TATTOOED ON MY BRAIN: 50 YEARS OF NAZARETH A CONVERSATION WITH PETE AGNEW OF NAZARETH Believe it or not, Nazareth are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, with the release of a new album (Tattooed On My Brain) and a tour. They formed in [...]
THE FUTURE IS WHAT IT USED TO BE A CONVERSATION WITH DEREK SHARP (D#) OF THE GUESS WHO In 1958 Chad Allan formed Allan and the Silvertones, by 1962 they had become Chad Allen and the Reflections, featuring Allan (lead vocals and guitar), Bob [...]
BUMPS AND SCUFFS A CONVERSATION WITH TRAGEDY ANN Guelph-based folk duo Tragedy Ann offer their listeners and interviewers alike a unique blend of authenticity and youthful enthusiasm that is equal parts endearing and refreshing. Though Liv [...]
FIVE YEARS OF GROWTH AND OPEN-MINDEDNESS A CONVERSATION WITH GARY LIGHTBODY OF SNOW PATROL When Snow Patrol front man Gary Lightbody sat down in 2013 and began penning a new song, centred around the theme of “life on Earth,” he couldn’t possibly [...]
A VERY WINNIPEG EXPERIENCE A CONVERSATION WITH MATT PETERS OF ROYAL CANOE The end of summer means a lot of things for a lot of people. Usually a slight nostalgia for the long, sunny days that are in the rear-view mirror will start to creep in as [...]
I DO NOT MAKE HAPPY RECORDS. I DON’T. I NEVER WILL. A CONVERSATION WITH GARY NUMAN Gary Numan’s modesty matches his sprawling wake of artistic influence; not quite a member of electronic music’s first popular wave, Numan’s career has spanned an [...]
MELODIC. ENTERTAINING. CHALLENGING. HONEST. A CONVERSATION WITH STEVEN PAGE “I hum, chronically, but it’s annoying to people around me, ’cause I don’t even know I’m doing it. It’s obviously just some neurotic tic, I don’t even know what I’m [...]
JAY MOHR, GLASYS, AND A STEINWAY PIANO A CONVERSATION WITH LOGAN LYNN In a fast-paced world so focused on efficiency and thin margins of success, it can be easy to brush aside the negative side effects of the modern-day lifestyle. Oftentimes we [...]
DUDLEY MOORE INSPIRED LO-FI A CONVERSATION WITH LAFFEY Andrew Laffey may not be a household name, but that is about to change. Laffey (as he is known) has been around the Toronto music scene for quite a while and has established himself as a [...]
IN AND OUT OF HIS HEAD A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL COLLINS Once there was a genre within rock and roll called ‘power pop’, and Paul Collins was not only at the forefront, he was one of the originators. As a musician, he was in two brilliant bands, [...]
NO FLUFFERS HERE A CONVERSATION WITH MINI MANSIONS’ TYLER PARKFORD When he’s not playing keyboards on the Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino tour with Artic Monkeys, Tyler Parkford is busy with his main project, Mini Mansions – an alternative [...]
PICK IT UP: SKA IN THE 90s A CONVERSATION WITH DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR TAYLOR MORDEN Built on the back of an incredibly successful crowd-sourcing effort, Pick It Up: Ska in the 90s is the passion project of Taylor Morden, who is both a longtime ska [...]
SLEEPLESS A CONVERSATION WITH COLIN NEWMAN & MALKA SPIGEL OF IMMERSION Immersion is a band that has been around for quite some time. Their debut album appeared in 1994 (Oscillating) and in 1999 they released their third studio album, Low [...]
ROY BUCHANAN’S TOP TEN TRACKS – REMEMBER ROY 30 YEARS LATER On August 14th 1988, Roy Buchanan hanged himself inside his prison cell in Fairfax County, Virginia, where he was being held after a domestic dispute. He was 48 years old. No one [...]
WACKA LACKA LOOM BOP A LOOM BAM BOO A CONVERSATION WITH WALTER LURE OF THE WALDOS Walter Lure is back, and he has a new album with his band, the Waldos, his first album in nearly 25 years. But, according to Lure, he has not been anywhere. He has [...]
LORD HURON’S NOCTURNAL ODYSSEY BEN SCHNEIDER AND THE GREAT TRUTH IN FICTION It’s easy to miss but under the surface of Lord Huron’s psychedelic-tinged brand of folk rock there’s a lot going on. The group is only three albums into their [...]
FINDING HIS IDEAL HOME A CONVERSATION WITH NEIL ARTHUR OF NEAR FUTURE/BLANCMANGE Neil Arthur may just be the hardest working musician in the world today. He is currently in three bands, Fader, Near Future and, of course, Blancmange. Arthur [...]
SASSAFRASS! A CONVERSATION WITH TAMI NEILSON Tami Neilson is an artist. A brilliant talent who has just released her sixth studio album, SASSAFRASS!. Neilson is based in Auckland, New Zealand, but was born and grew up in Canada. “Why does anyone [...]
ARETHA FRANKLIN PASSES AT 76 This week the music world lost a treasure. Known as the “Queen Of Soul”, Aretha Franklin passed away following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Franklin was 76 and passed at her home in Detroit [...]
THE PULL OF AUTUMN A CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL DARROW The Pull Of Autumn is a new band, and they are getting ready to release their debut, self-titled album. The Pull Of Autumn is a also a supergroup comprised of Daniel Darrow (Johanna’s House [...]
SONGS OF SOURCE A CONVERSATION WITH DARREN AUSTIN HALL Darren Austin Hall is a fixture in the growing sound healing community. Inspired by the cosmos, nature, and his growing family of crystal and alchemy bowls, this ceremonial musician has [...]
ABOUT THE VIBE A CONVERSATION WITH TOOTS HIBBERT OF TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS At the age of 75, most people find themselves living at a much slower pace than in days gone by. Toots Hibbert, however, is embarking on a North American summer tour with [...]
COME SO FAR A CONVERSATION WITH TOM BAILEY OF THE THOMPSON TWINS In 1977, Tom Bailey, along with three friends, formed The Thompson Twins. In typical fashion of the day, the members lived in a squatters flat in London. Living up the street was [...]
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE A CONVERSATION WITH THIERRY NORITOP OF STEREO in SOLO Thierry Noritop is back, although he never really disappeared. You may remember him as one of the two members of the band, STEREO, who had a number of well known songs in [...]
