Ukelele-meister Manitoba Hal has wasted no time since his 2012 release Flirting with the Mermaids in dropping another album of curiously infectious music upon the unsuspecting public. Devil on the Wall is somewhat less ukelele-centric than the previous release, showcasing […]
With the release of The Black and Wretched Blue, Emma Hill finds herself physically back on familiar turf, in her home state of Alaska, but there are some sonic touches on the album that conjure up a distinctly more southerly […]
y bar favourites, the Ruminants, celebrated the release of their debut album on April 19 with a barn burner at Mikey’s Juke Joint. Which was only fitting, since the self-titled album was actually recorded in a barn. It was a […]
The Preachers started life in a rather unlikely manner. As a Corb Lund tribute band, their aim was to spread the musical gospel of Alberta’s favourite former punk now reborn country roots musician, and, while doing so, play every hotel […]
The ukelele is an unlikely blues instrument, particularly when it takes centre stage as lead instrument on a bluesy album. But then, there aren’t many ukelele bluesmen like Manitoba Hal. An accomplished blues guitarist, Manitoba Hal Brolund began to flirt […]
DAMN! My mind’s been blown. Rage Against the Machine’s incendiary debut album may have been released twenty years ago, but it is every bit as powerful today as it was in 1992. The scorching lyrics and explosive hip-hop funk metal […]
I’m well used to people I know releasing albums, but I live in a city of 1.2 million, so it’s the sort of thing that you expect to happen here. It’s a bit different when a friend, who lives in […]
Buffy Lawson is gifted with the powerful voice and the right degree of twang that’s needed to make it in mainstream contemporary country music. No stranger to Nashville, she made her mark through the years with stints varying from back-up […]
The debut album from William Pilgrim & The All Grows Up is a testament to the power of music and to the resiliency of the human spirit. The Great Recession blends blues, roots, and a touch of gospel with a wide-open […]
The Sound of the Life of the Mind is the first album in thirteen years by the newly reunited Ben Folds Five. Evidently not all that much has changed in thirteen years, because the album sounds very much the way you […]
