Ethiopia Skate
The images that most people outside of Africa have of it are of its tragedies. When one happens, it eclipses the continent and leads to rehashed, cookie-cutter solutions, while grouping it all as an “African...
Reggie Watts
It’s a couple hours before Reggie Watts opens for Nick Cave at Edmonton’s Jubilee Auditorium, and there’s a lot going on backstage. Gear and chords everywhere with crew guys yelling up and down the halls...
Ben Stevenson
Ben Stevenson may have deep roots in Edmonton’s music scene, but that hasn’t stopped the Toronto-based artist from making waves in the world of hip hop. In fact, his humble punk rock past has proven a...
YEG Represent – A look Inside Edmonton’s Hip-Hop Culture
Featured in issue 2 of Marker “… the voice of people who didn’t have a voice. Today, it’s our news channel— how someone from Edmonton can communicate with someone across the world.” I’m...
Charles Bradley – Soul of a Man
Featured in issue 3 of Marker. When Charles Bradley walks onto a stage, he is a solid throwback to the great singers of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Raw. Gut wrenching. Unapologetic. It’s hard to believe that...
Paint & Tear Gas
It was the most thrilling and exhilarating time of my life. Seeing people band together and sacrifice themselves in the face of armed troops with nothing else but their voices, and all for what? For other...