MOVE YOUR FEET A CONVERSATION WITH MAKER There is a great film clip of a reporter talking to John Lennon in America. The reporter has no idea who The Beatles are and certainly does not know who Lennon is. He asks John “Which one are you?” to [...]
HARLEM TO HOLLYWOOD A CONVERSATION WITH BILLY VERA “People have been bugging me for years, then I finally found an angle, just tell like it is” says Billy Vera on his autobiography, Billy Vera: Harlem to Hollywood (Backbeat Books). “I just want [...]
READY FOR THE LONG ROAD AHEAD A CONVERSATION WITH GREENHOUSE Call it the Greenhouse effect if you like, but these four young (the eldest, lead vocalist Sacha Katz is 19, while the remainder of the band are still in High School), can win you over [...]
SPARKS-RE-IGNITED AN INTERVIEW WITH RUSSELL MAEL – VOCALIST WITH SPARKS Sparks have been plying their eccentric style of music and brand since the seventies. The band has survived the changing tides and trends for many years just doing [...]
CREATING GREAT MOMENTS IN ROCK AN INTERVIEW WITH BILLY DUFFY OF THE CULT I’m sitting in ‘Old Whistler’ (my van/home on the road) anticipating a phone call from legendary guitarist Billy Duffy of The Cult. They are touring a brand new album, [...]
METROPOLIS, MAUSOLEUMS & TRAMPOLINES AN INTERVIEW WITH QUIET DOMINO The brain child of San Franciscan singer/songwriter Mark Nelsen, Quiet Domino is getting ready to drop their debut single “Metropolium” on May 19th. Recently we caught up [...]
RUSH: ALBUM-BY-ALBUM AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR “MR. METAL” MARTIN POPOFF Martin Popoff is a Canada born journalist,critic and author. He is mainly known for writing about the genre of heavy metal music. He recently added yet another [...]
IF IT AIN’T BROKE….. AN INTERVIEW WITH JIMI BELL – GUITARIST FROM HOUSE OF LORDS/MAXX EXPLOSION Saint of the Lost Souls is House Of Lords’ tenth studio album, following up the highly successful Indestructible. The band [...]
SACRIFICE, MOTIVATION & DRIVE AN INTERVIEW WITH MANNIE FRESH Byron O. Thomas is nothing short of success. You probably know his song “Real Big,” released in 2004 on his album The Mind of Mannie. Mannie Fresh, the American rapper, producer [...]
14 STEPS TO HARLEM A CONVERSATION WITH GARLAND JEFFREYS Garland Jeffreys is a legend. That is a fact. I don’t know that he would agree with me, but let it be said, Mr. Garland Jeffreys is a legend. His first solo album which was self-titled, [...]
THE RETURN OF ANDY McMASTER AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY McMASTER (THE MOTORS) In March 1980, The Motors released a brilliant album, Tenement Steps. What fans didn’t know was by the time the album was released the band had disbanded. “We split before [...]
SONGS OF DARKNESS AND DESPAIR AN AMUSING DISCUSSION WITH BILL MOSELEY AND PHIL ANSELMO OF BILL & PHIL Musical styles and collaborations are nothing new, but sometimes one does actually cause you to sit up and ask wow,” I wonder what that [...]
FROM A ROUGH CUTT TO A NIGHTLIFE IN NEON-TRAVERSING THE MUSICAL GENRES AN INTERVIEW WITH AMIR DERAKH OF JULIEN-K Amir Derakh has had a varied and colourful musical career. From eighties hair metal, through nu metal Orgy, and then ultimately to [...]
JON GALLANT OF BILLY TALENT TALKS JUNO CUP, CHILDHOOD ASPIRATIONS OF PLAYING HOCKEY, COMING BACK TO OTTAWA, AND MORE A CONVERSATION WITH JON GALLANT OF BILLY TALENT Sometimes we forget that sports are also a form of entertainment. A lot of [...]
SHE IS LOST A CONVERSATION WITH THE FOREIGN RESORT You have done extensive touring, a lot of it in USA where you’ve been over 15 times, what draws you to come back and play again? First of all, we have good fans in the United States, [...]
WILLIAM PRINCE TALKS JUNO WEEKEND, THE STRESSES OF TOURING AWAY FROM FAMILY, AND MORE A CONVERSATION WITH WILLIAM PRINCE With a roster of such astoundingly talented artists in town for JUNO week and weekend, so many events, and so much going on [...]
HEADING TOWARDS A MUSICAL RENAISSANCE AN INTERVIEW WITH BRAD MERRITT OF 54-40 Canadian Music Week is just getting started, and what could be more spectacular than two live performances by the Canadian music legends 54-40? Well, getting the [...]
LOVE VERSUS A CONVERSATION WITH LEEROY STAGGER From punk rock to roots rock, Leeroy Stagger took his career from the hard edged Staggers to a roots rock solo outfit that is carving a deep path from coast to Canadian coast. Having learned the [...]
THE CASSETTE PLAYED POP TONES AN INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL ASH & KEVIN HASKINS OF POPTONE “Well, this is a first, isn’t it Kevin?” Daniel Ash asks his fellow Poptone member. “The first time we have been interviewed while driving cars in L.A., [...]
GET PHYSICAL AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN ACQUAVIVA After an old-school banger rave-style set at SXM Festival, John Acquaviva will play his debut CODA nightclub set on Saturday, April 15, 2017. Opening support by local popular underground DJs LeeLee [...]
EXACTLY? …EXACTLY! A CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD FAIRBRASS OF RIGHT SAID FRED The name, Right Said Fred, comes from a 1962 top ten UK hit by Bernard Cribbins. The song, “Right, Said Fred” was produced by George Martin, who would go on, to [...]
IT’S DECIDED AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY KIM There’s something special that occurs when speaking with legend, Andy Kim. This Canadian Hall of Fame inductee has sold 30 million records worldwide, including everlasting pop #1 hits like [...]
JUNO AWARDS & JUNO WEEK 2017 March 27 – April 2, 2017 Not only where to start, but where to go, and how many things can be fit into one night – those were probably the most common questions by anyone who was taking advantage of JUNO [...]
WONDERS & MONSTERS AN INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-LUC DE MEYER OF UNDERVIEWER Everybody has to start somewhere. Front 242’s Jean-Luc De Meyer and Patrick Codenys started in 1978 in a music project called Underviewer, the debut album of which, [...]
