LET THEM KNOW WE TRIED A CONVERSATION WITH ZAK RIZVI, RONNIE PLATT AND TOM BRISLIN OF KANSAS In 1974 Kansas released their self-titled debut album. After over three years of paying their dues, playing clubs and being the opening act, Kansas were [...]
Evening Hymns Heavy Nights Shuffling Feet Records Heavy Nights is the first album Jonas Bonetta has released under the Evening Hymns name in five years. The last Evening Hymns album was the brilliant Quiet Energies, and for a lot of artists, it [...]
WE’LL BUILD A LIFE BY SENECA CREEK A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES WESLEY GODWIN There is a world of music out there, and for those who tuned into the Appalachian Folk Festival livestream in April, many of us were introduced to many artists who, [...]
Edward McCormack Astral/Aphotic Eyedear Productions Ambient music is much like rock’n’roll, in that, within that genre there are many different styles and sub genres. Edward McCormack is one artist who releases music under this banner, but his [...]
WHEN IT COMES TO ONE TO ONE, COMMUNICATION CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT A CONVERSATION WITH NEIL ARTHUR OF BLANCMANGE I can’t think of many artists who consistently and frequently put out such high quality material. In fact, with each release, Neil [...]
FROM GRETA COMES A NEW BOLD DAWN A CONVERSATION WITH BERNARD FRAZER OF CHURCH OF TREES Bernard Frazer, the mastermind and genius behind Church Of Trees, is one of the nicest humans you will ever meet. He has also just released one of the darkest [...]
READY TO HOWL AGAIN A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN FOXX (JOHN FOXX AND THE MATHS/EX-ULTRAVOX) John Foxx is somewhat of an enigma. One is never sure what to expect from the man, either in interviews or in music. Since leaving Ultravox, he has embarked [...]
Blue Öyster Cult iHeart Radio Theatre N.Y.C. 2012 Frontiers Music Frontiers Music, along with Blue Öyster Cult, continue their release of archival material of this classic rock band. Some of the music has been released before, and some, as with [...]
Blancmange Mindset Blanc Check Records The new Blancmange album opens with the title track, “Mindset”, and following a minute-long musical introduction, the unmistakable voice of Neil Arthur sings “Unlike Wednesday this day is focused/There [...]
APPALACHIAN FOLK FESTIVAL PREVIEW: PART 1 A CONVERSATION WITH WALTER DeBARR There are two things you need to know about Walter DeBarr. The first thing is that he is remarkably talented and innovative. He has one of the most unique sounds in [...]
Dennis DeYoung 26 East, Volume 1 Frontiers Music As hard as it might be to believe, this is Dennis DeYoung`s first studio album since 2009`s One Hundred Years From Now. Perhaps the time away from the studio has been a major asset, as 26 Eas, [...]
THE ADMIRATION OF WHITE PLASTIC CHAIRS A CONVERSATION WITH NEIL ARTHUR OF BLANCMANGE “I was just outside with my daughter, she is home from university, and we were just doing a skipping competition to see who can do the most and she was beating [...]
Frigs Rave And Rupture In Music As Disaster Arts & Crafts Although there have not been many new Frigs releases since their 2018 debut album, Basic Behaviour, this Toronto-based band has been very busy. Three quarters of the band provided [...]
MISSING FOR DAZE…WHERE YOU GONE? A CONVERSATION WITH ALEX PATERSON OF THE ORB “Basically what we are doing here is surviving, as much as possible. It might be a wake up call for humanity, to be honest,” states Alex Paterson at the [...]
LETTING THE FREAK FLAG FLY A CONVERSATION WITH DOM MARIANI OF DATURA4 As I write this, there is a lot going on in the world. It seems a bit difficult to talk about new albums while the world goes through something that we have never endured. [...]
BREAKING IN A BRAND NEW PAIR OF SHOES A CONVERSATION WITH ANA CRISTINA CASH Ana Cristina Cash has just released a new album, Shine, her second all English album , an album that has been a while in the making. “I have been working on this album [...]
LOST AND FOUND A CONVERSATION WITH SPIRIT DIES FIRST Spirit Dies First has just released their debut album, Lost And Found. It has been five years in the making, and the London, Ontario-based band has every right to be proud of their [...]
Church Of Trees New Bold Dawn Independent Church Of Dreams is the brainchild of musician/writer/producer extraordinaire, Bernard Frazer. Since their debut EP in 2017 (Primitive Creatures), he has consistently come up with some of the finest [...]
Daniel Romano’s Outfit Content To Point The Way You’ve Changed Records Content To Point The Way is Daniel Romano’s third full-length album release since the end of March. Prolific does not even begin to describe him. Even more [...]
APPALACHIAN FOLK FESTIVAL PREVIEW: PART 1 A CONVERSATION WITH WILLIAM MATHENY The Appalachian Folk Festival is a live-stream that shouldn’t be missed and is coming your way on April 25. One of the featured artists for that online festival is [...]
Philip Rambow Canadiana Fretsore Records When you listen to the new Philip Rambow album, Canadiana, the first thing you realize is that five years between albums is simply too long. His last album, 2015’s Whatever happened To Philip Rambow, was [...]
Ana Cristina Cash Shine Avondale Records Ana Cristina Cash has had a very diverse career up to this point. This album, Shine, is her first album since 2018’s My Christmas Collection, and her third entirely English language one. As Ana Cristina, [...]
Elmwood Underground These, Them’s And Those Independent Let us put everything on the table. There is a heavy and sad cloud hanging over this album. Sean Cunnington, guitarist for the band, passed away on March 18, 2020 due to COVID-19. So, [...]
A FITTING TRIBUTE TO A REMARKABLE MUSICIAN AND FRIEND A CONVERSATION WITH DWAYNE LAU OF ELMWOOD UNDERGROUND Music is very powerful. It can inform us, educate us, transport us in time, trigger a powerful memory in us, and provide us with a much [...]
