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National Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- National Post
Concert news: Blue Rodeo, Sigur Rós and The Beaches all making their way to Edmonton later this year
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Happy news for multiple generations of concert fans as Blue Rodeo, Sigur Rós and Beaches have all just announced separate shows in Edmonton. Article content For stalwart Toronto troubadours Blue Rodeo, their Oct. 4 and 5 Edmonton double header at the Jube is a 40 th anniversary tour kicking off in Calgary Oct. 1-2. Article content The band was actually born in the summer of '84 when Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor started up as a trio with keyboardist Bob Wiseman, releasing the single Try off their Outskirts in October 1987. Article content In the decades since, hits like Hasn't Hit Me Yet, 5 Days in May, Lost Together and the sweeping Diamond Mine have formed a reliable sing-along soundtrack to backyard parties, soft-seaters and folk fest main stages like Edmonton's alike. Article content Tickets for the birthday celebration shows go on sale 10 a.m. Friday at Article content Also on sale the same time at Icelandic post-rock icons Sugar Rós will be joined by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Nov. 10 at Winspear. Article content At it since '94, the indie cool trio of falsetto lead vocalist and guitarist Jón Þór 'Jónsi' Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson have long been regulars on college radio, getting international acclaim from heavy hitters like Radiohead, Coldplay and the late David Bowie. Article content If you're not familiar with the band, start with 1999's dreamy Ágætis byrjun with the headphones on in the bathtub — this is sure to be a moving night with our accompanying orchestra. Article content While we're here, might as well mention the ESO is playing a couple of programs over four days in its Symphony Under the Sky at Snow Valley Aug. 20-23. Article content Aug. 20 and 22 it's Summer Classics: Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 8, alternating with Sparkling Festival Hits Aug. 21 and 23 full of orchestral takes of pop, film and Broadway tunes. Article content Article content Article content Coming off dozens of American dates, the Toronto four-piece (who got going in 2013, if we're counting) will be at Edmonton Expo Centre arena Oct. 27. Article content Blame Brett, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Paranoid and Blow Up are among their party-rock hits, as well as the recently released Last Girls at the Party. Article content
Sydney Morning Herald
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Vivid Live: A triumphant orchestral excursion with Sigur Ros and the SSO
VIVID LIVE SIGUR ROS Opera House Concert Hall, May 23. Also May 24 and 25. Reviewed by ROD YATES ★★★★ Before starting this tour, Icelandic three-piece Sigur Ros were at pains to point out these shows would be more than just a traditional group performance with the backing of an orchestra. Indeed, bassist Georg Holm told this masthead that concertgoers would be seeing 'the orchestral version of the band'. And so it is that when the trio follow British conductor Robert Ames onstage, each member clad uniformly in black, they position themselves among the already seated Sydney Symphony Orchestra, rather than at the front of the stage. The message is clear: Sigur Ros are a part of the ensemble, no more or less important than the 41 musicians surrounding them. It's a point made time and again throughout this two-hour excursion through the band's cinematic, often ethereal catalogue, from the title track of their 1997 debut album Von to material from their latest, 2023's Atta. The rich cellos that usher in Untitled #1 – Vaka lend it a warmer, more sombre gravitas than its recorded counterpart; the rousing oompah climax of the exquisite Se Lest benefits from the added bombast, one of the rare occasions the orchestra takes full-blooded flight. The very presence of the SSO affords the band the opportunity to realise the string-laden Staralfur in all its glory, a feat they long stopped trying in their more traditional live shows. Loading They are masters of navigating dynamic musical ebbs and flows; as Ekki Mukk draws to a close and the orchestra slowly dissipates, Kjartan Sveinsson's haunting keyboard refrain is rendered even more fragile by virtue of the sound that came before it, a contrast that renders the audience completely silent as the notes fade to a whisper. On occasion the songs do tend to blend into one another, vocalist Jonsi Birgisson's majestic falsetto (an instrument in itself) gliding above the sweeping strings. It would, however, be a disservice to label it repetitive – instead the effect is more hypnotic and dreamlike, as though the entire Opera House is one giant, fully immersive sound bath.
The Age
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Vivid Live: A triumphant orchestral excursion with Sigur Ros and the SSO
VIVID LIVE SIGUR ROS Opera House Concert Hall, May 23. Also May 24 and 25. Reviewed by ROD YATES ★★★★ Before starting this tour, Icelandic three-piece Sigur Ros were at pains to point out these shows would be more than just a traditional group performance with the backing of an orchestra. Indeed, bassist Georg Holm told this masthead that concertgoers would be seeing 'the orchestral version of the band'. And so it is that when the trio follow British conductor Robert Ames onstage, each member clad uniformly in black, they position themselves among the already seated Sydney Symphony Orchestra, rather than at the front of the stage. The message is clear: Sigur Ros are a part of the ensemble, no more or less important than the 41 musicians surrounding them. It's a point made time and again throughout this two-hour excursion through the band's cinematic, often ethereal catalogue, from the title track of their 1997 debut album Von to material from their latest, 2023's Atta. The rich cellos that usher in Untitled #1 – Vaka lend it a warmer, more sombre gravitas than its recorded counterpart; the rousing oompah climax of the exquisite Se Lest benefits from the added bombast, one of the rare occasions the orchestra takes full-blooded flight. The very presence of the SSO affords the band the opportunity to realise the string-laden Staralfur in all its glory, a feat they long stopped trying in their more traditional live shows. Loading They are masters of navigating dynamic musical ebbs and flows; as Ekki Mukk draws to a close and the orchestra slowly dissipates, Kjartan Sveinsson's haunting keyboard refrain is rendered even more fragile by virtue of the sound that came before it, a contrast that renders the audience completely silent as the notes fade to a whisper. On occasion the songs do tend to blend into one another, vocalist Jonsi Birgisson's majestic falsetto (an instrument in itself) gliding above the sweeping strings. It would, however, be a disservice to label it repetitive – instead the effect is more hypnotic and dreamlike, as though the entire Opera House is one giant, fully immersive sound bath.
