With each release, criminally under appreciated songwriter Doug Paisley reinforces that fact he’s a professional talent. A musician’s musician. He does the little things, as if by instinct or because they’re engrained into his genetic makeup. If music was a game of pick-up hoops he’d hedge the screen without you having to call switch or(…)
Party People…Party People….can ya’ll get funky?!?! (said in Afrika Bambaataa Planet Rock electro voice, natch) The summer is rapidly flying by is a blaze of, well, rain and fog for yer pals out here in Halifax, so that’s kind of a bummer. BUT, the end of summer also has a silver lining, football season!!!! Sorry,(…)
Voting starts for this year’s Polaris Prize tomorrow and after much humming and hawing (and precious little payola), I’ve narrowed down my list to the Top Five. A couple of records fought hard for inclusion – and I hope they make it through so I can vote for them in Round Two – but(…)
Undoubtedly, the strength of Doug Paisley’s latest record, Constant Companion, is the simplicity of his melodies and how they warm the cold, hard truths he delivers. I know a skeptic might point out that honey coated country songs are a dime a dozen these days, but ones that act as the perfect counterpoint to engaging,(…)
