Next Week in Music | April 19-25 • On TV
Brandi and Brad and Bebe and Billie Joe and Ben and BEP. The B Team is taking over the airwaves next week. And here’s a surprise: Apparently Daughtry is...
Classic Album Review: Ron Hawkins & the Rusty Nails | Crackstatic
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I wrote back then (with some minor editing):
You gotta give it up for...
Now Hear This: Emma-Jean Thackray | Yellow
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Emma-Jean Thackray was born and raised in Yorkshire but is today a resident of Catford, south-east London. Her 2020 EPs Um...
Classic Album Review: Nat (King) Cole | The Definitive
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Maybe it’s because most...
Now Hear This: Erol Evgin | Deli Divane
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Erol Evgin is probably one of the best-known Turkish pop singers after 1975. His musical career started around the middle of the 1960s, but he...
Now Hear This: Bitch Falcon | Staring at Clocks
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: "Bitch Falcon; a name you won't forget and a band who won't let you forget them. This trio from the vibrant, much-hyped music scene of...
Classic Album Review: Shemekia Copeland | Talking to Strangers
This came out in 2002 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
For those not yet...
Albums Of The Week: Clouds Taste Satanic | Tales Of Demonic Possession
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Tales Of Demonic Possession is the epic new four-headed fiend from revered New York doom instrumentalists Clouds Taste Satanic.
Spread over four-crushing sides of wax, Tales...
Classic Album Review: Jimi Hendrix | The Rainbow Bridge Concert
This came out in 2003 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
No, you aren’t having...
Classic Album Review: Preston School of Industry | All This Sounds Gas
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
All this sounds a...
Rewinding 2023 (So Far) | Tinnitist’s Top Interviews
I spent about 30 years interviewing musicians the old-fashioned way: Talking on the telephone, transcribing the tape (and then, eventually, the digital recording) and turning it all into a...
Albums Of The Week: Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs | Land Of...
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “I’ve always liked the quote: “Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.” So reckons Matt Baty of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs...
Classic Album Review: Sea of Green | Time to Fly
This came out in 2001 – or at least that's when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
With some bands, you...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Call Me Ishmael
My recent column about Led Zeppelin concerts sent me on a side quest about drum solos, specifically Moby Dick.
Now there's a thing you don't hear on albums much anymore...
Chris Birkett Receives Community Recognition Award
Toronto musician and producer Chris Birkett has received Ontario MPP Chris Glover’s Community Recognition Award. Birkett is a multiple award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer who has worked with such...
