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Some people like their music to drive straight down the middle of the road. I can dig that — but I can also get behind something that comes straight...

As Steven Wright says: 'It's a small world ... but I wouldn't want to paint it.' Fair enough. Though I might reconsider if it allowed me more time to...

To borrow an old slogan from the anti-drug crowd: A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Perhaps. But if you burned through a few brain cells soaking up...

You know what they say: If it's too loud, you're too old. But you know what they should say? If it's too loud, you should probably turn it down...

Doesn't matter if you're talking about funk, R&B, soul, blues, disco, swing or some weird combination of them all. It boils down to this: A great song is a...

Back when I was reviewing concerts and going to festivals as part of my job, I used to see up to 500 bands a year. These days, I would...

As always, our home and native land produced no shortage of great music over the year. And as always, even though I literally got through scores of Canadian albums,...

I can't remember the last time I was in a movie theatre (or even wanted to be). But that doesn't stop me from checking out their soundtracks. The increasing...

Between the streaming revolution, the resurgence of vinyl and the death of brick-and-mortar record stores, the CD may not be long for this world. But I can guarantee this:...

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...

I reviewed enough singer-songwriter albums this year that I decided to divide them into two groups. If you're interested in the poppier kind — your piano balladeers, your heartland-rock...

Years ago, while I was driving down to SXSW, a U.S. border agent told me I had to answer one question before he'd let me into the country: Did...

Jazz is another one of those genres that I wish I had more time for. Thankfully, I found enough of it to listen to these albums in 2019: TINNITIST'S PICK The...

Years ago, I asked Johnny Winter what he would say to a person who thought all blues music sounded the same. "Listen to better blues," was his response. Well,...

Honestly, I have no idea if the machines will save us all one day or kill us all. On the plus side, while we wait to find out, they're...