I’m not sure if there is a better, under-the-radar festival than the annual farmhouse heavy, talent laden Sappyfest. For one summer weekend, Sackville NB hosts some of the best folk/country/indie talent from across Canada and the rest of the world. Case in point. The first five acts announced for this year’s fest? The Sadies, [...]
2010
Reviews:: The Weakerthans Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre
When you take a quick scan of the mostly flat reviews of the CD/DVD live recording that marked a decade of music from Winnipeg’s blue collar heroes, The Weakerthans, you find more than a few harsh and hurtful dismissals. Unnecessary. Uneven. Uninspired. The one word I never read was celebration. What people missed about [...]
Reviews:: Jon and Roy Homes
It’s hard not to be skeptical when you hear people talk about Victoria’s Jon and Roy. A few years ago, Jack Johnson and his Brushfire crew started dominating popular radio and selling out shows with people lining up to hear ear pleasing acoustic funk, folk and reggae fused into a highly addictive sing-alongs. Since that [...]
Reviews:: The Salteens Moths
At least I always had a home. For Scott Walker, those seven words are a call to action, even if they are an unrealistic one. Shackled by a real estate market that prompts people to build facebook apps making you guess if a house is used for crack sales or a dilapidated house that [...]
Monday Mailbag:: Frances May, Paper the Operator
Lately the number of releases I’ve been sitting on has started to spiral out of control. The thing is, very few of those efforts are really blowing me away and to butcher the words of John Stuart Mill, if you have to ask if a record is good, it probably ceases to be. Certainly during [...]
Old School Mondays:: Greetings 2010 Edition
Well now, since I took myself a nice little blog break over the holidays, this is my first opportunity to wish you all the happiest of happy new yearseses. So I shall, and I’ll also ease my self back into the posting game with a song-heavy, yet ramble-light OSM featuring some of the better jams [...]