About a minute into Hayes Carll‘s first song “Chances Are” a big cheer erupted from the crowd. No, the crowd wasn’t cheering for the protagonist in this heartfelt ballad. They were celebrating the fact that the Boston Bruins had just […]
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I’m spoiled and I know it. Toronto is the New York City of Canada, and every touring band/artist comes through Toronto at least once every few years, sometimes every year (Drive-By Truckers), and sometimes several times a year (Tim Barry). […]
Note: I wrote this review for two other blogs, and it took me forever to write so I figured I should share the love and post it here too. It’s long, but I broke it into three parts on my […]
James McMurtry is surly, grumpy, and intense, which is why I love him and his music. He played to a criminally small crowd at Lee’s Palace last Tuesday, July 13. When I arrived there were about 60 people in the […]
Above: the disaster I found on my condo terrace the morning of June 18. Photo by Me. First three photos by Jason Verwey, last two photos by Steffan Paulus. I’m a few weeks (months?) late and several hundred dollars short […]
Very occasionally I luck out and get to do cool blogger/”journalist” things. Last Monday was one of those occasions where, thanks to Outside Music, I got on to the “guest list” for a private live preview of The Sadies forthcoming […]
Concert review of the Drive-By Truckers, April 7, Lee’s Palace, Toronto, and a mini review of their new album The Big To-Do. Working this job is a kick in the pants Working this job is like a knife in the […]
I saw Justin Townes Earle nearly a year ago at this same venue. I knew I was in for a great show, and fortunately so did other Torontonians, as there were two to three times as many people at this […]
This review is several weeks late because I have computer problems, and am addicted to Olympic curling, and have a severe case of the Februaries, and am just damn lazy. If you don’t feel like reading the entire review, here’s […]
A few weeks ago I was having a discussion with one of my blogging colleagues on how annoying it is when iTunes or whatever CD ripping software you use auto tags the genre of the music that you are trying […]
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