THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

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  • By November 23, 2019

    The Soulmate Collective helps deliver an impressive start to vocalist Ami Cheon’’s tour.

  • It’s electric — new open-stage night comes to Saskatoon

    By February 13, 2013

    Electronic music fans in Saskatoon have a new home. Vangelis Tavern launched Synaptic Mondays on Jan. 14. The open mic event is the city’s only weekly showcase of electronic music.

  • The Pistolwhips release EP, No Tomorrow

    By October 31, 2012

    Saskatoon rockers The Pistolwhips released their first EP last weekend. The EP, titled No Tomorrow, features four upbeat tracks, which are adapted from songs written primarily by lead vocalist Rylan Schultz.

  • Saskatoon Blues Festival bringing great music to town: blues musicians Rita Chiarelli and Tracy Nelson talk shop

    By March 3, 2012

    For a relatively new attraction, the Saskatoon Blues Festival is drawing some pretty big names.

    From Feb. 23 to 26, the Saskatoon Blues Society brought more than a dozen remarkable blues artists to the Odeon Events Centre and the Hilton Garden Inn to provide some soulful entertainment to the masses.

  • Ominocity celebrates first birthday: music blog founders discuss their past and the road ahead

    By March 1, 2012

    Despite all the great music made in town, bands can still often be better-known elsewhere in the country than within Saskatoon. It took two veterans of the local music scene to start to get the word out to other Saskatonians about what they weren’t hearing.

    On March 1, Ryan Smith and Chris Morin will celebrate the first anniversary of their music blog Ominocity with a site redesign and a concert at Louis’ showcasing eight different Saskatoon bands.

  • New album from local songwriter Zachary Lucky is a love letter to Saskatchewan

    By February 28, 2012

    If there is a distinct genre of Canadiana, Zachary Lucky surely falls within it.

    The Saskatoon singer-songwriter’s plaintive melodies about “the open road” and other folk themes are hardly new territory, but Lucky pulls it off without coming off as derivative. Armed with an acoustic guitar and a plaid shirt, the 23-year-old’s songs are more about the storytelling than about orchestral flourishes.

  • Is there a music venue crisis in Saskatoon? Vive’s collapse bodes ill for the Saskatoon music community

    By February 15, 2012

    At this time last year, it seemed as though nothing could stop Vive Music. The local promotion company was gaining momentum, and fast. They had secured their own venue at Caffe Sola and had a successful third annual music festival, booking acts like Chad VanGaalen, Tim Hecker and Braids. It was looking as though Vive had found its niche and not only was it going to get better, it was poised to single-handedly change the face of the music scene in Saskatoon.

    And then it all fell apart.

  • There’s a new party in town

    By January 25, 2012

    Although a new act in Saskatoon, Reform Party members certainly aren’t new to the music scene.

    Guitarist Levi Soloudre and bassist Enver Hampton played together for years in Volcanoless in Canada, and have now joined together with other Saskatoon musicians, drummer Tallus Scott, who has been a part of several different local bands, and frontman Kay the Aquanaut, a well known hip-hop artist, to form the new group Reform Party.

    Bassist Enver Hampton sat down with the Sheaf to talk about the birth of Reform Party, their new video release on Ominocity.com and future plans for the band.