TODD RUNDGREN GLOBAL (REISSUE) CLEOPATRA RECORDS Global was originally released in 2015 and was Todd Rundgren’s 25th studio album. This was a particularly prolific time for Rundgren, who released two albums that year. This re-release, on [...]
I STILL RECALL MAGIC SUMMERS A CONVERSATION WITH BURTON CUMMINGS Burton Cummings is an icon. At 16, he left school and made the decision that music was his career. In 1964, he joined The Deverons, who released two singles in Winnipeg and [...]
SIMON SPENCE – FEELING SUPERSONIC: FROM MADCHESTER TO BRITPOP BACKSTAGE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Who would have thought that 2024 was the year of Oasis, and it looks like that will be repeated in 2025. The Gallagher brothers, [...]
JOAN ARMATRADING HOW DID THIS HAPPEN AND WHAT DOES IT NOW MEAN BMG Joan Armatrading’s 21st studio album, How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, is her first album since 2021’s Consequence, and her first new rock songs in three years. As [...]
FATHER JOHN MISTY MAHASHMASHANA SUB POP RECORDS Josh Tillman, also known as Father John Misty, has been making music for over 20 years. Since 2012’s Fear Fun, the majority of releases are under the name Father John Misty. Mahashmashana is Father [...]
TIM BOVACONTI AGAIN INDEPENDENT Tim Bovaconti is a veteran of the Canadian music scene. His CV is very impressive, with the list of artists he has worked with being the who’s who of artists, including Burton Cummings, Ron Sexsmith, Kim [...]
GEORGE HARRISON LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) DARK HORSE/BMG There was a lot riding on Living In The Material World when George Harrison released the album in 1973. His All Things Must Pass album proved to be one of the [...]
CLOSETJUDAS SONDER INDEPENDENT Mike Powell is a musician from Mississauga, ON, now residing in Manitoba where he records under the name closetjudas. SONDER is his most recent release, following his 2022 album, ENTELECHY. Although “simulacra + [...]
ROBIN GUTHRIE ASTORIA SOLEIL APRÈS MINUIT After a three-year absence, Robin Guthrie, formerly of The Cocteau Twins, is not wasting any time in releasing new music. Guthrie released the brilliant EP Atlas in July this year, and now, he has [...]
MIDGE URE LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 04.10.23 CHRYSALIS RECORDS Midge Ure needs no introduction, as he is a legend who has been at the forefront on the music scene for many decades. From his early days with Thin Lizzy, Slik, and Rich Kids, to [...]
SOFT WINDS AND ROSES A CONVERSATION WITH DIANA PANTON Diana Panton burst on the scene in 2005 with her debut album, . . . yesterday, perhaps. Her recent album, soft winds and roses, is her 15th album, and over the years she has received JUNO [...]
THE SESSION MAN: NICKY HOPKINS ARCTIC FOREST PRODUCTIONS/TSM FILMS NOVEMBER 5, 2024 The most surprising aspect of The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins is that it wasn’t made much earlier than this decade. Nicky Hopkins was one of the most respected [...]
ONE IN THE CHAMBER THE CABIN SESSIONS INDEPENDENT One In The Chamber returns with a brand-new EP (their first since 2022’s Reload) with the aptly titled The Cabin Sessions. This is the EP no one could have predicted that would have come from [...]
TODD RUNDGREN ARENA (REISSUE) CLEOPATRA RECORDS Arena is Todd Rundgren’s 19th studio album, originally released in 2008. This is a straight re-release of that album making it its first appearance on vinyl. The CD version, however, features three [...]
MOUNT EERIE NIGHT PALACE P.W. ELVERUM & SUN Night Palace is the first Mount Eerie album since their 2019’s Lost Wisdom Pt. 2. During that five-year gap, vocalist and songwriter Phil Elverum kept busy touring, and releasing music with his [...]
READY TO SAY FAREWELL A CONVERSATION WITH SAXOPHONIST PAT CAREY OF THE DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND In 1969, brothers Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh and Richard “Hock” Walsh formed the Downchild Blues Band. In 1972, they released their debut album, [...]
EXPERIMENTING AND HAVING FUN…AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH GUITARIST TIM BOVACONTI Tim Bovaconti may not be a household name…yet. But one thing is for sure, at some point, you have heard him play, or something he produced or even a song he [...]
A THOUSAND WEEKS THE LAST MIRAGE INDEPENDENT The names Fred Jeske and Joe Maydak may seem familiar. It could be that you may be familiar with their other project/band Conduit Of Humanity. Like that band, A Thousand Weeks is a musical collective [...]
THE MOLLIES THE MOLLIES (EP) GREEN STRIPE RECORDS The Mollies is a band out of Toronto and is the brainchild of Jacob Schmor. The Mollies (EP) is their debut EP and it is quite good. They did release a single (“Downtown”) earlier this year, and [...]
DIANA PANTON SOFT WINDS AND ROSES THE SRG/ILS GROUP Diana Panton made her recording debut in 2005 with the album …Yesterday Perhaps, and she quickly established herself in the world of jazz. Her easy yet very strong vocals and wonderful [...]
STAN HARRISON SOME POOR SOUL HAS A FIRE ADHYÂROPA RECORDS Stan Harrison is a well-respected and well-known musician, who has played with a number of artists throughout his career. His CV is a virtual who’s who of the music world. He has played [...]
GOOD LOVELIES WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME (DELUXE VERSION) OUTSIDE MUSIC To celebrate the one year birthday of We Will Never Be the Same, Good Lovelies have released a deluxe version of the album. The streaming-only album features the original [...]
BRYAN FERRY RETROSPECTIVE: SELECTED RECORDINGS 1973-2023 BMG While David Bowie was busy making headlines and getting into the newspapers in the 1970s, Bryan Ferry was busy creating some of the most influential and innovative music ever recorded. [...]
BON IVER SABLE, JAGJAGUWAR SABLE, is the first new music under the Bon Iver name since the 2019 album I,I. Sure Justin Vernon and the members of the band have been making appearances on other artists albums, but SABLE, is a true Bon Iver EP. [...]
