Calgary, the Stampede is on the way in just a few short weeks, and it’s time to start making your plans. That includes your plans at the Calgary Stampede Coca-Cola Stage!
This summer, there will be 42 acts on the Coca-Cola stage between Thursday, July 6 and Sunday, July 16. It all kicks off with Russ headlining and night one and Mother Mother headlining on night 11 and in between there are names…
Mississippi Chris Sharp
CD Review
9/20/22
CD: Everybody But Me
Artist: Jake Vaadeland
Artist Website: https://www.jakevaadeland.com
Last year, I was pleased to review Jake Vaadeland’s EP release, “Retro Man,” in The Bluegrass Standard (https://thebluegrassstandard.com/retro-man/). Since then, Jake’s been hard at it with a full-length CD entitled Everybody But Me.
Jake’s got the retro-country…
You know that moment when you live in a small ass town in the middle of nowhere and there’s this bluegrass band you’ve been listening to for months who has like 3k-ish listeners and you find out randomly one day that this band (that’s become one of your favourites) is performing in that town two blocks away from your house and tickets are 5 dollars? And then a few months after this (today) they’re performing in the closest city and you get to see your favourite small obscure band for a SECOND TIME??? Because that’s pretty awesome. I’m so hyped! Also the venue they’re in today is a theatre in a school (my school) so when I was helping move drama props one of the band members walked by me and I struggled not to fangirl and just acted normal. I’m having the time of my life.
Retro Man
Review Mississippi Chris Sharp 8/24/21
CD: Retro Man
Artist: Jake Vaadeland CD
I had the pleasure to make the acquaintance of Jake Vaadeland (pronounced VOD-luhn) at the 2019 Monroe Mandolin Camp in Monteagle, Tennessee. He had the ’50s country look, from the clothes he wore, the string tie, the Lester Flatt thumb pick guitar strum, to the pomaded pompadour hair-cut. He cut a foppish…