Tag Archive | canada
Review: Whitehorse, Whitehorse
Good news for those of us who like boy-girl harmony duos that are steeped in tradition but still like to rock out on occasion.
Review: Pharis & Jason Romero, A Passing Glimpse
Pharis & Jason Romero A Passing Glimpse [Lula (2011)] The bar is pretty high for mountain music-flavored duos these days, with Milk Carton Kids putting out a pair of viral free downloads and Gillian Welch, well, existing. For A Passing Glimpse, Pharis & Jason Romero wrote some exceptional songs while holed up in their British […]
Review: Various Artists, 35 Years of Stony Plain
Various Artists 35 Years of Stony Plain [Stony Plain (2011)] The Canadian label Stony Plain, over the course of the last 35 years, has released some of the finest roots, rock and blues music that Canada has produced. This two-CD, one-DVD release presents some of the highlight of the last few years, some upcoming material, […]
An Early Harvest: Eastern Canada’s Bands & Bards
Bruce Cockburn Small Source of Comfort [True North Discs (2011)] Lynn Miles Fall For Beauty [True North Discs (2010)] Lunch at Allen’s [Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Ian Thomas] More Lunch at Allen’s [Linus Entertainment (2010)] Po’ Girl Follow Your Bliss [Self-released (2010)] The Wilderness of Manitoba When You Left the Fire [Tiny Ogre […]
Show review: Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers, Greenfield, MA
Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers St. James Coffeehouse, St. James Church, Greenfield, MA April 09, 2011 It was quite a sight to see Scottish guitarist and singer Archie Fisher and Canadian singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Garnet Rogers surrounded by angels and singing from the pulpit of the ornate St. James Church in Greenfield, MA. It was not just that these two are […]
Reviews: Mendelson Joe, Live at Sixty-Five and Spoiled Bratland
Mendelson Joe Live at Sixty-Five Spoiled Bratland [Old Bold Records] Mendelson Joe, the dean of Canadian curmudgeonly songwriters, is a cult artist who doesn’t have a solo listing on allmusic.com, seldom ventures too far from his old log cabin home located north of Toronto, doesn’t seem to care much about giving concerts, and doesn’t have […]
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