Junior Brown – An American Original ‘Guit With It’ was originally released in 1993. The vinyl format was released in 2015. Junior Brown is a prodigiously talented Tele-picker and lap-steel guitarist. In the mid-80s, Brown upgraded…
Occupy Venues Damn you COVID-19. I went thru SARS (Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in Toronto in 2003-2004 when the city and its suburbs saw 438 suspected cases of SARS and 44 deaths….
Top 10 Albums of 2020 1. Chuck Prophet – ‘The Land That Time Forgot’ 2020 will go down as one of the most eventful years in our lifetimes, even though we sat at home for…
Top 10 Albums of 2019 1. Robert Forster – Inferno Former Go-Betweens frontman Robert Forster’s seventh solo album, ‘Inferno’ opens with “Crazy Jane on the Day of Judgement”, loosely adapted from Irish poet William Butler…
Rod Melancon – Mad Talkin’ Man Rod Melancon – Pinkville (Blue Elan Records) 4 out of 5 stars Release Date: April 5, 2019 Heavily influenced by the Southern Gothic literacy of Larry Brown and Tennessee Williams, Rod…
Top 10 Albums of 2018 1. Hawks and Doves – From a White Hotel If you are going to call your band Hawks and Doves, there better not be any mixed signals. Portland, Oregon’s Kasey Anderson…
John Prine – The Tree of Forgiveness John Prine – The Tree of Forgiveness Release Date: April 13, 2018 ‘The Tree of Forgiveness’ is vintage John Prine. At 71, this is the singer-songwriter’s first new record of…
Top 10 Albums of 2017 1. Chuck Prophet – Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins Chuck Prophet returned to where it all started, Hyde Street Studios. In the early ’80s, his high school band paid…
30 Years Later: The Joshua Tree Stands Tall Among Douglas Firs U2 – May 12, 2017 – BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, BC Released thirty years ago, The Joshua Tree sent U2’s status soaring. The band went on to become the world’s…
Klipschutz Steps Out of The Shadows a far-ranging interview with the elusive poet and frequent Chuck Prophet collaborator By Jules Brazeau | APR 27, 2017 klipschutz (pen name of Kurt Lipschutz) started out as a poet,…