By Doug Heselgrave As much as I always enjoyed Grateful Dead concerts in their entirety, my favourite part of the show was always the Rhythm Devils or Drums and Space sequence that usually came part way through the second set. […]
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Reviews by Doug Heselgrave Like every parent, I’ve become a master of multi-tasking. Last week, things hit a critical mass as the piles of wet leaves outside and unopened CDs in my office started to threaten and impinge on what […]
Hands Dave Holland and Pepe Habichuela Review by Douglas Heselgrave Pairing of legendary British jazz bassist and Spanish guitar virtuoso is unexpectedly better than the sum of its parts Dave Holland has spent much of his career standing in the […]
by Doug Heselgrave Seven Walkers self-titled debut is the best studio album featuring a member of the Grateful Dead since American Beauty was released in 1970 It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say that even though The Grateful […]
By Bob Dylan Review by Doug Heselgrave Thank God for the wind and rain and stormy weather. Sometime around the middle of last week, summer came to a hard and fast end in Vancouver, and we west coasters were finally […]
By Doug Heselgrave Mi Deh Yah – by Clinton Fearon There aren’t many active first generation roots reggae performers left, and that makes records like ‘Mi Deh Yah’ all the more special. Whether or not reggae is your cup of […]
RAGA: a journey into the soul of India To conclude its celebration of Ravi Shankar’s 90th birthday, East meets West Music has re-released groundbreaking documentary from 1971 as a DVD. George Harrison once famously called Ravi Shankar the Godfather of […]
Wingless Angels Volume One and Two Compiled and recorded by Keith Richards Review by Douglas Heselgrave Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards re-releases a timeless set of traditional nyabinghi songs and chants As an experiment, I’ve been playing the Wingless Angels […]
barber shop A review by Douglas Heselgrave This has been a tough one. It shouldn’t have been. A book of paintings arrives at my house, I look at them, live with them for a while and compose a response. In […]
Little Earth By Rahim Alhaj Review by Doug Heselgrave Iraqi oud master given asylum in New Mexico makes a compelling album about the universality of music with musicians from around the world Most victims of war are invisible. The ninth […]
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