GARFIELD’S LONG-AWAITED RETURN A CONVERSATION WITH GARFIELD FRENCH When I was a kid, maybe ten, I was visiting my brother in Montreal. We were in a record store on St. Catherine’s St., and I heard this remarkable song. It just shook me to [...]
CANADA’S TRIPLE THREAT A CONVERSATION WITH ALAN DOYLE It is hard to know where to start when writing an article about Alan Doyle. Everything this man touches seems to turn to gold. He helped form Great Big Sea in 1993, who made their debut [...]
ALAN CROSS – AN INTROSPECTION OF TORONTO MUSIC: 1970s – 2000s As a part of Myseum’s Music From People City series, Toronto based broadcaster and music critic Alan Cross hosted a lecture on the evolution of Toronto’s music scene at The [...]
ROB BOWMAN SHINES A LIGHT ON MASSEY HALL Toronto’s Massey Hall was recently spotlighted as a part of Myseum’s Music From People City series. A truly unique experience for those who visited the iconic concert hall on the morning and afternoon of [...]
ALL OF WHICH ARE AMERICAN DREAMS: 25 YEARS OF RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE “Fuck You, I Won’t Do What You Tell Me” – a common sentiment heard by those too conservative, right winged, or old simply from yet another generation of angsty and [...]
YOU KNOW THE NAME, BUT NOT THE FACE A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS JAGGER While turning 70 is a milestone in anyone’s life, for a musician/artist like Chris Jagger, it marks a pretty good time to look back on your career. With a career spanning 45 [...]
THE COSMIC PANORAMA A CONVERSATION WITH CINDY DOIRE Cindy Doire’has been surprising and pleasing her fans since her debut album, La Vie en Bleu (Life In Blue), was released ten years ago. That album earned a loyal fan base, excellent [...]
FOREVER CHANGES – 50 YEARS LATER It’s fair to say that Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the album that defined the Summer of Love, and the whole spirit of pop music in 1967. It dripped of lush psychedelia, baroque pop and Indian [...]
THE SINGING EARTH A Q&A CONVERSATION WITH BARRETT MARTIN Hi Barrett thanks for agreeing to do this-apologies that we couldn’t do it personally. SPILL: Currently enjoying the book that you have written. I appreciate that the whole [...]
THE FUNK IS BACK A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES ‘DIAMOND’ WILLIAMS OF THE OHIO PLAYERS After missing two of my calls, I was beginning to think that my chat with the drummer from The Ohio Players, James ‘Diamond’ Williams, would have to be [...]
THE BEATLES RECORDING REFERENCE MANUAL A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR JERRY HAMMACK Jerry Hammack is an engineer, producer, and musician. He is also an author of note. His most recent book, The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 1: My Bonnie [...]
YOU’RE NOT ALONE A CONVERSATION WITH AARON ROCHE You may not know the name, Aaron Roche, but there is a good chance you have heard him play on a record, seen him perform live with an artist, or heard his production work. When you look at [...]
THE WARMTH OF THE SUN AND A LITTLE COMPASSION A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY MAIZE OF THE SKYDIGGERS Skydiggers have been around since the 1980s. It may be hard to believe, but it is true, and in fact, 2017 marks their 30th anniversary. To mark this [...]
LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL A CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD JONES Howard Jones is a musician that achieved his biggest hits in the era of the eighties like so many other great artists. Unlike many other artists of that era, he has not vanished off [...]
SAVAGE A CONVERSATION WITH GARY NUMAN Gary Numan, innovator, genius and musical legend, has just released what many consider to be his best album in years. Critics have agreed with me on this — rave reviews and high chart placings are a [...]
BORN TO SING AND TRAVEL A CONVERSATION WITH WANDA JACKSON: THE QUEEN OF ROCKABILLY “Hello, this is Wanda Jackson, “ in that voice, the voice of Wanda Jackson coming through the telephone lines. I was talking with The Wanda Jackson! The Queen of [...]
FINDING PEACE WITHIN MYSELF THROUGH MUSIC A CONVERSATION WITH MISS MELERA & BRIAN CID On Friday, October 13, the lucky fans of house music are in for an early Halloween treat. The lovely Miss Melera, who’s a Toronto favourite from Amsterdam [...]
ALIVE WITH RISING APPALACHIA A CONVERSATION WITH LEAH SMITH “Alive is a collection of live recorded songs from our most recent tour,” Leah Smith of Rising Appalachia, explains to me while packing for their upcoming West Coast North American [...]
FASTER, WEIRDER AND EXCELLENT A CONVERSATION WITH BECKY BLACK OF THE PACK A.D. For Becky Black, the Pack A.D.’s latest album, Dollhouse (dropping October 13th) is part statement on the unnerving world around us and part strange experimentation. [...]
BROWN ACID: THE FIFTH TRIP AN ALBUM BREAK-DOWN & CONVERSATION WITH SERIES CREATOR LANCE BARRESI Get ready for the next wave of retro phych fuzz that has been painstakingly sourced and dragged from the grave of dusty forgotten record company [...]
ONE HALF ACOUSTIC, ONE HALF ELECTRIC, ONE HALF PSYCHEDELIC A CONVERSATION WITH CHUCK MOSLEY Chuck Mosley is a man who wears his soul on his sleeve. While currently on tour with what he describes as his “semi-distorted, semi-psychedelic acoustic [...]
A WOMAN’S WOMAN A CONVERSATION WITH STACEY The day before her new EP dropped, I met with STACEY over some fries (she was as humble as the date was, in case you were wondering). The Toronto songstress exuded confidence over her latest project, [...]
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, [...]
REMEMBERING TOM PETTY – A SPILL MAGAZINE MEMORIAL OCTOBER 20th, 1950 – OCTOBER 2nd, 2017 Just a week after performing the final show of his 40th anniversary tour, rock icon Tom Petty has passed away. After a day of confusion, hope, and [...]
