Space Summit Life This Way Schoolkids Records Marty Willson-Piper is one hard working artist. He is currently in a number of bands (Anekdoten, Noctorum and MOAT), his own solo music, and now he introduces Space Summit, his latest project. It is [...]
Krista Hartman Transcend Independent Transcend is Krista Hartman’s fourth album, and her first since 2015’s Constellations. Her new album is a mixture of Canadiana, pop, and rock with hints of psychedelia. It is a fascinating and interesting [...]
The Artisanals Zia Artisanals Records The Artisanals hail from Charleston, SC, and Zia is their second full-length album. It comes three years after their self-titled debut. The Artisanals are Johnny Delaware, Clay Houle, Eric Mixon and Eric [...]
HAVE GUITAR, WILL TRAVEL A CONVERSATION WITH STEVE HACKETT (GENESIS) Steve Hackett needs no introduction. His guitar playing has influenced generations of guitarists and throughout his career, he was never one to take the easy route or rest on [...]
John Ford Life In A Foreign Town Whole Shot Records Life In A Foreign Town is John Ford’s first solo album since 2015’s A Better Day. It has been a while since we have heard from Mr. Ford, and he has been missed. He has been busy, performing [...]
The Dreamboats Back To The Start Dreamboats Records A new release from The Dreamboats is long overdue, but it is so welcome. Back To The Start is, to borrow a phrase, pure pop for now people. It is their third release and it does demonstrate [...]
Various Artists Legends Play The Beatles Cleopatra Records Since The Beatles exploded on the scene in 1964, there have been tribute albums in many different genres. Chet Atkins, Count Basie, The Hollyridge Strings and so many more have taken [...]
Sparks ANNETTE (CANNES EDITION – SELECTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) Milan Records Sparks have been very busy of late. In 2020 they released A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, which was followed by a very interesting documentary [...]
John Jenkins If You Can’t Forgive, You Can’t Love Fretsore Records If You Can’t Forgive, You Can’t Love is John Jenkins seventh studio album, and he just keeps getting better and better. Building on the brilliant Growing Old – [...]
Night Ranger ATBPO Frontiers Music SRL ATBPO (which stands for And The Band Played On) is Night Ranger’s 13th studio album, and for this one, their first since 2017’s Don’t Let Up, they come out rocking hard. From the opening track to the last, [...]
George Harrison All Things Must Pass (50th Anniversary Edition) Apple/Universal All Things Must Pass was originally released in November, 1970. It was George Harrison’s third solo album, following 1968’s soundtrack, Wonderwall Music By George [...]
MY NIGHTS ON THE ISLAND A CONVERSATION WITH ALEX SOUTHEY Toronto-based artist, Alex Southey, is an artist who seems to be always creating and finding new ways to express himself. In February, 2021, he released the excellent album ..And The [...]
Vivien Cooper & Bro Paul Brown The Instrumental Alphabet Moonwhistle Music Author, lyricist, poet, writer and voice actress Vivien Cooper has teamed up with musician/producer Paul Brown of The Waterboys to create a very unique and original [...]
Electric Six Streets Of Gold Cleopatra Records What have we here? An entire album of covers by Electric Six? Yes, and what a treat this is. Streets of Gold is Electric Six’s 15th studio album, and their first since 2018’s brilliant Bride Of The [...]
KENNETH WOMACK & JASON KRUPPA – ALL THINGS MUST PASS AWAY. HARRISON, CLAPTON, AND OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Finding new topics about The Beatles, or even Eric Clapton for that matter, [...]
THE HORSESHOE TAVERN CHILL-O-RAMA FEATURING SKYDIGGERS & THE SADIES w/ ELLIOTT BROOD @ CITYVIEW DRIVE-IN, TORONTO JULY 17, 2021 Where does one go on a hot, summer evening in Toronto? Perhaps the drive-in for a triple bill, featuring Elliott [...]
Debra-Jean Creelman Threshold Modern Laundry Recording Club Debra-Jean Creelman has done something very special with Threshold, her new full-length release. It is full of unique sounds and music that truly stands out among the new releases this [...]
JOHN M. BORACK – THE BEATLES 100: ONE HUNDRED PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN BEATLES HISTORY RARE BIRD BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY I have said it before, and I will say it again, writing books about The Beatles is not an easy task these days. [...]
MAKING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE UNDERSTANDABLE IN AN ARTISTIC WAY A CONVERSATION WITH MURRAY McLAUCHLAN Murray McLauchlan is a legend. He may not personally agree, but he is.. Not because he has been inducted in the Canadian Country Music Hall Of [...]
Murray McLauchlan Hourglass True North Records/Linus Entertainment Murray McLauchlan’s debut album, Song From The Street was released 50 years ago. In all the years since that debut, McLauchlan has done pretty much what he wanted to do, and he [...]
Future Lives Spirit House Soft Magic Records Spirit House is the followup to Future Lives debut album, Mansions. One would think the latter would be very hard to top, but top it they did. Future Lives is a project that was started by former King [...]
Marc Almond Enchanted (Deluxe Expanded Edition) SFE/Cherry Red Enchanted was originally released in 1990 and was Marc Almond’s sixth solo outing after he took a break from Soft Cell. This album followed one of his most successful solo albums, [...]
Frank Zappa Zappa ‘88: The Last U.S. Show UMe/Zappa Records What can you say about Zappa that hasn’t been said before. He was a genius, an innovator, one of the best guitarists ever to grace the planet, funny, and passionate about what he was [...]
Dennis DeYoung 26 East, Volume 2 Frontiers Music Last year Dennis DeYoung released the album 26 East: Vol. 1 which was originally to be his farewell to the music world. He recorded so much music that he was encouraged to split the project into [...]
