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2002
 Angélique Kidjo - Black Ivory Soul2002 | Administrator | Saturday, 29 August 2009 Few Africans have been more persistent at bridging the cultural gap than Benin’s musical dynamo. Kidjo’s latest, celebrating the links between Brazil... READMORE |
 Cassandra Wilson - Belly of the Sun2002 | Administrator | Saturday, 29 August 2009 With her startling interpretations of pop standards, Wilson has proven herself one of the most adventurous vocalists in jazz. A native of... READMORE |
 Willie Nelson - Tales Out of Luck2002 | Administrator | Saturday, 29 August 2009 Ever since he wrote “Crazy,” a huge hit for Patsy Cline back in 1961, Nelson’s talent as a songwriter has been evident.... READMORE |
 Neil Young - Are You Passionate?2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 The Flannel-Shirted One, a soul singer? Backed by Booker T & the MGs, you might think Neil has such pretensions. It’s a... READMORE |
 Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 With Queen Céline these days, it’s all about her hubby Rene Angelil and the birth of their son. So, naturally, the title... READMORE |
 Edwin & the Pressure - Edwin & the Pressure2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 The former I Mother Earth singer who went solo back in 1997--and enjoyed double platinum success with hits like “Trippin’”--is back with... READMORE |
 Tuuli - Here We Go2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 Tuuli are four “drop-dead gorgeous” girls with “super-model” looks, according to the band’s bio. They don’t mind breaking the occasional manicured fingernail... READMORE |
 54-40 Radio Love Songs: The Singles Collection2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 Vancouver veterans 54-40 have crafted memorable songs over the years, some recorded for Warner, which might’ve posed a problem when compiling this... READMORE |
 Marianne Faithfull - Kissin Time2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 Proof of Faithfull’s stature can be found in the A-list collaborators on each of her albums. The raspy singer’s latest effort is... READMORE |
 The Full Nine - The Full Nine2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 Veterans of Toronto cover bands, the Full Nine “grooves with the purposeful stagger of a drunk negotiating his way through a crowded... READMORE |
 Steve Earle - Sidetracks2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 Aptly named, this album collects outtakes, B-sides and movie soundtrack contributions from the country outlaw’s eclectic back catalogue. Along with instrumental originals... READMORE |
 Bonnie Raitt - Silver Lining2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 It took producer Don Was to resusitate Raitt’s career after Warner Brothers unceremoniously dumped the singer-guitarist. But it has taken producers Mitchell... READMORE |
 Elvis Costello - When I Was Cruel2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 While his excursions into lounge, opera and classical were commendable, it’s a relief that Costello is rocking out again with members of... READMORE |
 Sheryl Crow - C’mon C’mon2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 Crow has come a long way from her days as a backup singer for Wacko Jacko. The Missouri native has produced some... READMORE |
 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 Singer-guitarist Jeff Tweedy promised that his band’s new album would make Wilco’s last record seem “obsolete.” Originally scheduled for release last summer,... READMORE |
 Susanna Baca - Espiritu Vivo2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 Baca fits in the forefront of world-music divas with Cape Verde’s Cesaria Evora and Brazil’s Virginia Rodriguez. But where Evora evokes an... READMORE |
 Holly McNarland - Home is Where My Feet Are2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 McNarland’s “Mr. 5 Minutes,” about a partner’s premature ejaculation, rivaled Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know” for its rage and sexual frankness. But... READMORE |
 Tom Waits - Alice and Red Drum2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 There’s always been a strong theatrical side to pop’s beatnik iconoclast. Aside from his movie appearances, Waits has often collaborated with his... READMORE |
 Wyclef Jean - Masquerade2002 | Administrator | Thursday, 22 July 2010 The Haitian-born rapper has done more to broaden hip-hop’s musical palette than either Lauryn Hill or cousin Pras, his ex-Fugee cohorts. Like... READMORE |
 Chumbawamba - Readymades2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 If “Tubthumping,” with its riotous refrain “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” hadn’t become a huge hit (and a... READMORE |
 New Found Glory - Sticks & Stones2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 What defines emo punk? Peppy, positive tunes played with boundless energy by dudes in backwards baseball caps and baggy, low-slung pants. Throw... READMORE |
 Carolyn Mark - Terrible Hostess2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 A dairy farmer’s daughter from Sicamous, B.C., Mark sure knows how to milk her influences, belting out rockabilly like a reborn Wanda... READMORE |
 Jarvis Church - Shake it Off2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 If you’re the former Philosopher Kings vocalist and co-producer of Nelly Furtado’s smash debut, how do you establish yourself as a solo... READMORE |
 Papa Roach - Lovehatetragedy2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 The second release from Papa Roach finds the Northern California alt-metal group mining the same aggressive sound that pushed its debut album... READMORE |
 Silverchair - Diorama2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 These Aussie blokes were only 15 when they released their debut album. My, how they’ve grown. Gone are the grunge influences that... READMORE |
 Oasis - Heathen Chemistry2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Love ’em or hate ’em—and many dismiss them as arrogant wankers—Oasis are one of the world’s truly great rock ’n’ roll bands.... READMORE |
 The Vines - Highly Evolved2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Add Australia’s Vines to list of groups like Sweden’s Hives, Detroit’s White Stripes and New York’s Strokes who, if you believe the... READMORE |
 Robert Plant - Dreamland2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Give Plant credit: he hasn’t succumbed to fans’ demands for him to reproduce Led Zeppelin’s sound. Instead, building on the global hybrid... READMORE |
 Alex Lloyd - Watching Angels Mend2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Yet more good stuff from Down Under. Lloyd is a singer-songwriter who shares Neil Finn’s introspection and sensitivity. And while he lacks... READMORE |
 David Baerwald - Here Comes the New Folk Underground2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Not much has been heard from Baerwald, one half of 1980s duo David & David, aside from two critically acclaimed but commercially... READMORE |
 Danko Jones - Born a Lion2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 "We're calling the white people, black people, Asian, South Asian, Hispanics, Natives, everybody,” Danko Jones sings on “Caramel City,” about his Toronto... READMORE |
 Solomon Burke - Don’t Give Up On Me2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 If you buy only one album this summer, make it this one. How can you go wrong with a collection of previously... READMORE |
 The Rascalz - ReLoaded2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Hip-hop crew the Rascalz enjoyed a taste of the pop charts with “Top of the World,” featuring Jamaica’s Barrington Levy. This time... READMORE |
 Bruce Springsteen - The Rising2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Springsteen’s label has no news about it, but my reliable Bruce freak source reports that this promises to be grander than most... READMORE |
 Neko Case - Black Listed2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Everything alt-country’s torchiest singer touches turns to gold, from her charming Corn Sisters duo with Carolyn Mark and her membership in power-pop’s... READMORE |
 Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Any band experiencing the hype that greeted Coldplay’s debut album, Parachutes, and the ubiquitous airplay that its dreamy single “Yellow” received must... READMORE |
 Joan Osborne - How Sweet It Is2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 This could be Osborne’s year. The singer, best known for the 1995 hit “One of Us,” is releasing a new album on... READMORE |
 Wide Mouth Mason - Rained Out Parade2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Canadian diversity at its best—guitarist Shaun Verreault is French-Canadian, bassist Earl Pereira is from a Filipino family and drummer Safwan Javed is... READMORE |
 Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 The cotton-patch blues of the late Mississippi bluesman Junior Kimbrough are deeply disturbing. Full of exhortations of a violent and sexual nature,... READMORE |
 David Wilcox - Rockin’ the Boogie: Best of Blues & Boogie2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 More proof that Canada produces the best guitar pickers on the planet. This long-overdue retrospective shows that David Wilcox possesses fast fretwork,... READMORE |
 Not by Choice - Maybe One Day2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Is Toronto’s suburban wasteland a breeding ground for punk-lite? First there was Sum 41 from Newmarket, and now along comes Not by... READMORE |
 Patricia Barber - Verse2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 This is cerebral jazz—think Diana Krall for eggheads. Chicago’s Patricia Barber loves inventive wordplay and unusual time signatures. “Lost in This Love”... READMORE |
 Chucho Valdés - Fantásia Cubana2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Displaying immaculate schooling and musicianship, Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdés goes classical. A graduate of Cuba’s legendary Orquesta de Música Moderna, Valdés... READMORE |
 Zubot & Dawson - Chicken Scratch2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Strange instrumental string music is what they play, leading gifted fiddler-mandolinist Jesse Zubot and virtuoso guitarist (slide, Hawaiian, Weissenborn) Steve Dawson to... READMORE |
 Roger Miret & the Disasters - Roger Miret & the Disasters2002 | Administrator | Friday, 23 July 2010 Anyone craving a tougher punk sound than numbered bands like Sum 41 and Blink 182 will hail this hardcore unit from New... READMORE |
 Theory of a Deadman - Theory of a Deadman2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Although he has a sinister voice to match his porn-star appearance, the handlebar-moustachioed Tyler Connolly still manages to sound vulnerable on a... READMORE |
 Elizabeth Cook - Hey Y’All2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Here’s a concept: a Nashville country artist who sings real songs with real emotion. Although she’s from Ocala, Florida, Elizabeth Cook has... READMORE |
 Beck - Sea Change2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 He’s been called a smart-aleck surrealist drunk on hip-hop. And after Midnite Vultures, it looked like pop’s slacker savant had become a... READMORE |
 The Boomers - Midway2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The Boomers have carved out a market for themselves with pithy, mid-tempo rock for the over-40 set. Ian Thomas, who may be... READMORE |
 Rhett Miller - The Instigator2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 It’s hard to believe how cheerful Rhett Miller sounds, considering he survived both Texas alt-country weepers the Old 97s and 9/11, having... READMORE |
 Ron Sexsmith - Cobblestone Runway2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Like Rufus Wainwright, Ron Sexsmith seems to be an acquired taste despite his undeniable talent. How else to explain the singer-songwriter’s lack... READMORE |
 Etta James and the Roots Band - Let’s Roll2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Miss Peaches has been singing not-so-coy come-ons ever since 1955’s “Roll with Me Henry.” But the stage is where her sexually suggestive... READMORE |
 Len - We Be Who We Be2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Len endeared themselves to millions with “Steal This Sunshine” and their sense of humour. Here, Toronto’s poppy hip-hoppers, led by Marc Costanzo... READMORE |
 Faith Hill - Cry2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Her marriage to country singer Tim McGraw, with whom she has three daughters, is the stuff of People magazine. Less well known... READMORE |
 Jann Arden - Live with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Forget The Osbournes—why not The Ardens? Canada’s musical stand-up comedienne has been cracking up concert audiences for years with imitations of her... READMORE |
 Various artists - Red Hot & Riot2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The Red Hot Organization, the international group dedicated to fighting AIDS through popular culture, is responsible for compiling some fine tribute albums... READMORE |
 Wave - State of Mind2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Niagara Falls pop duo Wave has a confession: its last album used “a lot of loops.” That must explain why “California” sounded... READMORE |
 Rod Stewart - It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 After getting dumped by his long-time label, Atlantic Records, Stewart was rescued by music mogul Clive Davis’ J Records. Davis rightly understood... READMORE |
 Foo Fighters - One by One2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The news that Dave Grohl and Courtney Love have buried their hatchets (and not in each other’s backs) will please fans awaiting... READMORE |
 Youssou N’Dour - Nothing’s in Vain2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 He first came to prominence on Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” back in 1985. Since then, the Senegalese tenor has risen to... READMORE |
 Shawn Desman - Shawn Desman2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Desman’s a song-and-dance man from Toronto’s Portuguese community. Story goes that when he was a pre-schooler, his mum sat little Shawn in... READMORE |
 Thicke - Cherry Blue Skies2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The son of Canadian actor Alan Thicke and American soap star Gloria Lorring is the latest celebrity offspring to embark on a... READMORE |
 Shaggy - Lucky Day2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Shaggy’s lucky day came in 1993 when he recorded a Rastafarian tune called “Oh Carolina,” written by Jamaica’s John Folkes, now an... READMORE |
 Sigur Rós - ( )2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Iceland’s most famous musical export after Bjork, Sigur Rós is following Prince into the realm of the bizarre—at least when it comes... READMORE |
 Sixpence None the Richer - Divine Discontent2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Some bands are one-hit wonders. Others, like Austin, Tex. trio Sixpence None the Richer, are known for two hits: “Kiss Me,” which... READMORE |
 Syleena Johnson - Chapter 2: The Voice2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 There's one thing that separates Chicago’s Syleena Johnson from so many of today’s soul pretenders: raw, honest emotion. Johnson, whose father, r&b... READMORE |
 Deborah Cox - The Morning After2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The Toronto-born r&b diva’s star seems destined to soar higher with her third album. Now part of Clive Davis’ J Records, a... READMORE |
 The Wallflowers - Red Letter Days2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Maybe Jakob Dylan’s just spent too much time listening to the Travelling Wilburys. How else to explain why the 32-year-old musician comes... READMORE |
 Whitney Houston - Just Whitney2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Her life has long been the subject of gossip and rumours—about her rocky marriage to Bobby Brown, her alleged drug abuse and... READMORE |
 David Gray - A New Day at Midnight2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The Manchester-born, Welsh-raised Gray has been quietly winning fans for years with his bright, intelligent and tuneful songs. After opening for stadium... READMORE |
 Tony Bennett & k.d. lang - A Wonderful World2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Everyone remembers how sweet k.d. lang and Roy Orbison sounded on the spine-tingling “Crying.” Well, lang’s duets with Tony Bennett, performing the... READMORE |
 Various artists - A Tribute to the King: Elvis Has Left the Building2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Elvis’ influence runs so deep through popular music that a collection like this, featuring songs the Pelvis made famous, brings together artists... READMORE |
 Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 This is the fourth in Rick Rubin’s series of “American Recordings,” featuring the Man in Black. It may go down in history... READMORE |
 U2 - The Best of 1990-20002002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The nineties was a watershed for U2, as the Irish rockers succeeded in remaking themselves from Serious Young Men into Decadent Rock-and-Rollers.... READMORE |
 Laura Pausini - From the Inside2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Sony Music has grown rich from the English-language success of Céline Dion, who might’ve remained a francophone phenomenon if not for the... READMORE |
 Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish?2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Don’t let Badly Drawn Boy’s slacker image fool you: the Boy (born Damon Gough) is actually a hard-working, toque-wearing tunesmith, crafting enough... READMORE |
 Enya - Only Time: The Collection2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Although she flies well under pop’s radar, this beguiling Irish singer easily outsells compatriots U2 and Sinead O’Connor—and then some. Last year,... READMORE |
 The Pretenders - Loose Screw2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Ever since she lost her original guitarist to drugs, Chrissie Hynde has been typecast as a survivor—and every Pretenders album has been... READMORE |
 Snow - Two Hands Clapping2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Teaming up with Shaggy’s producers may prove to be a mixed blessing for Snow. While Tony and Dave Kelly have helped the... READMORE |
 Vivian Green - A Love Story2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 As in love lost and gained, the yin-yang of popular song. Green, Jill Scott’s former backup vocalist, doesn’t come up with any... READMORE |
 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Mama Says I’m Crazy2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Delta blues fans will rejoice at the re-release of this classic 1967 recording of the seminal bottleneck guitarist and his harmonica sidekick... READMORE |
 Phil Collins - Testify2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 What is it about the short, balding former Genesis drummer that makes him so utterly hateful? Is it his insipid songs, his... READMORE |
 Shania Twain - Up!2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Advance news about Twain’s latest feel-good project has been treated like precious state secrets. Although her record publicist admitted to having heard... READMORE |
 George Harrison - Brainwashed2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 he Quiet One was also the Spiritual Beatle. So it’s not surprising that this posthumous, rootsy album—his first collection of new material... READMORE |
 Joni Mitchell - Travelogue: Live2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 On her recent Both Sides Now, Joni performed lush, orchestrated versions of jazz standards—and two of her own classics. Now, with this... READMORE |
 Craig David - Slicker Than Your Average2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The British r&b sensation has taken knocks for his smooth delivery and squeaky-clean image—which explains the defensive title track and its reminder... READMORE |
 Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 In its video for “Pain for Pleasure,” from the multi-million selling debut, All Killer No Filler, pop-punkers Sum 41 performed what looked... READMORE |
 Various artists - Maybe This Christmas2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Yuletide pop compilations are a dime a dozen, but occasionally one delivers something as fresh as virgin snow. Besides fine offerings from... READMORE |
 Steve Tyrell - This Time of the Year2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Although mostly a behind-the-scenes guy, producing hits for singer B.J. Thomas and Linda Ronstadt, Tyrell actually started out singing r&b in Houston.... READMORE |
 K-Ci & JoJo - Emotional2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Since breaking away from swingbeat outfit Jodeci, Cedric “K-Ci” Hailey and Joel “JoJo” Hailey have topped the charts with their mix of... READMORE |
 Tatu - 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Pop trends moving too fast for you? Get ready for the latest: teenage lesbians—from Russia. It took a psychologist turned ad exec... READMORE |
 Elvis Presley - Today, Tomorrow & Forever2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 The Pelvis proved his staying power again this year, a quarter of a century after his death, when his 30 # 1... READMORE |
 Charlie Parker - The Complete Savoy & Dial Master Takes2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Miles Davis once said that the history of jazz could be summed up in four words: “Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker.” A less... READMORE |
 Dwight Yoakam - Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Yoakam burst onto the country scene in 1986, the same year as Steve Earle. And while Yoakam seemed initially like a stylized... READMORE |
 Stringband - The Indispensable 1972-20022002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 Like many fruitful partnerships, Bob Bossin and Marie-Lynn Hammond found beauty amid friction. Bossin was Stringband’s banjo player, political activist and all-round... READMORE |
 Björk - Family Tree2002 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 July 2010 How very Björk. This six-CD collection, packaged in a custom-made transparent pink plastic case designed by Parisian design team M/M with illustrations... READMORE |
Reviews
 Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 10 October 2012 “Call Me Maybe” is a phenomenon. The song has sold over nine million singles worldwide and videos of the infectious hit, sung by Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Sesame Street’s Cookie... |
 Aerosmith - Music from Another Dimension2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 21 November 2012 Surviving feuds, near-breakups and health crises, America’s rock veterans return with their first album of original material in 11 years. Steven Tyler and Joe Perry recreate their classic sound on... |
 U2 Achtung Baby - 20th Anniversary Edition2011 | Administrator | Wednesday, 2 November 2011 One of the most iconic rock bands of all time, U2 might never have reached the Nineties had it not been for the group’s seventh album. After its massive success... |
 Chantal Kreviazuk - In This Life2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 8 August 2012 A consummate multi-tasker, Kreviazuk juggles music, humanitarian work and family life with apparent ease. In addition to her Juno-winning career, she’s written hits for other artists, campaigned on behalf of... |
Features
 The Rolling Stones - GRRR!2012 | Administrator | Monday, 10 December 2012 The venerable boys of rock are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a coffee table book, two documentaries and this collection of greatest hits. Along with classics like “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Emotional Rescue,” the 3-CD set... |
 Lisa Marie Presley - Storm and Grace2012 | Administrator | Monday, 28 May 2012 It couldn’t have been easy growing up in the shadow of her famous father. Lisa Marie, Elvis’ daughter with Priscilla, struggled through three marriages to musician Danny Keough, with whom she had two children, superstar Michael... |
Reviews - 20122012 | Nicholas Jennings | Sunday, 30 January 2011
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 Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel…2012 | Administrator | Friday, 15 June 2012 The full album title runs 23 words—a trifle compared to the 90-word title of her 1999 CD. Apple’s fourth release, her first in seven years, is passionate, quirky, mysterious and compelling, like the artist herself. Recorded... |