s Krief

Patrick Krief of The Dears came to Fernie this September, and Carolyn caught up with him for this month's "Musical Notes."

08.10.12
Born This Way - The Born Ruffians Headline at Wapiti

Carolyn features one of this weekend's headliners at Wapiti - the Born Ruffians!

07.06.12
Take a Walk on the Wapiti Side

Born Ruffians, playing Saturday night at Wapiti

Wapiti is fast approaching, and Carolyn gives us a little taste of what we should expect this August! Make note of early ticket sale price before August 1, and know that this popular event WILL sell out. It's going to be amazing.

06.02.12
Take a Walk on the Wildside

Victoria band Quoia is currently touring with Fernie's famed Shred Kelly (with a hit show in Fernie May 30). Carolyn Nikodym features them in "Musical Notes" this month.

03.07.12
Enter Mark Sandman

Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story is coming to Fernie March 8, 2012 and Carolyn takes a closer look at the band Morphine and the production of this film in this month's column.

01.31.12
Take me home, country road

Carolyn interviews musical act The Coal Creek Boys and highlights their road back home.

01.23.12
I want to jam it with you

Jam Nights are a popular event in any ski town, and Fernie is lucky to have a local musician investing in its 'jam' scene!

10.18.11
It's the end of the world as we know it, and Bubba Tres feels fine...

Carolyn chats up frontman Troy Cook of Bubba Tres as the Zombie Cabaret approaches this October 21 at the Central in downtown Fernie, BC.

10.12.11
Bloom with Sly Violet

Sly Violet is coming to Fernie this weekend, playing at the Central Saturday night and Carolyn has a sneak peak in her most recent "Musical Notes"!

09.14.11
These are the Mayors I Know

Carolyn interviews Hollerado, coming to the Central this September, 28, in this month's" Musical Notes".

07.25.11
Wapiti, Wapiti, Where Fort Art Thou?

Get an inside look at Fernie's hottest summer event with Carolyn in this month's "Musical Notes"!

05.31.11
Run, Esper, Run

Jesse Northey of Jesse and the Dandelions are coming to Fernie this month! Learn more about this Fernie local and his musical journey.

03.31.11
It's Safe to Travel with Willy Blizzard

Will Blizzard is coming to the Arts Station this month, find out why you want to see this show through Carolyn's interview in Musical Notes!

02.28.11
The Griz Welcomes DangerFloyd

If the hills were alive with the sound of music, what kind would tickle the Griz’s pelt?

01.28.11
Go with the Freeflow

January gets all of the pressure to switch things up, to make fresh starts. The challenge is to carry that initiative into February and beyond. One way to avoid slipping into the same old ruts, however, is to always have something new to look forward to.

12.30.10
Who Made Who

BC/DC or AC/DC... which came first?

10.03.10
Train In on the Mystery of Music

If all you knew about Colin Linden was that he released his 11th solo album—From the Water—29 years after his first, you could rightly say that he has had a good, solid career. But Linden has immersed himself much further into the mystery of music. He has been a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings (whose Stephen Fearing has made several stops at The Arts Station) for over a decade.

07.30.10
Funking Up Fernie

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It’s safe to say that all bands want an appreciative audience. Depending on the mood that they are delivering, they are looking for anything from polite applause in between songs to hoots and hollers throughout the show.

06.28.10
Kootenanny Hootenanny! By Carolyn Nikodym and Rebecca Hall

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Kaslo is truly the little fest that could. Nineteen years strong, the three-day schedule offers a class and style of music you don’t often get to enjoy all in one place, never mind that place being one of the most stunning locations in the world.