That time I asked Steve Vai about G3 cohort Yngwie Malmsteen’s reputation for being egotistical

The last time I interviewed Steve Vai he was preparing to go out on the road with Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen as part of the G3 Tour.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, December 19 to 21

Screenings on Sunday at the Rio Theatre and the VIFF Centre of director Frank Capra's 1946 Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life.

I interviewed Montoya back in 2003, when he was heading to Vancouver for a coheadlining show with Tommy Castro at the Yale Hotel.

Saskatchewan in the middle of February isn’t a place where a fellow raised on the balmy beaches of Australia can feel too cozy.

The Vancouver Goldeneyes take on the Ottawa Charge in Professional Women's Hockey League action at the Pacific Coliseum on Tuesday.

Back in 1997 I interviewed Joe Satriani while he was touring with Steve Vai, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Robert Fripp in the second G3 Tour.

The Pack A.D. performs at the sold-out Keith Richards birthday bash and Vancouver Food Bank fundraiser at the Rickshaw on Saturday.

If you'd asked me which Canuck rocker I'd most want to see on New Year's Eve in 1989, Kim Mitchell would have surely been in the running.

Vancouver blues-rock quartet Terminal Station, featuring singer-guitarist Scott Smith, plays White Rock's Blue Frog Studios on Friday.

Rudd holds both Australian and Canadian citizenship, and one need only scan the artwork on his new CD for an illustration of that dual status.

American comedy superstar Dave Chapelle performs standup at Rogers Arena on Sunday, with various comics warming up.

Back in August of 1989 I did my third interview with Kim Mitchell, who was touring behind his third solo album, Rockland.

Screening at the VIFF Centre on Thursday of I Am Not Your Negro director Raoul Peck's documentary Orwell: 2+2=5.