CD Review: Hawksley Workman, “Meat”
I am throwing my hands up in the air. When I listen to an album, I try my hardest to find some kind of pattern….
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CD Review : Courtney Farquhar “Nowhere I’d Rather Be”
I’ll admit, this album caught my eye. Courtney on the cover sitting in the grass, all legs and cut-off jean shorts in a retro flower…
CD Review : Channel 3, “To Whom It May Concern”
Why would anyone want to listen to an L.P. of a 30-year old demo tape from a band who never exactly changed the world? The…
CD Review : The Devin Townsend Project, “Addicted”
Devin Townsend recently wrote 60 songs, which he states have “four distinct styles,” each “accountable” for a different musical persona he projects. However you may…
CD Review : Sit Down Tracy, “Roaring Noon”
A tepid morning breeze blows through a Winnipeg street in late summer, rustling trash and dust up from the gutters. A 1982 Diplomat backfires in…
CD Review : Sara Lynn “Don’t Call Me Angel”
For those unfamiliar with her sound, Sara Lynn’s is one of eclectic tastes and styles all wrapped in emotional lyrics. Sometimes the Vancouver singer/songwriter is…
CD review : Miss Ivy “Your Evil Bride”
Oh, Miss Ivy. I must say, for your first album out, this is not a hit at all. I would seriously suggest going back into…
CD review : The Paperbacks, “Lit From Within”
One hundred and twenty-six minutes is an unusual length for an album. Yet, that’s the exact duration of Lit From Within, the new album from…
She’s so heavy
Imagine Franz Kafka, but without the joy and hope. You’ll arrive at Caryl Churchill’s Fen — a play as bleak as the landscape from which…
CD review – Will Bonness “Subtle Fire”
Jazz pianist Will Bonness is one of the young lions of the up-and-coming Winnipeg musicians that have arrived as a result of the U of…