Listening in: CD Reviews
Rony Seikaly House Calls Subliminal Essentials, 2010 ★★★ Under his watchful eye, knowledgeable mentor Erick Morillo opens his talents and his Subliminal label to budding…
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Our city’s still breathing
The title of the event couldn’t have been more “Winnipeg” in theme: “My City’s Still Breathing” — taken from the Weakerthans’ song “Left and Leaving”:…
Representing the folk out of Canada
The upcoming Canadian Folk Music Awards, taking place this weekend, will bring musicians from across Canada as nominees in 19 different categories such as “Traditional…
Wintersleep never sleeps
Wintersleep broke out in 2007 with the release of Welcome to the Night Sky, their third studio album. Currently on tour promoting their fourth album,…
How to survive the sleazy beast
For 32 years Victoria jazz-punks NoMeansNo have lived apart from the sleazy beast known as the music industry. Now that the rest of the world…
Liptonians get serious
The Liptonians, a Winnipeg-based indie-rock quintet, are poised for more mainstream success with the release of their second album, Let’s All March Back Into the…
U of M Symphony Orchestra opens season with American classics
The University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra begins its second year under Maestro Richard Lee this week on Oct. 27 with the first of four performances…
Owen Pallett on angels, the country and Czech orchestras
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the music of Toronto’s Owen Pallett — classical violinist, composer, founder of Final Fantasy (a name under which he…
Essentially a playlist
So it turns out the editor-in-chief of this here publication has created an “Essentially A Playlist” YouTube account with videos to accompany my selections for…
D.O.A. on mediocrity, punk and the Canadian lumberjack look
Journalist Bob Mersereau’s new book The Top 100 Canadian Singles has reduced our musical history to sort of a baby boomer version of a Guy…