Tom Rush
Found this record Hallowe’en evening at one of my thrift store haunts. I wasn’t a huge Tom Rush fan since his peak was a bit before I found a love …
Aja At 40
Oh it is a frightening realization when you put the numbers together. I remember buying Aja when it was first released. That was 40 years ago. I was a teenager. …
Sex, Music and a Little Honey Dijon
It’s narrow to write only about music and worse still to write only about music that is on vinyl. Music is both reflective of and a creator of culture, and as …
JENNA Nation – Turning Back Time
Turning Back Time I’ve followed JENNA for a number of years (JENNA Nation – An Interview), so it is a real treat to listen and watch her latest release Turning …
KD Lang – Ingénue Redux Tour – Ottawa, September 17, 2017
This was the second last show of the KD Lang Ingénue Redux Tour marking the 25th anniversary of this iconic album. The tour opened to rave reviews in Australia in July before …
Steely Dan – Why Their Music Matters.
I remember first hearing Steely Dan at a record store on Bloor Street in Toronto in 1977. At seventeen years of age, I didn’t have a surplus of cash, so …
Run For Cover Records
Many of us with a passion for music would love to turn this into a career. Most of us don’t have the musical talent to be the next Kanye (speaking …
Caverna Magica by Andreas Vollenweider
I have a very vivid memory of first hearing Caverna Magica by the Swiss electro-harpist Andreas Vollenweider. It was about 10:30 am December 22, 1983. I had been married for …
JENNA Nation – An Interview
At age 25, most people are very early in their career if they have even settled on one. For Jenna, recently branded JENNA Nation, she settled on a career long …
Black Day In July
July 23, 2017 marks the 50 anniversary of the Detroit Riots of 1967. The riots lasted 5 days and marked one of the worst riots in US history. Detroit is …