At age 7, I woke up on a snowy Saskatchewan Christmas morning in 1995, completely unaware that I was about to receive a very special gift. Ok – let me clarify: I knew gifts were coming (it was Christmas after all), but toys like barbies were the only things that my young mind could picture. It was 6 a.m., and my older siblings and I could no longer contain our excitement. We made every effort to quietly sneak out of our bedrooms and down the stairs, thinking we were the mast

A few years ago, I was introduced to a song by Barns Courtney called 99 . I was sitting in Medicine Hat’s Esplanade Theatre waiting for a concert to start when the song suddenly blared over the sound system: “Back then, we were trading cards behind the swings/Oh no, now it's money, gold, and diamond rings/Now those days are over/And we are all ghosts/ Come on, love we’ll be just fine/we’re gonna live just like it’s 1999.” As soon as the words hit my ears, I was filled with i

A few months ago, I shared a song that is very special to me: Coat of Many Colors by the one and only Dolly Parton. In a post I published...

Throughout the course of this blog, I’ve tried to paint a picture that shows just how multifaceted my musical journey has been. Just when...

For five years, I was the keyboardist in a band. They were some of the best years of my life. Garage band? Nope. Girl obsessed with EDM?...

When I was 16, I stole a car. That’s one memory that comes flooding back whenever I hear Little Sister by Queens Of The Stone Age. To be...

Taking in live music is a huge part of my life. Ever since that first City and Colour concert in 2008, I was determined to...

As I’ve grown around music and music has grown around me, I have tried my best to keep up with new artists. I’ve heard that generally,...