MISSVNARIES OV CHARITY PETROLEVM JELLY UTÅT NERÅT RECORDS/INÅT BAKÅT MISSVNARIES ov CHARITY is a three-piece band, based in Copenhagen. Their name translates to Missionaries of Charity. Petrolevm Jelly is their second release (they released [...]
MARK GANE GARDEN MUSIC MUFFIN MUSIC Mark Gane, of Martha And The Muffins fame, has been working on Garden Music, his first solo album, for many years. He wanted to get it just right, and he did. Garden Music is very different from what you may [...]
THIS IS HOW THE FUTURE SOUNDS A CONVERSATION WITH INGE LAMBOO Inge Lamboo is a young, talented, and brilliant artist who utilises social media to get her music out there and noticed. And she has accomplished a great deal in her career already. [...]
HAREM SCAREM CHASING EUPHORIA FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL Canada’s Harem Scarem has been making records since 1991 and has built up a substantial audience over the years. Chasing Euphoria is their 16th album and the first since 2020’s Chase The World. [...]
IT’S TIME TO DO RIGHT, WORDS CANNOT BE WISER A CONVERSATION WITH ROINE STOLT OF THE FLOWER KINGS Roine Stolt is a rock legend in Sweden (where he is from) and all over the world. Whether he is performing as a solo artist, or as a member of [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS GOING OUT OF MY HEAD: ADVENTURES ON THE INDIE DANCEFLOOR 1995-1999 CHERRY RED RECORDS Each decade has several dominating genres that flood a dance floor, and it was no different in the 1990s. The difference in the late 1990s was [...]
DOMI HAWKEN WATER AND THE WINE INDEPENDENT The term ‘mash-up’ is used far too often and not always correctly. In the case of Domi Hawken, there really is no other term to describe her own brand of music. There are elements of punk, hard rock, [...]
SIMPLE MINDS LIVE IN THE CITY OF DIAMONDS BMG Simple Minds is a band that enjoys what it does. They have established themselves as a classic band and still they continue to release new (and brilliant music) and they tour relentlessly. Simple [...]
PEARL HARBOR & THE EXPLOSIONS PEARL HARBOR & THE EXPLOSIONS LIBERATION HALL/MVD Pearl Harbor & The Explosions may have been part of the punk movement in San Francisco, but they were never really punk. By 1980, Pearl Harbor and The [...]
DISLOCATED THROUGH OUR SUFFERATION A CONVERSATION WITH JULIAN SHAH-TAYLER Julian Shah-Tayler has been making music for a long time. He has established himself with bands and, perhaps most importantly, a solo artist. In fact, he used the name The [...]
VERY LITTLE ON THE INTERNET IS FOREVER A CONVERSATION WITH CAM GORDON, CREATOR OF TRACK CHANGES: THE ORIGIN STORY OF CANADIAN MUSIC ON THE INTERNET (1990 – 2010) There has always been an assumption that everything on the internet is there [...]
WHERE DID YOU GO A CONVERSATION WITH BARBARA LYNCH Barbara Lynch is a Canadian musical treasure. With three full-length albums, she has established herself as one of Canada’s foremost storytelling folk artists. Perhaps calling her folk is doing [...]
THE TASK OF MAKING A FILM THAT JOHN AND YOKO WOULD APPROVE OF A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR SAM RICE-EDWARDS 2025 seems to be a banner year for John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentaries. Three have been released, each covering a very specific time [...]
JEFF BRIDGES SLOW MAGIC, 1977-1978 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC By 1977, Jeff Bridges was a movie star. He may have even eclipsed his famous father (Lloyd Bridges) with roles in such classics as The Last Picture Show (for which he received an Academy [...]
JADEA KELLY WEATHER GIRL (DELUXE) TONE TREE MUSIC It is always great to review an artist from my hometown. Jadea Kelly is from Whitby, Ontario, and in 2008 she made a big splash with her debut album Second Spring. Since then, she has released a [...]
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO MERCURY STUDIOS/MAGNOLIA PICTURES/PLAN B/KM FILMS APRIL 11, 2025 Kevin MacDonald and Sam Rice-Edwards have teamed up for an interesting and entertaining look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s One To One benefit concert, [...]
JOHN FOXX WHEREVER YOU ARE METAMATIC There are many sides to John Foxx, which is why each new album is eagerly awaited to see what he will come up with next. Lately, he has used his solo albums (he does perform with the band The Maths) to [...]
LEN GARRY QUARRYMAN LEN GARRY AT GEORGE HARRISON’S LIVERPOOL HOME – OCTOBER 1, 2022 GHLH RECORDS Len Garry has an interesting place in history. He was born in Liverpool in 1942, and in 1955 he met John Lennon. Interestingly he had met Paul [...]
BRYAN FERRY & AMELIA BARRATT LOOSE TALK DENE JESMOND RECORDS Bryan Ferry is one of the most important artists of the past five decades. And, he has never done the expected. In fact his entire career has been full of twists and turns that no [...]
BUTCH BASTARD DEATH VALLEY BUTCHIE BABY Butch Bastard is really Ian Murray, former member of Poor Moon and now a solo artist based in Los Angeles. Death Valley is his third full length studio and his first since 2023’s Las Vegas Salvation. Once [...]
BARBARA LYNCH WHERE DID YOU GO INDEPENDENT I am pretty sure that Barbara Lynch heard that question a lot over the last few years, because where did you go is the first album from this incredibly talented artist since 2008 (In The Nickelodeon). [...]
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? A CONVERSATION WITH JESSICA LEE MORGAN Jessica Lee Morgan is much more than a singer/songwriter. She is an artist, musician, writer, instructor, singer, producer and runs a studio and label. Of course, she does a lot [...]
JESSICA LEE MORGAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO? SPACE RECORDS Jessica Lee Morgan never does the expected. Over her career, which includes five studio albums and one album with her mother, Mary Hopkin, Morgan continues to explore and grow as an [...]
THE FREE SPIRITS CIRCLE OF SOUND INDEPENDENT The Free Spirits is a duo consisting of Chris Birkett (guitars, bass, guitar, organ, keys, horn arrangements, vocals) and Shari Tallon (pianist, flutist, tin whistle, vocals, keys, organ,). Two very [...]