The first album by Punk Soul Brothers is a solid collection of minimalist agitational beat-heavy tracks. But the sound is… Read More
The Latest Albums by Man and Son of Man 1 Anachronism Tango by Man came out in 2019, coinciding with… Read More
Jazz guitarist and composer Patrick Naylor has a new one out, called ‘Winter Dream’. The album contains nine varied tracks,… Read More
‘The Mystery of the Green Street Underground’ is an enigmatic product. Is it an album or an EP? Is the… Read More
Great Guitar It’s rare to hear folk guitar played so that every string rings out clearly when a chord is… Read More
It’s tempting, when explaining to people who Neil Innes was, to immediately associate him with the world-famous English exports he… Read More
On March 30th 2019 I was at the Owls Club, Toronto, for the premier of the album Zombie Karaoke Santa… Read More
Never Judge… The phrase ‘never judge a book by its cover’ couldn’t have been more appropriate. I was suspicious about… Read More
Social Commentary in Song A song sometimes has a lyric with a discernible message. This message may be skilfully presented,… Read More
The Last Voyage aka Soundtrack to a Non-Existent Movie, is just one of four album releases so far this year… Read More
The anecdotal information I could gather about The Bad Plus before attending their gig at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club on… Read More
Parade (1986) It was hard for Prince to win over some sections of the music-listening public. He was part Jimi… Read More
It’s hard to forget my first visit to Toronto. I had never been anywhere so cold. I had never been… Read More
The sixteenth studio album by Welsh progressive rock band Man: Reanimated Memories – the band having been in existence, with… Read More
Guitarist, composer and bandleader Patrick Naylor has followed the 2 exceptional albums his band made in 1999 (‘Patrick Naylor Quartet’)… Read More
There’s an open stage with a difference going on halfway down Roncevalles Avenue in Toronto’s mid-west. The first Catweazle Toronto… Read More
George Harrison’s solo stuff seems to have been under-appreciated, despite the widespread affection for his personality. The music has great… Read More
The band, all two of them, were dressed in black, grown-up and focussed. The audience was largely, though not exclusively,… Read More
The tracking and Mixing process for the CD I’m working on, basically all the creation and manipulation of audio before… Read More
During the course of a recent 39-day trip back to Britain from Canada I found myself in a variety of… Read More
Harry Nilsson, Who he? During my first year as a Canadian resident I was a little dismayed to find that,… Read More
A gorgeous new year to all beings from a sofa-bed in the west end of Toronto. My year in independent… Read More
My friend Scottie was unhappy with the greeting I had left on the answering machine. It was long and possibly… Read More
A review of ‘Invisible World’ by The Blow-up. I played this CD while a friend was visiting and he said… Read More
A review of the CD ‘Big Mouth’ by Happy Joe: New Jersey’s premier shouter-songwriter Joe Canzano picks up where he… Read More
If anyone personifies the great work done by artists not receiving corporate support, it’s Al Lindsay. I’ve singled out the song Fly Away from 2009’s Shingle Street CD because it’s a good example of Al doing what he does best. There’s nothing flashy about the singing or the song but like a lot of great folk and blues it works on a sensual, pre-intellectual level.
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This is the second of three blogs which aim to provide alternative sources of music to what we are normally… Read More
This is the first of three blogs in which the aim is to provide alternative sources of music to that… Read More