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They Paved Paradise & Put Up A Parking Lot

  I run a Record Store in Steveston Village called the Beatmerchant and this year we have had paid parking introduced into Steveston village by the Steveton Harbour Authority and that was quickly...

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Music At The Cannery ~ Summer Series 2012 ~ Steveston BC

                                                                                                                                                 THERE GOES SUMMER ! SEE YOU IN 2013...

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Joe Walsh ~ Welcome to the Club

Tues, Aug. 28th 2012: Esquimalt, Victoria, BC. ~ Fri. Sept 7th : Red Robinson Theatre, Coquitlam, BC. The light faded fast from the sky. It was a little chilly. I sat in a field with my wonderful wife...

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Max Bygraves ~ Fings Ain’t Wot They Used To Be

I Wanna Tell You A Story! Walter Bygraves was born one of six children in the docklands of south east London and his father was a boxer, he came from a poor council estate background and his is a story...

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Flip the Script ~ A Photographer’s Musical Diary

Flip the Script ~ A Photographers Musical Diary by Kingsley Davis, London, UK. Kingley Davis is from North London, England and is an Arsenal supporter but I didn’t hold that against him when he walked...

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Ralph Mace ~ How I Became A Spider From Mars

It has been over 40 years since the release of David Bowie’s SPACE ODDITY single in the UK, a record which was to launch the career of probably the most innovative, charismatic and talented English...

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Vancouver Province Newpaper Beatmerchant Article

  Aura of British invasion at Beatmerchant       By Tom Harrison, The Province July 2012     Don’t tell Beatmerchant the CD is dead. Besides CDs, the tiny shop in Steveston has racks of vinyl, DVDs,...

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Genuine CD sound quality drawing music lovers back

Genuine CD sound quality drawing music lovers back to the Beatmerchant. Frankie Neilson of The Beatmerchant Record Store in Steveston, which offers CDs and vinyls, such as this Amy Winehouse album....

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There’s Only One Presley ~ Reg !

If you travel south~west out of London from a distance of about 66 miles along the B3400 you will come to a town called Andover ~ the home of legendary pop group The TROGGS. In 1966 the population of...

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Record store becomes hub for music lovers

  It’s only rock n roll but I like it ! The year was 1969. I was 16 and had just landed a job as trainee recording engineer in London, England’s hot music industry This was the land of the British...

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A Young Person’s Guide to What’s Important in Life

REBELLIOUS MUSIC Music is for young people and it plays an important part in our growing up and youth. There is nothing better than seeing an exciting live concert with your mates and enjoying...

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Paul Simon & Sting together at Rogers Arena ~ Thurs Feb 20th @ 8pm

When you go to see Paul Simon & Sting on tour together you are actually going to see 4 artists, Paul Simon, Sting, The Police and Simon & Garfunkel, this is  the wealth of recorded material...

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Music At The Cannery ~ Summer Series ~ Steveston Village

  Music at the Cannery ~ Steveston Village ~ 2014 Line Up Here is the line for the Music at the Cannery Summer Series at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery in Steveston Village on 4th Ave ~ 604 204 0044....

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Beatmerchant Record Store – December Opening Hours

 The Beatmerchant Record Store Opening Hours for December 2014. Tuesday to Saturday – 10am to 6pm Sunday – 11am to 5:30pm Monday – 11am to 5:30 pm Closed Christmas Day Boxing Sale Sale – 11am t0 5:30pm...

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The Small Faces ~ So I’ll Just Groove Along Quite Naturally

In Memory of Ian McLagen  – 1945 – 2014 Are you sitty comfy bold two square on your botty? Then I’ll begin……… Long before Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood got together to form the Faces in the early 70’s...

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