Anthony Hogan – The Beat Makers: The Unsung Heroes Of The Mersey Sound Amberley Publishing – August 15, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-4456-7208-43 Book Review By Aaron Badgley Anthony Hogan is a very talented writer. He has written several [...]
Maker Girl Quit Your Crying Kidda Records These guys just keep getting better and better. Girl Quit Your Crying is Maker’s second five track EP (their first, Move Your Feet was released earlier this year) and it not only picks up where Move Your [...]
A REMARKABLE ARTIST A CONVERSATION WITH TERRY DRAPER (EX-KLAATU) Talking with Terry Draper is always an education and a pure pleasure. Besides being an astounding musician (he started as a drummer and branched out), this guy is an encyclopedia [...]
The Isley Brothers & Santana Power Of Peace Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Carlos Santana collaborating with other artists is not news. He has had an entire career where he has collaborated with many different artists, usually to great [...]
Blancmange (Box Set) The Blanc Tapes Edsel Recording In 1981 I bought a sampler album called Some Bizzare Album. There were a lot of incredible bands on the album, The The, Soft Cell and Depeche Mode. But there was one song by a new band named [...]
George Thorogood Party Of One Rounder Records George Thorogood signed to Rounder Records (as George Thorogood and The Destroyers) in 1976 and his debut album, George Thorogood and The Destroyers was released in 1977. Two years, and two studio [...]
POURING HIS HEART INTO UNPOPULAR POP MUSIC A CONVERSATION WITH BLAIR PACKHAM The name Blair Packham may ring some bells for you. You may remember him from his stylish 1980’s band, The Jitters, who released two polished pop albums, The Jitters [...]
The Nasty Housewives RESisters Hologram Recordings The Nasty Housewives, an interesting name for an interesting and unique band. The Nasty Housewives consist of Marcella Detroit (also known as Marcy Levy (Shakespears Sister), Hope Juber (The [...]
Yoko Ono Approximately Infinite Universe (Reissue) Secretly Canadian Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music continue with phase two of The Yoko Ono Reissue Project with the release of Approximately Infinite Universe, perhaps Yoko Ono’s best album [...]
Yoko Ono Fly (Reissue) Secretly Canadian This release is part of phase two of The Yoko Ono Reissue Project, a joint release project between Secretly Canadian and Chimera Records. Phase one included albums that were more or less joint projects [...]
David Palfreyman And Nicholas Pegg Decades Diteli Records David Palfreyman (Malf) and Nicholas Pegg have produced an album in 2017, which is remarkably brave and certainly brilliant. They have written and with the help of many talented artists, [...]
Yoko Ono Feeling The Space Secretly Canadian Feeling The Space is the third and final installment of Phase Two of the Yoko Ono Reissue Project, courtesy of Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music. It was originally released on Apple Records in [...]
Terry Draper Remarkable Women Terry Tunes Terry Draper, one third of Klaatu, returns in less than a year from his last release Window on the World (The Lost ‘80’s Tapes), and with this release, Remarkable Women is a collection of old and new [...]
Black Needle Noise Lost In Reflections Independent Black Needle Noise is a project from John Fryer. If that name sounds familiar to you, it’s because he has been making music, usually as a producer, since 1979. Go to your record collection, [...]
DECADES A CONVERSATION WITH NICHOLAS PEGG AND DAVID PALFREYMAN The names Nicholas Pegg and David Palfreyman may not be instantly recognizable, but you do know their work. Nicholas Pegg is a writer, director and actor, most notable for Dr. Who. [...]
IS CAREY PRATT A CONVERSATION WITH PRAIRIE CAT Prairie Cat is not an animal, it is a band from British Columbia who have just released their fourth album, Is Cary Pratt. It is a rather fitting title for this album, because in truth Prairie Cat [...]
JERRY HAMMACK – THE BEATLES RECORDING REFERENCE MANUAL: VOLUME 1: MY BONNIE THROUGH BEATLES FOR SALE (1961-1964) Createspace Independent Publishing Platform – July 7, 2017 ISBN – 978-1-548-0239-35 Book Review By Aaron Badgley [...]
Grim Streaker Girl Minority EP Independent They have been playing the New York City/Brooklyn scene for the past year, and here it is, the debut EP from Grim Streaker. They released a debut single, “Guts”, earlier in the year but here [...]
The Moody Blues @ The Sony Centre, Toronto July 6, 2017 The Moody Blues have been around since 1964. Of course the line-up changed in 1966 and they became a much bigger band (although their single “Go Now”, with the original line-up did make [...]
THE REVIVAL MEETING A CONVERSATION WITH HELEN MOUNTFORT OF MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE My Friend the Chocolate Cake is an Australian band of note who have just released a new studio album, The Revival Meeting. This is their first studio album [...]
Stompin’ Tom Connors Stompin’ Tom Connors 50th Anniversary Ole/Anthem Legacy There is no better way to celebrate Canada Day and all things Canadian than listening to Stompin’ Tom Connors, and released just in time for Canada Day is this [...]
Future Lives Mansions Soft Magic Records There are a lot of players on Mansions by Future Lives. However, this huge ensemble is based around Brandon Taj (of King of Prussia fame). He is the centre point of this album, which features some of his [...]
My Brightest Diamond @ The Famous Spiegeltent, Luminato Festival, Toronto June 24, 2017 History was made, on Saturday night, in Toronto for My Brightest Diamond. For the first time ever, all three core members played together on stage on [...]
INTRODUCING THE FRANKLYS A CONVERSATION WITH BASSIST ZOË BIGGS The Franklys are a four piece band made up of guitarists/vocalists Jennifer Ahlkvist and Fanny Broberg (from Sweden) and bassist Zoë Biggs and drummer Lexi Clark (from East Anglia). [...]
