LOREENA McKENNITT THE ROAD BACK HOME QUINLAN ROAD The Road Back Home is in many regards, very much McKennitt returning to her roots of traditional Irish and Celtic folk songs that she learned all those years ago while playing the clubs of [...]
MARK EGAN/SHAWN PELOT/SHANE THERIOT CROSS CURRENTS WAVETONE RECORDS Mark Egan has made a name for himself as a solo artist, a collaborator, and as a member of Pat Metheny’s band. Egan may be known as a jazz musician, but he is much more than [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS NEW WAVE DONUT WAX DONUT RECORDS This is an intriguing idea, current punk and metal bands paying tribute to late 1970s and 1980s New Wave classics. Of course, New Wave came along and basically shoved punk to one side. Punk [...]
VIVABEAT PARTY IN THE WARZONE & THE HOUSE IS BURNING RUBELLAN REMASTERS Vivabeat is one of those bands that showed a great deal of promise in the 1980s but never really reached their commercial potential. That doesn’t mean their music wasn’t [...]
CHEMICAL WAVES THE END OF EVERYTHING – PART TWO WAVE RECORDS Chemical Waves is really Marco Cattani, from Rome, Italy. Under the name Chemical Waves, Cattani has been making music for over ten years. The End Of Everything – Part Two [...]
GENERAL ADMIN CLOUDED ROOM INDEPENDENT General Admin is a three piece band based in London, although the members are from London and Brighton. Clouded Room is their third EP. The trio is made up of Adam, Matt and Mike (no last names), and on [...]
DANIEL ROMANO’S OUTFIT TOO HOT TO SLEEP YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS Too Hot To Sleep is Daniel Romano’s first studio since 2022’s La Luna, which was also credited to Daniel Romano’s Outfit. There was, however, a Spider Bite album (The [...]
LIFE IN A FAIRGROUND DREAMLAND A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE HACKETT (GENESIS) Steve Hackett turned 74 on February 12, and he is perhaps at his creative peak. Since leaving Genesis in 1977, Hackett has recorded and released 30 solo studio albums. [...]
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE – VERSAILLES 400 SONY MUSIC FEBRUARY 24, 2024 Concert films are rather tricky. They can be overblown and verge on boring, or they can be extremely exciting while the viewer focuses on the artist and enjoys the music and [...]
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE VERSAILLES 400 SONY MUSIC On December 25, 2023, Jean-Michel Jarre performed a concert in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France. The show was designed to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Château de [...]
ELEPHANT STONE BACK INTO THE DREAM LITTLE CLOUD RECORDS Elephant Stone is Rishi Dhir (vocals/bass/sitar/mellotron), Miles Dupire (drums), Robbie MacArthur (guitar), and Jason Kent (keys/guitar) from Montreal. Since 2009, they have released a [...]
CHURCH OF TREES TRANSIENCE INDEPENDENT Church Of Trees released its debut EP, Primitive Creatures in 2017. A brilliant debut, that demonstrated that this band, and its main driving force, Bernard Frazer, had a lot to offer and that they were [...]
KISSING THE PINK ANTHOLOGY 1982-2024 CHERRY RED RECORDS Kissing The Pink may have gone down in history as the most underrated band of the 1980s. Thanks to this new box set, Anthology 1982 – 2024, that may not be the destiny of this band. [...]
EVANORA:UNLIMITED PERFECT ANSWER INDEPENDENT Evanora:Unlimited is Orion Sage Ohana, and this is their second album under the name Evanora:Unlimited. Quite frankly, there is a lot to unpack with this very talented artist (who also released music [...]
THE ROAD BACK HOME A CONVERSATION WITH LOREENA McKENNITT “I am well, thank you, there’s lots going on, and for the most part we are in good health and doing things we love, so you can’t complain,” said Loreena McKennitt to start our recent [...]
KATHERINE PRIDDY THE PENDULUM SWING COOKING VINYL Katherine Priddy made her recording debut in 2018 with an EP (Wolf) that got her a lot of attention and provided her with an opportunity to not only record more but open for some of her biggest [...]
STEVE HACKETT THE CIRCUS AND THE NIGHTWHALE INSIDE OUT MUSIC It may be very hard to believe, but The Circus And The Nightwhale is Steve Hackett’s 30th solo album. And, quite simply, it is his best album yet. This is an emotional, powerful album, [...]
THE RESIDENTS SECRET SHOW (LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO) CHERRY RED RECORDS Like Sparks, The Residents have been able to keep their loyal, core audience while bringing new people into their fanbase over the years. In January, 2023, The Residents [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS PATTERNS ON THE WINDOW: THE BRITISH PROGRESSIVE POP SOUNDS OF 1974 CHERRY RED RECORDS Grapefruit Records/Cherry Red Records have been releasing CD box sets over the past couple of years in which they do a deep dive into the [...]
VISION ETERNEL ECHOES FROM FORGOTTEN HEARTS (DELUXE EDITION) GEERTRUIDA Vision Eternel is the brainchild of a very talented artist, Alexander Julien. This new release of Echoes From Forgotten Hearts is a reworking and expansion of the original [...]
KARL BARTOS THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI BUREAU B RECORDS In 1920, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (German: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) was released. It is the textbook German Expressionist, and although it did not take the world by storm (it was a [...]
CROSS CURRENTS A CONVERSATION WITH MARK EGAN “I like Toronto, it is a nice city,” said Mark Egan as we began our chat about his new album, a collaboration with drummer Shawn Pelton (Saturday Night Live drummer) and guitarist Shane Theriot [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL PLEASURE CENTER TCBE RECORDS Saskatoon born, but current Montreal-based, Benjamin Russell has been very busy lately. Russell, who has been performing since the 1970s continues to show that he is a viable and interesting artist. [...]
PAUL McCARTNEY AND WINGS BAND ON THE RUN (50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) MPL/UNIVERSAL On December 12, 1973, Paul McCartney released the third Wings album (his fifth solo since leaving The Beatles), Band On The Run. The album was a critical and [...]
