Mountain Guide

Guidebooks are a funny thing, they are exceedingly useful, but like fruit, they can have a shelf life, and to keep these books fresh requires ongoing revisions.

Budding songstress Jess Hill is nearing the end of her first national tour. “We’re in the homestretch,” she said, in an interview with the Outlook. In a tour that began in B.C.

Here’s a question for you – what do The Man in Black, a sailor in a Sou’wester, The Red-Headed Stranger and a soldier in puttees have in common? To all outward appearances, very little.

Most nights, when members of an up and coming band step out on stage, it’s before dozens, or, if they’re lucky, maybe hundreds of people. For Calgary rockers Zoo Lion, that is generally the case.

Musicians Leslie Alexander and Jenny Allen have united for a nation-wide tour of song and good times. Promoting their newest albums, Allen’s Blanket and Alexander’s Nobody’s Baby, they will make a stop in Canmore at the Drake Inn on May 1.

In the summer of 1970, Brian Patton and Bart Robinson set out to create the first hiking guide to the Canadian Rockies.

She’s been there and done that many times over during her musical career. She’s played with the greats, played around the world, carved out her own career and embraces three cultures which influence her music.

The April meeting of the Bow Valley Naturalists will take place on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Banff Seniors Centre.

Communitea Café in Canmore is trying something different. Known for being an intimate venue for live music, café owner Marnie Dansereau is looking to Creekside Hall to allow her to bring in a larger act.

One of South Africa’s most celebrated sons is back on the road in North America and will make one of his three Alberta stops at The Banff Centre.