King Krimsen Official Bootleg: Live In Chicago, June 28th, 2017 Discipline Global Music It all began in 1967 when Robert Fripp met up and joined The Giles Brothers (Michael and Peter) and they formed a trio. By 1968, the band had expanded to a [...]
Little Steven And The Disciples Of Soul @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto October 9, 2017 Little Steven and the latest incarnation of his Disciples of Soul hit Toronto on a warm Thanksgiving evening. Little Steven even joked about scheduling [...]
Dhani Harrison In///Parallel Hot Records Ltd It cannot be easy being the offspring of a Beatle in the music world. Stella McCartney has done extremely well in fashion, and Mary McCartney has carved out her own niche in photography, but when it [...]
The Northern Pikes Big Blue Sky (Super Sized) Universal Music Canada Although I love The Northern Pikes, I have not pulled out my copy of Big Blue Sky in a few years, so when I approached this 30th (30th!) Anniversary Super Sized version of the [...]
WHEN THE LIGHT IS RIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH JASON CROSBY Jason Crosby has been playing music for almost his entire life. He started with the violin at age two, and from there he learned several more instruments. A child prodigy? I would say so, [...]
BIG, BLUE AND MAYBE SOMETHING NEW A CONVERSATION WITH JAY SEMKO OF THE NORTHERN PIKES It must be my old age, because I have a hard time believing that The Northern Pikes’ classic album, Big Blue Sky, is 30 years old. But it is. And to celebrate, [...]
DANIEL K. LONGMAN – THE BEATLES’ LANDMARKS IN LIVERPOOL Amberley Publishing – October 1, 2017 ISBN-10: 1445652331 ISBN-13: 978-1445652337 Book Review By Aaron Badgley A very short but very interesting and crucial book to add to [...]
Chris Rea Road Songs For Lovers BMG The return of Chris Rea, not that he disappeared or that it has been that long between records, but Road Songs For Lovers feels like a return. Not a comeback, just the return of a good friend. It is hard to [...]
Jason Crosby Cryptologic Blue Rose Music You may not know the name, but you do know his work. Jason Crosby is an in demand session artist who has played with more artists than he can remember. To name a few, he has worked with Blind Boys of [...]
Blancmange Unfurnished Rooms Blanc Check Records Blancmange is Neil Arthur, or Neil Arthur is Blancmange. Since Stephen Luscombe left the band (the other original member) due to health reasons, Arthur has carried the torch and continued on under [...]
Cindy Doire Panorama Arté Boréal Panorama is Cindy Doire’s fourth solo album. Doire is one half of Scarlett Jane, a fantastic folk duo who have issued two multi nominated folk albums. Panorama is Doire’s third album recorded in French. Over the [...]
The Darts Me.Ow. Dirty Water Records The Darts return with their debut solo album, Me.Ow. They have previously released two ten inch EPs and those two EPs were issued as an album (The Darts, 2017). But Me.Ow. is their first full length album [...]
Keith Emerson Emerson Plays Emerson Emersongs/Cherry Red The music world lost Keith Emerson on March 11, 2016. What a huge loss it was. Many know him through his work with Emerson, Lake and Palmer, though he was also in The Nice, and Emerson, [...]
The Killers Wonderful Wonderful Island Records Wonderful Wonderful is The Killers’ fifth studio album, and their first in five years (Battle Born was released in 2012) . That does not mean they have not been busy during that time: there have [...]
Ummagma LCD Label Obscura/Somewherecold Records Ummagma is a duo based in Canada. The members are Canadian Shauna McLarnon (vocals) and Ukrainian born Alexander Kretov (instruments). The band have been releasing records since 2012, and have [...]
Various Artists SpongeBob SquarePants, The New Musical (Original Cast Recording) Masterworks Broadway/Sony Music Canada Where to even begin with this? The first thing to note is that SpongeBob SquarePants is a very funny show. As a father with [...]
Moses Sumney Aromanticism Jagjaguwar Moses Sumney has been on the music scene since 2014. In 2015 he issued his debut EP on cassette, Mid-City Island. The same year he issued a seven inch single “Seeds” b/w “Pleas” and finally 2016 saw the [...]
Van Morrison Roll With The Punches Universal Music It is hard to believe that Roll With The Punches is Van Morrison’s 37th studio album. The 72 year old singer is one of rock’s most prolific artists in rock today. His last album was 2016’s Keep [...]
Jon Langford Four Lost Souls Bloodshot Records I wanted to love this album. Jon Langford is a genius. This album was written and recorded in America during the Trump election — literally during and after the election. I thought this should [...]
Mount Eerie @ The Great Hall, Toronto September 20, 2017 Mount Eerie is Phil Elverum. It has always been his project and his brainchild. Now, it is just him. On March 24, 2017 the eighth studio by Mount Eerie was released, called A Crow Looked [...]
LONG VIVID DREAM A CONVERSATION WITH ASHKAN MALAYERI OF DISCOLOR BLIND As I begin my conversation with Ashkan Malayeri of Discolor Blind I cannot help but point out that he forgot to add the ‘u’ when he named his band. “Actually I researched the [...]
Ringo Starr Give More Love Roccabella Give More Love is Ringo Starr’s 19th solo album since The Beatles disbanded. People forget that at the time of The Beatles break-up, Ringo was not the odds on favourite for a successful solo career. His [...]
Bruce Cockburn Bone On Bone True North Records Bone on Bone is Bruce Cockburn’s 33rd album and his first studio album since 2011’s Small Source of Comfort. Cockburn has not mellowed in those years. He is still producing his brand of [...]
TRANSLATING PICTURES INTO SOUNDS A CONVERSATION WITH NEIL ARTHUR OF BLANCMANGE When I tell Neil Arthur, of Blancmange, that he is one of the hardest working musicians/artists that I know of, he just laughs. “I am happiest when I am working, it [...]
