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 [...]
A HEAVY NEW DIRECTION A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN BARRETT OF BASS DRUM OF DEATH I was nervous calling John Barrett of Bass Drum of Death. This band is so unbelievably cool, although John would probably laugh or roll his eyes at this comment. To my [...]
VOLATILE ATTRACTIONS: SAUL HOLIFF, JOHNNY CASH AND MANAGING A MUSIC LEGEND A CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN HOLIFF The University of Victoria Archives is the new home of a monumental piece of music history. On June 20, 2018, the highly-anticipated [...]
DRUMS AND DRONES A CONVERSATION WITH BRIAN CHASE Recently I had the chance to have a chat with Brian Chase. Originally having broken through in the mainstream music scene as the drummer of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Brian has since gone on to work on [...]
MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE GARAGE A CONVERSATION WITH GRAHAM BONNET Graham Bonnet released his first single, as part of The Marbles (a duo he had formed with his cousin Trevor Gordon), in 1968. The single, “Only One Woman” was an impressive debut, [...]
30 YEARS TO BLOW YOUR MIND A CONVERSATION WITH WILKO JOHNSON Wilko Johnson is a living legend. And the word ‘living’ is an important adjective, but we will get to that later. Johnson got his professional start in the classic band Dr. Feelgood, [...]
STANDING ALONE A CONVERSATION WITH TIM BURGESS OF THE CHARLATANS Tim Burgess as singer of the Charlatans has been responsible for many classic songs and iconic anthems — a true legend of the Manchester music scene. Ahead of their new EP [...]
SAVING THE WORLD ONE SONG AT A TIME FRANK TURNER AND THE POLITICS OF KINDNESS The world right now is not in a good place. Ten minutes watching the news is all it takes to become disheartened with the moment we find ourselves in. Reality star [...]
THE SELF-PROCLAIMED KING OF SIN A CONVERSATION WITH DAEMON GREY When asked how he would describe his music to those who don’t know it, Daemon Grey says ‘devil sex rock’ – and honestly, if Satan isn’t currently headbanging and/or having an orgy [...]
WHY THE HELL NOT A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE McDONALD OF JR. GONE WILD “Ford tried to throw me out of the van while we were on the highway between Montreal and Halifax. He had me halfway out the van, and my head was on the trailer hitch. Our sound [...]
BITTERN LAKE A CONVERSATION WITH SURVIVORMAN & MUSICIAN LES STROUD “You aren’t going to protect what you don’t love. You aren’t going to love what you don’t know. And you aren’t going to know what you don’t experience.” Les Stroud tells me. [...]
FEED THE CHILDREN, YOU DUMMY A CONVERSATION WITH CHEAP TISSUE The eclectically-named garage punk band Cheap Tissue brings back the nostalgia of old school punk rock with its no-bullshit attitude, mocking the inauthenticity of new age politics [...]
INSPIRATION, MOVING FORWARD, AND INVOKING THE DEVIL A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS Woodstock headliner. Grammy winner. Road warrior. Creative force. Icon. What does an artist do, after they’ve done it all? If you’re David [...]
2018 RBC OTTAWA BLUESFEST PREVIEW THURSDAY, JULY 5 – SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2018 As the capital of Canada, Ottawa almost always has something going on – but the people who live here don’t get excited about much of it, having seen the same [...]
A Flock Of Seagulls with The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Ascension August Day This seems to be a trend. A great many artists, alive and dead, are setting their music with an orchestra. The bands originating from the 1980s are not immune to [...]
HEY HEY HO HUM…LET’S JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS A CONVERSATION WITH IAN BURDEN Ian Burden has been playing music for a long time, and for a long time he was ahead of his time. He understood and continues to understand how synthesizers can [...]
ASCENSION A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE SCORE OF A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS A Flock of Seagulls was formed by guitarist and keyboardist Mike Score in 1980. He was joined by his brother, Ali (Drums); Paul Reynolds (guitar) and Frank Maudsley (bass). This is [...]
Front Line Assembly WarMech Artoffact Records This is the first new music from Front Line Assembly since 2013’s Echogenetic, which was a brilliant and very successful album for the band. WarMech is not a follow-up to that album, but it is a [...]
BUYER BEWARE…STEVIE NICKS A CONVERSATION WITH THE SHANTICS Who would’ve thought that phone calls across the pond were still a challenge to be faced in 2018? After a few failed attempts, I get a hold of The Shantics. The band – made [...]
The English Beat Starring Dave Wakeling Here We Go Love Here We Go Records The Beat formed in 1978, and released their debut album in 1980, I Just Can’t Stop It. But the release of that album lead to some problems with their name in Australia [...]
GOOD TO GO A CONVERSATION WITH GLEN MATLOCK Believe it or not, my introduction to Glen Matlock came through an album I adored when I was young called Ghosts of Princes In Tours, and it was by The Rich Kids. Matlock played bass and wrote or [...]
