Hip hop icon Warren G  is carrying on the spirit of his best friend Nate Dogg by keeping  his music alive. He is bringing his Nate Dogg tribute to the Stone, Tuesday, Sept. 13.

He as well as City Real, Dilemma, Struck, StrongV and DJ IFM will be performing at the Stone.

“I’ve always done a Nate Dogg tribute in my set. That’s my dog, that’s my friend. We grew up together,” said Warren Griffin III, aka Warren G on a train on the way to Vancouver to begin an extensive cross-Canadian tour including Vancouver, Victoria, Whistler, Saskatoon, Calgary and Winnipeg as well as Lethbridge.

 “We did a lot of stuff together. We made a lot of music together,” he continued.

The four time Grammy nominee Nathan Hale, aka Nate Dogg passed away from a stroke in March at the age of 41 after years of deteriorating health.

He had two massive strokes in 2007 which left him partially paralyzed and 2008
“ He was one of the greatest ever guys in hip hop,” Warren G continued adding the shows are a great way to keep Nate Dogg’s music alive.

“We’ll be playing his music. I’m just doing this to have some fun. It’s all about fun,” he said.

It seems like only yesterday that Winnipeg bluesman Jay Nowicki was Lethbridge.  Well it was, sort of,  he was in town to play the Slice with Romi Mayes, Aug. 26.

 But while he has been touring steadily with Mayes, he takes a quick break to return to Lethbridge and play the Slice, Sept. 9 with popular blues rockers the Perpetrators including original drummer Ken McMaho plus bassist Ryan Menard.
 He is focusing on his work with Mayes  including preparing for a vinyl release of “Lucky Tonight,” the latest CD she and Nowicki recorded.

 The popular Winnipeg blues rockers are a band based around Jay Nowicki’s guitar and voice who combine elements of country, punk, rock and roll and a lot of Howlin’ Wolf/ Hound Dog Taylor style blues.

They have a number of upbeat, blues rockers, plus  catchy numbers  like “Six Pack,” “Malt Liquor.”

Vancouver based dance/ Celtic/ East Indian music collective Delhi 2 Dublin are bringing the party around the world with their unique blend of a variety of different  musical styles including  electronica, Celtic and East India dance music. They will be returning to Lethbridge to play Average Joes, Sept. 8 with special guest DJ Jason Freecity.
If you haven’t experienced Delhi 2 Dublin before at several Southern Alberta gigs including at South Country Fair a couple years ago or at their performances at Henotic and the Slice last year,  Tarun Nayar said to expect an upbeat dance party featuring  electronics, tabla, electric sitar, guitar, dhol and lots of fiddle playing.

“It’s a mix of Celtic and Pubjabi music with electromnica and dance elements,” Nayar described, who programs the beat into the computer as well as plays tabla in the band.

“ So there is a lot of East Indian music and  a lot of electronica. And I have a soft spot for reggae music,” he said.

 They just returned from a very successful tour of the United Kingdom.
 “They got it. There definitely wasn’t a lot of head shaking. And we hit all five of the districts in the United Kingdom, the two Irelands,  Wales,  Scotland and England, ” he said.

 And while none of the band members are actually from Ireland, both Nayar and fiddle player Sara Fitzpatrick have Irish roots, so they especially enjoyed the opportunity to explore them.

 Lethbridge Folk Club president Morris Soenen is looking forward to Sept. 9, because that’s when the Lethbridge Folk Club kicks off their fall season with their first open mic.

Though attendance has been hit or miss for them, open mics will be returning on the second and fourth Fridays of each month as of September.

“There are always people saying they’ll come one of these days, but one of these days never seems to come for them,” Soenen said.

“I don’t know if it’s a problem, or if it’s complacency,” he said.

The Folk Club open mics are one of the most supportive audiences in the city. It is also the longest standing open mic in the city, running for at least 25 years at numerous locations including the Bowman Art Centres and a variety of now defunct downtown bars, before settling into the Wolf’s Den (Upstairs 325 - 5 St. South, Lethbridge just down from The Penny Coffee House)). Registration is at 8 p.m. with the music starting at 9 p.m.