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When Edmonton-based band Stereos won the MuchMusic hit show disBand in 2009, every young musician in the country envied them. Now we have another reason to envy them.

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (ESO) is opening its wallet to award a young composer a $1,000 bursary as part of the Young Composers Project.

Linette Smith is a huge fan Bob Fosse’s easily recognizable jazz style — those turned in knees, sideways shuffles and rolled shoulders enhanced with a bowler hat, canes and chairs.

It’s time to breathe a sigh of relief as Agnes Carroll, the septuagenarian amateur sleuth, is back in the release of St. Albert author Patricia Trudeau’s new book. Breathless at St.

Through the years country artist Leah Durelle has released several singles in the American market. But less than a month ago, the St. Albert resident released her first single for Canadian radio with I Need to See You.

Thirteen years ago Matthew Shepard, 21, a University of Wyoming student was robbed, pistol-whipped and left to die tied to a fencepost on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyo.

Kat Danser has one of those robust voices, once heard and never forgotten. It’s a husky voice, full of smoke and fire. At times it’s big and powerful. At other moments it is hypnotic and almost deceptively lazy with hints of a drawl.

A veteran comes home from the hell of the Second World War. Life is good. He marries, has a kid and is successful at work. Then all hell breaks loose. He starts having flashbacks and nightmares. His wife notices wild mood swings.

It's time once again to consider who should be called the most distinguished artists in the province. The call for nominations went out on Wednesday for the 2011 Distinguished Artist Award.

Welcome back Love and Human Remains. It’s been two decades since you provoked highly controversial reactions from area audiences.