To be honest, Toronto singer Oh Susanna wouldn’t have been on my radar as “Most Likely to Cover The Rolling Stones”, but her show with New Country Rehab on Wednesday night proved that I should be paying better attention. On […]
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I’ve spent a lot of time getting to know Loretta Lynn this year. When you spend time thinking about someone non-stop, you see all the things you might have missed before, and that happened with Loretta. Where she was once, […]
Hello folks, Here we are at the end of 2014. Where does the time go? Seems just yesterday I was writing my 2013 Christmas letter. I’ve got Miss Pumpkin curled up at my feet, Santa hat askew whilst visions of […]
If you don’t know Emily Triggs, you should. You may not recognize her name, even if you live in Calgary, where she’s had a long and productive career already, because she’s been spending all of her time in bands like […]
If you live in Canada, somehow, somehow, the news of Jian Ghomeshi’s firing from the CBC Radio show Q has pretty much voided any talk of ebola, last week’s parliament shooting, and the Toronto municipal election. That’s especially the case […]
When I first met Scott MacLeod 7 years ago, he was talking about Blue Rodeo and Kathleen Edwards. Their influences obviously permeated the album he handed to me that day. I got where he was coming from, and that ended […]
Recently, I had to do a lot of research on Sheryl Crow, and one of the better places to start for full interviews is Rolling Stone. So that’s where I went. Not one of the authors – even the women! […]
I moved last week. Moving means a number of things: you finally get rid of the roller blades you haven’t worn in 13 years; the cat is trapped in the bathroom for two days while renovations are happening; you’re without […]
I caved this morning and watched Taylor Swift’s new video in a moment of writer’s block. Actually, it was a whole two blocked hours, so I watched the video twice. I know what’s going on with her; basically all you […]
I recently got to do a little Q&A with Grace Askew, a singer who’s pushing country and blues boundaries with her super cool voice and great songwriting. Askew’s new album, Scaredy Cat, comes out in August, and it opens up […]
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