Articles by Myles Tiessen
BIG SIS and NADUH Brought Hi-Vis Energy to Winnipeg
Winterruption, January 25
PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2025
Winterruption may hold events all across the country, bringing in acts from all over the world; but at its core, it's a community-based...
Nap Eyes and the Haileys Captured Eternal Magic in Winnipeg
Winterruption, January 24
PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2025
Is it the genre that defines a song's perpetuity? Is it the fact that it's written down and recorded, or that it's played live in a communa...
Cheekface and Tired Cossack Warmed Winnipeg with Cheery Optimism
Winterruption, January 23
PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2025
Winter stains Winnipeg with a perpetual scar that each local begrudgingly learns to wear without much pride. Most people living here resent...
MJ Lenderman Fights the Wind – and Wins – on the Fantastic 'Manning Fireworks'
PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2024
"Birds against a heavy wind that wins in the end," mourns MJ Lenderman in the very first words of his new album 'Manning Fireworks'...
Fontaines D.C. Pen an Unreliable Encyclopedia of 'Romance'
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2024
Love is not patient or kind. It fails and boasts. It appears contorted, grim, armed, and it poisons the angered soul with swarming radon ...
Leith Ross Was a (Too Quiet) Storm at Winnipeg Folk Fest
Green Ash Stage, July 13
PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2024
Some tent in the festival campground, staying up all night and missing the music the next day; some come exclusively to hear their ...
At Winnipeg Folk Fest, Nadah El Shazly Stopped Time
Bur Oak Stage, July 14
PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024
It was hard to process what happened during Nadah El Shazly's set. Describing how it was doesn't come close to helping understand...
Elisapie Broke Through at Winnipeg Folk Fest
Main Stage, July 12
PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024
The 49th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival was a marathon to complete. Weather closing in on a humid 35 degrees, rain and lighting popped ...
