By Douglas Heselgrave Without intending to, Vancouver musician, producer, and label owner has carved out a roots music empire for himself. I recently caught up with Steve Dawson at his home studio in East Vancouver during a rare moment of […]
. Sweet Sweet Jamaica By Gilzene and the Blue Light Mento Band Review by Douglas Heselgrave It’s hard to imagine that anyone could be so far gone or so hard hearted that they wouldn’t love Gilzene and the Blue Light […]
Just Kids By Patti Smith Review by Douglas Heselgrave Just Kids is a riveting read, but it wasn’t at all what I was expecting. After thirty years of listening to her music, I thought I knew Patti Smith. I believed […]
Glitter and Doom Live By Tom Waits Review by Douglas Heselgrave (ANTI) Tom Waits doesn’t tour much anymore. At this point in his life and career, he probably doesn’t have to do much of anything he doesn’t want to do. […]
Amchitka The 1970 concert that launched Greenpeace With music by Phil Ochs, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell Review by Douglas Heselgrave At the tender age of eight, my life was changed by the Amchitka nuclear tests. I can remember it […]
Dreamin’ Man Live in ’92 Review by Douglas Heselgrave When Harvest Moon came out in 1992, interest in Neil Young was at an all time high. After spending the eighties woodshedding and trying on different personas, it came as a […]
By Leonard Cohen DVD directed by Murray Lerner Review by Douglas Heselgrave After five days of sleeping outdoors in the wind, cold and rain with little to eat, the crowd of 600,000 people who gathered at the 1970 Isle of […]
World Music Update By Douglas Heselgrave The term ‘world music’ used to describe any type of music from outside the western world that didn’t fit into existing categories, but in the last few years there’s been an explosion of artists […]
Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings By the Grateful Dead Review by Douglas Heselgrave How much Grateful Dead is too much Grateful Dead? The answer to that question certainly depends to a large extent what side of the bus you’re […]
Music from the Other Canada – post tattoo regrets down at the Wheatpool By Douglas Heselgrave Hauntario by The Wheat Pool < It’s autumn, and as the days get shorter and the nights grow longer, there is an urge to […]
