Please note Brent G Hair Studio will be closed for a family vacation on Saturday, June 9th, 2018 and will re-open with regular hours on Tuesday, June 12th, 2018. To book an appointment or walk-in before or after this date call 250-247-7378 or visit the salon at Madrona Marketplace, 6-510 North Road. We apologize for any inconvenience. Hope…
Since Christmas falls on a Monday this year, which is a day we are normally closed, Brent G Hair Studio will be closed Tuesday, December 26th, 2017. Normal hours resume Wednesday, December 27th. Please note we are closed on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve this year because they fall on a Sunday, a day…
We will no longer be stocking our product shelves with a selection of Joico products for sale. To accommodate any LOCAL clients who wish to continue using our Joico Hair products, we will be accepting orders with pre-payment. We shop for supplies the second Monday of the month, so please place your order far enough…
September Playlist: Topanga – Feel Me EP & Hey Stranger Harry Manx – Mantra for Madmen Asgeir – In the Silence Sara Niemietz – Live at the Cat Club Featured Favourite Artist: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova When the movie musical Once was released I became an instant fan of Glen and Marketa and went looking for the…
August Playlist: Tim McMorris – Alive Pokey LaFarge – Live in Holland Elle King – Good to Be a Man Morningsiders – Unfocus, Welcome Rain & Empress Jeremy Loops – Trading Change (full album now released in North America) Featured Favourite Artist: Brett Dennen Youthful West Coast singer/songwriter Brett Dennen, with a fragile, high-pitched voice…
July Playlist: Pomplamoose – Besides (iTunes) George Ezra – Wanted on Voyage (Deluxe) (iTunes) Meghan Trainor – Title (Deluxe) (iTunes) Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (iTunes) Naive – The Funky Files (click for purchase) Cody Simpson – Free (emusic.com) Pokey Lafarge – Riverboat Soul (emusic.com) Tim McMorris – Singles: Hurting Land, This is…
June Playlist: Ray Charles – Hit the Road Jack and Don’t You Come Back Parov Stelar – The Princess Part One Parov Stelar – The Princess Part Two Featured Favourite Artist: Belle & Sebastian The two albums we own are The Life Pursuit and Push Barman to Open Old Wounds. A band that takes its…
May Playlist: Echo – Carrie Manolakos Maybe Trapped Mostly Troubled – Tessa Violet Vanessa Courtney-Quinones Presents Allez Pop! – Vanessa Courtney-Quinones Featured Favourite Artist: Bela Fleck We discovered Bela Fleck through Victor Wooten, when he was on Gabriola Island teaching a workshop at the Haven. The albums we bought and play in the salon include Across…
March Playlist: Chromosomes, Single – We Were Evergreen Leeway – We Were Evergreen Towards – We Were Evergreen Be Good – Gregory Porter Featured Favourite Artist: Leslie Feist This month’s favourite is a throwback to an artist we discovered a few years before she became more well known for her song 1-2-3-4 featured in an iPod commercial, and who…
First I must apologize that the playlist for February wasn’t posted last month. I try to have it posted no later than mid-month around the time I do the actual download from emusic.com, but I had decided to transfer all my music to a different computer to free up more space on my laptop, and that…
January Playlist: Skinny Blues (Single) – Jeremy Loops (iTunes) Century Spring – Mason Jennings Mason Jennings – Mason Jennings Use Your Voice – Mason Jennings Always Been – Mason Jennings Featured Favourite Artist: Jeremy Loops We are longtime subscribers to a Youtube travel vlogger, filmmaker, and photographer called Ben Brown, and recently he introduced us…
Sheep year is time to heal after the chaos of 2014’s Horse year. What is of value now is intimacy, family and close friendships. We can be more caring, kind and sensitive with each other. Develop a gentle heart, open to love and acceptance on all levels. Another theme of Sheep year is to express…
We try to get the playlist up before the 15th of the month, but we’ve been caught up in the rush of the holiday season, spending time with friends and family. We hope you had a great holiday season as well. Hope you enjoy the list we downloaded from emusic.com this month: December Playlist: Lily…
I hope you enjoyed the first installment of Brent’s Monthly Music Playlist in October. Here’s some more music we downloaded from emusic.com and iTunes in November. As you can see, when we find an artist we like, we tend to download everything we can find! November Playlist: Bon Iver – Bon Iver Beth/Rest – Bon…
