20 Questions With Trevor Sloan
Trevor Sloan took us on a psych-folk trip to the hazy landscapes of memory lane with his album Green Reflections earlier this summer. Today, the Toronto singer-songwriter reflects on...
Rewinding May | The Best Roots, Blues & Gospel
From French blues-rock duos to Grammy-winning gospel legends, it was a strong month for roots-music fans. Here are May's top releases in alphabetical order — just click on the...
Next Week in Music | April 24-30 • The Short List: 16 Titles You...
The National and Country Westerns, Rickie Lee Jones and Rush, a Sex Pistol and Elephant Rifle, Hawkwind and Silver Moth, The Damned and Del Barber — and more where...
20 Questions With Fixers
There are no quick fixes in this life. Not even for Fixers. It's been nearly 10 years since the Oxford quintet released their debut album We'll Be The Moon....
DIY Discovery | JJ’s Music Retaliation (Part 1)
Some musicians are eccentric. Others are eclectic. Still others are enigmatic. But few combine all those qualities — along with several other brilliantly bizarre traits — quite like the...
2018 in Review | Tinnitist’s Top Live Albums
Top Pick: Bruce Springsteen | Springsteen on Broadway
TRACKS: 30 (16 songs + 14 introductions)
LENGTH: 148 minutes
YEARS COVERED: 1972-2012
THE STORY: Recorded during Bruce's recent New York theatre residency and released...
Rewinding 2019 | The Firmly Rooted Singer-Songwriters
I reviewed enough singer-songwriters this year that I decided to divide them into two groups. If you're looking for the rootsy kind — your folksingers, your acoustic troubadours, your...
Skeleton Club Make Their Bones On Weirdly Wonderful Debut Death, Love & Money
They say the only givens in life are death and taxes, but for Skeleton Club those guarantees are more along the lines of Death, Love & Money — the...
Rewinding 2021 | The Long List
Another year, another bajillion albums, EPs, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, bootlegs and vinyl reissues. Here's every title that found its way into my ears and onto the...
20 Questions With David McLachlan
Singer-songwriter David McLachlan checked us into his Heartache Motel when he shared that new album HERE a few weeks back. Today, the hard-working Canadian roots and country veteran learns...
Rewinding August | The Best Pop & Rock
From Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift to The Hold Steady and Volbeat, the pop and the rock were plentiful in August. Here's the toppermost of the poppermost, listed...
20 Questions With Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne
Being born in Canada is one of the smartest things I've ever done. But Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne has done something even smarter — he moved up here from...
Rewinding 2020 (So Far) | The Short List: Tinnitist’s Top 20 Albums
Delayed albums. Cancelled tours. The untimely deaths of beloved artists. You don't need me to tell you how messed-up the music world has been this year. And it's probably...
20 Questions With The Inferno Doll
Laura Inferno Vargas is the mastermind behind The Inferno Doll. Inspired by horror movies, gothic literature, the legend of Dracula, and bands like Devil Doll and Theatres Des Vampires,...
20 Questions With Mare Wakefield & Nomad
Mare Wakefield & Nomad know that two heads are better than one. Just one week after premiering their latest single Give Myself To Love exclusively HERE, the Nashville duo...
