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Forest of pipes

04 Saturday Nov 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, music, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

Another one of the exhibits at the National Music Centre in Calgary. This is a specimen of organ that was used in movie theatres that played music for silent films.

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National Music Centre: Skull and lines

02 Thursday Nov 2017

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A unique guitar on display at the National Music Centre in Calgary.

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See the sound

29 Tuesday Aug 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, Canada, design, music, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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National Music Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The National Music Centre building in Calgary’s East Village rivals its exhibits as a reason to visit the place.

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Listen

09 Wednesday Aug 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, music, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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National Music Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

One of the many instruments on display (and playable!) at the National Music Centre in Calgary.

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No strings

01 Tuesday Aug 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, music, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary Folk Music Festival, Alberta, Canada

A piece of visual art on display at the Calgary Folk Music Festival this past weekend.

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Night out in Portland

25 Tuesday Apr 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in music, photography, Portland, Travel

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Blossoms, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, Oregon

Blossoms of Manchester, England, above, and The Arkells of Hamilton, Ontario, below, take the stage at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, Oregon, about two weeks ago.

Arkells, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, Oregon

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King Eddy reborn

12 Tuesday Apr 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, music, random, urban

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King Eddy reborn

Back after a few weeks AFK.
Also (soon to be) back is Calgary’s venerable King Edward Hotel, a noted blues venue, which was carefully dismantled and rebuilt as part of the new Canadian Music Centre in East Village.
Above, how things looked a few weekends ago … and below, when the King Eddy stood alone at the corner of 9 Ave. and 4 St. S.E., almost five years ago.

Blues and more blues

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Check out this guy’s set of pipes!

27 Wednesday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in music, Oslo, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Making music (II)

This guy was making some cool music on Karl Johans gate in Oslo a couple of Saturdays ago, using a musical instrument constructed of different kinds of PVC pipe.

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Flowers for Jimi Hendrix

18 Sunday May 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, music, photography, photowalking, random, Seattle, Travel, urban

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Flowers for the singer

From my recent visit to Seattle.

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Time for a tune in Cochrane

11 Sunday Aug 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, fun, iPhone, music, photography, photowalking, random

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Time for a tune

Feel like tickling the ivories? You can do so anytime in downtown Cochrane, Alberta, thanks to this sidewalk piano.

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