On the 6th day of the Olympics Whistler Live brought to me, Ali Milner live on stage.
I’ve seen Ali play a few times live on stage and have enjoyed many of her songs while at work. The first time I saw Ali live on stage was last year at the Whistler Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival live on stage with Animal Nation while playing at the base of Whistler mountain.
Ali Milner Live on Stage
Ali is a singer songwriter who has a very contemporary rhythm blues jazzy style with her exciting on stage performances. During her shows she sings with her smooth voice while playing the piano along side her amazing drummer, guitarist and bassist. When Ali was 13 she sang for Prince Andrew of England who was hosting the North American Childrens Hospital Benefit at the BC place in Vancouver. Such an amazing feat for a singer at such a young age.
Ali Milner Live on Stage
The Vancouver Childrens Choir was a source of a lot of Ali’s musical foundation while singing the lead voice in the Elite Cantata section. According to Pique Newsmagazine, “. . . the musician’s voice has developed, both literally and figuratively. She’s moved away from that pure, unadulterated jazz feel and developed her own distinct, poppy take on the traditional . . .”
Ali Milner Live on Stage
Ali Milner Live on Stage
The next brilliant musicians to hit the stage where Mes Aïeux (My ancestors) who are a folk music group from Quebec. The band formed in 1996 and have been called the leaders of the “neo-traditional” movement in Quebec.
Mes Aieux Live on Stage
Mes Aieux Live on Stage
When I was walking towards the stage shortly after their show started I was surprised by how happy there guys where. The singer had so much energy on the stage. He was dancing with so much pace and with the biggest smile on his face it was simply amazing just to stand there and watch these guys perform.
Mes Aieux live on stage
Mes Aieux live on stage
Mes Aïeux has released 5 albums since their beginning in 1996 with their first 2 albums Ça parle au diable (2000) and Entre les branches (2001) going gold (selling 50,000 copies). While their 3rd album En famille (2004) went platinum (100,000 copies sold) in 2005 and hit double platinum (200,000 copies sold) in December 2006.
Mes Aieux live on stage
Later on in the evening Whistler was brought by storm with the appearance of the Barenaked Ladies on stage (and I’m talking about the band not the Rated R stuff). Now the stage that all these bands have been playing on are in the Village Square here in Whistler which is a fairly large area comprising of several bars with patios. The amount of people that the Barenaked Ladies brought in was outstanding, walking around any where near the village square was basically impossible.
Barenaked Ladies live on stage
I tired very hard to get near the stage to capture some photos but this place was jam packed. I squeezed into as many places as I could to catch a few shots of these guys but It wasn’t easy. Once I did manage to get into the crowd and snap a few photos I was pretty much trapped. It’s not that I didn’t want to stay and enjoy the show but I took a break from work to get out there and shoot photo’s of every band playing on stage so I had to wrestle my way out of the crowd which took even longer than trying to wrestle my way in.
Barenaked Ladies live on stage
Another great day of Olympics in Whistler. You can expect to see photo’s of Kuba Oms, The Lost Fingers and Deadmau5 Live on Stage along with photos from the Victory Ceremony of Mens Luge Doubles, Womens 1000m Speed Skating and more.
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And Joel Plaskett!!
Yeah I missed when Joel Plaskett came on which is too bad cause I would have loved to see him play with the Barenaked Ladies
Nick excellent pictures, a lot of work, very well done.
It will take me a couple of visits to get through the Olympic.
Fantastic, Great WORK
Kirk
P.S. Wish I could have been there, I could feel the buss and energy from here it must have been amazing there.
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