Foghat Road Fever: The Complete Bearsville Recordings 1972-1975 HNE/Cherry Red Records I remember watching an MTV awards show, many, many years ago. Jim Carey, dressed as a hippie, made the joke “would it kill you to play some Foghat?” He was [...]
Peggy Lee I’m A Woman (60th Anniversary Edition) Capitol Records/UMe In 1963, Peggy Lee had a surprise hit with the song “I’m A Woman”. She had not been on the charts since 1958 with her classic “Fever”. Rock ‘n’ roll had a firm grip on [...]
Novelty Island Wallsend Weekend Television Think Like A Key Novelty Island is a pop music project by Liverpool artist Tim McConnell. It is a fascinating ensemble full of musical twists and turns, but most importantly, it is extremely [...]
The Kinks The Journey – Part 1 BMG The Kinks officially formed in 1963, hence the 60th Anniversary celebration that is happening for the band this year. To honour this classic, timeless, and brilliant band, two box sets are being released, [...]
THE MARY WALLOPERS @ THE DRAKE, TORONTO MARCH 20, 2023 The first night of spring, and the best way to celebrate the new season is to hang out with the sellout crowd to see The Mary Wallopers at The Drake. They came with a full band and a set [...]
Delerium Signs Metropolis Records It has been seven years since the last studio album from Delerium, Mythologie) The band has returned with a new album, Signs, and the time between albums seems to have done them well. Delirium has delivered a [...]
Levellers Collective (The Levellers) Together All The Way On The Fiddle Recordings The Levellers formed in 1988 and their debut album was released two years later in 1990 (A Weapon Called The Word). Together All The Way is their 13th album, and [...]
SAME NAME, DIFFERENT GAME A CONVERSATION WITH COLIN BLUNSTONE OF THE ZOMBIES The Zombies are back and in a big way. They have a new album, Different Game, and a documentary, Hung Up On A Dream, both to be released in March, 2023. Although known [...]
THE GIRL IS CRYING IN HER LATTE A CONVERSATION WITH RUSSELL MAEL & RON MAEL OF SPARKS Sparks have been making records and touring for a long while. Their debut album (intially released under the group name Halfnelson), Halfnelson was [...]
ADI MOSKOVITCH – FREE SPIRIT: LETTING IT ALL GO NO GRAVITY TO HOLD PARTRIDGE PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Adi Mosko, otherwise known as Adi Moskovitch, fronts a band from Tel Aviv known as The Corridors, who have been releasing [...]
Paddy Goodwin & The Holy Ghosts The Church Of The Here And Now Independent The Irish music scene has always been vibrant and diverse. There are many different genres and artists in Ireland as in any other place. And there is a lot of [...]
Dawn Sev Tart Independent Dawn Sev’s debut EP, Tart, features four diverse songs that showcase her distinct talent and her love of various forms of music. In less than 15 minutes, Sev explores various forms of music and she does it [...]
John Foxx Avenham Metamatic John Foxx has always been a bit of a mystery. One is never sure what he will release next. Last year, he released The Marvelous Notebook, which is a reading of his 2020 novel. Prior to that, he recorded a pretty [...]
Asia Fantasia – Live In Tokyo 2007 BMG Fantasia – Live In Tokyo 2007 was originally released in 2007 and features the classic and original Asia line-up of John Wetton (bass/lead vocals), Geoff Downes (keyboards/vocals), Steve Howe [...]
The Alan Parsons Project The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Deluxe Edition) Cherry Red Records Alan Parsons continues to re-release the classic (and hugely successful) Alan Parsons Project albums. The Turn Of A Friendly Card was originally released in [...]
Agony Street Italian Whisky FHEBRE Records/Silverton Agony Street was the Swedish duo which consisted of Gudmundur Bragason and the late Klas Qvist, who recorded under the name Citizen K. Sadly, Qvist passed away in 2021, but he left quite a [...]
BETWEEN WAKING AND DREAMING A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE KILBEY OF THE CHURCH “That was a hit in Canada,” Steve Kilbey remembered about their single “The Unguarded Moment”, when we sat down for a conversation via Zoom. “They flew us to Canada, to [...]
Deborah Fialkiewicz Daughters Of The Industrialists Independent Deborah Fialkiewicz describes herself as a “Transgender experimental electronic musician”. However, labels only tell part of her story. She has carved out a remarkable career and [...]
Bob Dylan Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 Legacy/Colombia/Sony Bob Dylan continues his bootleg series with number 17. For this box set, Fragments – Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996 – [...]
Marianne Faithfull Kissin’ Time (Reissue) BMG By 2002 Marianne Faithful was eager to return to a more contemporary sound following albums in which she focused on Kurt Weill. These include Weill recording and performing his opera The Seven [...]
WINTERSONG MUSIC FESTIVAL: MEN WITHOUT HATS & STARS @ SPRING LAKES GOLF CLUB, WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE JANUARY 21, 2023 Whitchurch-Stouffville was the place to be on a damp, cold and snowy January day for some very exciting music. Bringing the [...]
BENJAMIN RUSSELL AND ROB STUART SOMETHING IN F MINOR TCBE RECORDS This debut album, Something In F Minor by the duo of Benjamin Russel and Rob Stuart is an impressive affair. Although this is their debut album as a duo, both musicians/artists [...]
UNI & The Urchins Simulator Chimera Music UNI & The Urchins were originally known as Uni, and under that name, they released several singles over the last couple of years. The band is composed of Jack James Busa (vocalist) and former [...]
Deadbeat Superheroes Edmonton Independent In 2011, guitarist Vikas Sharma and vocalist Ayesha Adhami joined forces for what would become the musical collective Deadbeat Superheroes. Fast forward to 2023, and Deadbeat Superheroes continue to make [...]
