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2006
 The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The Strokes have rocketed to the dark edges of space with the New York band’s heaviest, most dangerous sounding album to date.... READMORE |
 We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Despite their claim, singer-guitarist Keith Murray, bassist Chris Cain and drummer Michael Tapper are actually math teachers—or at least look like it.... READMORE |
 Audio Bullys - Generation2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Grime, the British amalgam of rap, garage and house music, is enjoying a huge crossover these days, with the success of artists... READMORE |
 Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Long Walk to Freedom2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Although still best known for singing on Paul Simon’s Graceland album, the South African gospel group, led by Joseph Shabalala, has its... READMORE |
 Saint Etienne - Tales from the Turnpike House2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Post-modern popsters Saint Etienne have always been an anomaly. Formed by English music critic Bob Stanley and named after a French soccer... READMORE |
 Various artists - Different Strokes by Different Folks2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Sly and the Family Stone was all about diversity. Racially integrated, the group preached peace and love over a groove-a-licous fusion of... READMORE |
 Cat Power - The Greatest2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Cat Power’s Chan Marshall is already an indie-rock goddess, a Nico-esque figure with a cult following. But Marshall, known as the Queen... READMORE |
 Ray Davies - Other People’s Lives2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The chief Kink planned to release his first solo album in 2004—until he was shot in the leg while chasing purse-snatchers in... READMORE |
 Teddy Thompson - Separate Ways2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The guests on his album read like an incestuous rock-family tree, from his parents, Richard and Linda Thompson, and sibling friends Rufus... READMORE |
 Goldfrapp - Supernature2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The electronic glam-pop duo of Will Gregory and Alison Goldfrapp are shamelessly retro: he plays cheesy, ’80s-style synthesizers that sound one step... READMORE |
 Melissa McClelland - Thumbelina's One Night Stand2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 She’s the latest thrush to join Sarah Harmer and Kathleen Edwards in the ranks of top Canadian songbirds. Although McClelland gets helps... READMORE |
 Juana Molina - Son2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Best known in South America as a comedic TV actress, Argentinean-born Molina is also a singer who’s been compared to Björk and... READMORE |
 The Submarines - Declare a New State!2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Blake Hazard and John Dragonetti are capitalizing on their failed and renewed romance. The Boston couple broke up but made a pact... READMORE |
 Amy Millan - Honey from the Tomb2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 It’s a long way from the dream-pop of her band Stars and its signature song “Your Ex-Lover is Dead.” But Millan, leaning... READMORE |
 Kinnie Starr - Anything2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 She’s one of Canada’s most diverse artists, a singer, poet, actress and erstwhile circus performer (Cirque du Soleil’s 2003 erotic cabaret Zumanity).... READMORE |
 Gladys Knight - Before Me2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Her Pips have peaked, but the veteran Knight soldiers on with songs associated with her musical heroines. Produced by Tommy LiPuma (Diana... READMORE |
 Kate Bush - Under Review DVD2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Before Björk, there was no female pop star as mystifying and yet mesmerizing as this singular British artist. This 90-minute documentary features... READMORE |
 Head Automatica - Popaganda2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Like Matt Damon in The Talented Mr. Ripley, Daryl Palumbo is a master of reinvention. With his previous band, Glassjaw, the New... READMORE |
 The Futureheads - News and Tributes2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 On its excellent debut album, Decent Days and Nights, England’s Futureheads rivaled Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand for twitching, thrashing, just-can’t-stop dance-pop. The Yorkshire... READMORE |
 The Marble Index - Watch Your Candles, Watch Your Knives2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The members of Hamilton, Ont.’s The Marble Index wear their Clash influences proudly on their ripped sleeves. The mod-rock trio even recruited... READMORE |
 Phoenix - It’s Never Been Like That2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 It’s well known that France has never been a bastion of decent pop and rock. One exception has been the electronica duo... READMORE |
 Keane - Under the Iron Sea2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 With its 2004 debut, Hopes and Fears, Keane took a lot of knocks for its emotive pop style, often getting labeled “Coldplay... READMORE |
 Various artists - Austin City Limits2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Although the South by Southwest Festival has put Austin, Texas on the musical map, the city’s other major festival, operating since 1976,... READMORE |
 Billy Talent - Billy Talent II2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 What sets Toronto’s Billy Talent apart from so many screamo-punk pretenders is the band’s issue-oriented songs and singer Ben Kowalewicz’ surprisingly melodic... READMORE |
 Various artists - Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The bonus material for the 60th birthday tribute to Chuck Berry, originally filmed in 1986 by Taylor Hackford (Ray), is priceless. On... READMORE |
 Wes Dakus & the Rebels - Volume One2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Fans of twangy instrumental rock (Ventures, Shadows, etc.) will be thrilled by this reissue set devoted to the legendary Edmonton group. Dakus... READMORE |
 Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The appetite for Cash shows no signs of abating. This release will please fans who like their Man in Black raw and... READMORE |
 Hot One - Hot One2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Emm Gryner is a “hot one.” Her resumé includes: singer-songwriter (eight albums); producer; label owner (Dead Daisy Records); David Bowie band member... READMORE |
 Bruce Cockburn - Life Short Call Now2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 This has all the ingredients of another Cockburn classic: political tunes (“Slow Down Fast”) and spiritual numbers (“To Fit in My Head”)... READMORE |
 Peaches - Impeach my Bush2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Peaches (a.k.a. Toronto’s Merrill Nisker) is Feist’s potty-mouthed counterpart. Where Feist moved to Paris to become an ultra-cool chanteuse, her former roommate... READMORE |
 Various artists - Jamaica to Toronto2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Toronto has long been the beneficiary of a pipeline that brought top-notch musicians from Kingston to Canada. This handsome compilation, the first... READMORE |
 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott - I Stand Alone2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Still ramblin’ at nearly 75, Elliott’s been around since Woody Guthrie. A onetime cowboy turned hobo, he’s hung out with beatniks and... READMORE |
 Ani DiFranco - Reprieve2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Buffalo’s fiercely independent, openly bisexual punk folkie makes albums that are equally political and personal. DiFranco’s latest is no exception. The title... READMORE |
 Soul Asylum - The Silver Lining2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The Minneapolis alt-rockers were once overshadowed by fellow homies Hüsker Dü and The Replacements. But that was before frontman Dave Pirner started... READMORE |
 Los Lonely Boys - Sacred2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Jerry Garcia’s band had their Deadheads, while Jimmy Buffett has his Parrotheads. The fans of Tex-Mex rockers Los Lonely Boys are known... READMORE |
 Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire!2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 San Francisco musician-activist Franti has never pulled his political punches (one of his songs, “Bomb the World,” even drew the ire of... READMORE |
 Vienna Teng - Dreaming Through the Noise2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Teng is a Stanford grad and former computer geek who worked for software giant Cisco Systems in California’s Silicon Valley. But you’d... READMORE |
 The Sadies - In Concert: Vol. 12006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Recorded at Lee’s Palace in Toronto, this double CD proves Neko Case right when she calls The Sadies “the best live band... READMORE |
 The Golden Dogs - Big Eye little eye2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Led by husband and wife Dave Azzolini and Jessica Grassia, Toronto’s Golden Dogs has been winning an enviable buzz as a frenetic... READMORE |
 Chantal Kreviazuk - Ghost Stories2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Another husband-and-wife pairing, Ghost Stories is Kreviazuk’s fourth CD and her first produced entirely by hubby and Our Lady Peace frontman Raine... READMORE |
 The Grates - Gravity Won’t Get You High2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Hailing from Brisbane, this Aussie power-pop trio (singer Patience Hodgson, guitarist John Patterson and drummer Alana Skyring) boasts a childlike charm. From... READMORE |
 Swollen Members - Black Magic2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 They’ve rapped with Nelly Furtado and been the subject of Shania Twain’s risqué joke at the Juno Awards. But Vancouver’s Swollen Members... READMORE |
 The Black Keys - Magic Potion2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Raw, dirty, fiery and visceral, The Black Keys sound just like what you might expect from two grown-up kids from Akron, Ohio... READMORE |
 Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked Ladies Are Me2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Once goofy geeks, the Ladies are now erudite artists with families, cottages and RRSPs. Their wisecracks have given way to a thoughtful... READMORE |
 Bob Seger - Face the Promise2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 It’s been more than a decade since the Motor City rock legend released an album of new material. The son of a... READMORE |
 Sugarcult - Lights Out2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Sugarcult seems to have sorted out its identity crisis. On its debut album, the SoCal quartet displayed a fondness for carefree, punky... READMORE |
 Los Lobos - The Town and the City2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Ever since 1984’s How Will the Wolf Survive, this Latin band from East L.A. has proven itself to be one of the... READMORE |
 Jim Cuddy - The Light that Guides You Home2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Cuddy forever sealed his place in the Canadian pop pantheon with his oh-so-sweet vocal on Blue Rodeo’s 1987 hit “Try.” That high,... READMORE |
 Madeleine Peyroux - Half the Perfect World2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Like Norah Jones, Peyroux inhabits a world that might be called near jazz: lots of blue notes and a bit of swing,... READMORE |
 Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - Let’s Frolic2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 BARK is to roots music what the New Pornographers are to power pop: a superb Canadian indie supergroup. Stephen Fearing, Colin Linden... READMORE |
 Brazilian Girls - Talk to La Bomb2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 None of them are Brazilian and only one is a girl, but this NYC quartet almost defies description. Led by vocalist Sabina... READMORE |
 Molly Johnson - Messin’ Around2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Early on, Molly seemed unsinkable: a child star in musicals, then a successful new waver and art rocker in Toronto’s Queen Street... READMORE |
 Natalie Cole - Leavin’2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Some found the duet with her dead father creepy, while cynics saw it as crass nostalgia. But Nat “King” Cole’s daughter has... READMORE |
 Captain - This is Hazelville2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Its record label cites Arcade Fire and The Flaming Lips as reference points, but this fey English pop band lacks both passion... READMORE |
 Lily Allen - Alright, Still2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Pitched somewhere between Lady Sovereign and The Streets’ Mike Skinner, Allen is the latest raunchy ragamuffin from England to reach these shores.... READMORE |
 Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don’t Have You Back2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Following Stars’ Amy Millan, Haines is the latest Canadian indie diva to fly solo. Where Millan opted for a boozy country album,... READMORE |
 Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars - Living Like a Refugee2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The All-Stars became the subject of a moving, award-winning documentary championed by Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and others. Formed in the war-torn refugee... READMORE |
 Sean Lennon - Friendly Fire2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 It’s not easy being the son of the deified Beatle—just ask Julian who, despite (or because of) his eerie resemblance to his... READMORE |
 Solomon Burke - Nashville2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Tom Waits calls him “one of the architects of American music.” While Burke’s best known for soul and r&b, his love of... READMORE |
 The Decemberists - The Crane Wife2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 As Neko Case did recently, Portland’s Colin Meloy has turned to an ancient folk tale for inspiration—with wondrous results. The Decemberists’ leader... READMORE |
 Jet - Shine On2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 They’ve shared stages and producers with Oasis, so it’s not surprising that Jet’s Nic and Chris Cester have a few things in... READMORE |
 Beck - The Information2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 With last year’s Latin-flavored Guero and its remix cousin Guerolito, Beck paid tribute to his east Los Angeles roots. The Information is... READMORE |
 Delerium - Nuages du Monde2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Like French programming duo Deep Forest, Vancouver’s Delerium (Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber) mixes ambient and electronic sounds to create ethno-dance music.... READMORE |
 Amos Lee - Supply and Demand2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Lee’s been busy perfecting his pleasing soul-folk sound, sharing stages with the likes of Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. But rather than... READMORE |
 Monica - The Makings of Me2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Monica (born with the unglamorous surname, Arnold) tries on a tougher, more mature sound on her fourth album. The Atlanta homegirl tackles... READMORE |
 Jon-Rae & the River - Knows What You Need2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Are you ready to be saved? Jon-Rae Fletcher and his country-soul-gospel group have their sights set on your miserable, god-forsaken soul. Singing... READMORE |
 The Awkward Stage - Heaven is for Easy Girls2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The New Pornographers’ family tree leads directly to Shane Nelken, a talented odd-bod who works as an actor, film score composer and... READMORE |
 Robert Randolph & the Family Band - Colorblind2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 It’s a big jump from a Pentecostal church in New Jersey to collaborating with Eric Clapton. But that’s how far the pedal... READMORE |
 Tom Cochrane - No Stranger2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Cochrane is not celebrated like fellow Canadian singer-songwriters Joni, Leonard or Neil. But his body of work has attracted a large and... READMORE |
 Rod Stewart - Still the Same…Great Rock Classics of Our Time2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 A preening poseur, Rod the (former) Mod has sacrificed an admittedly brilliant rock voice too often for fame and fortune. Most recently,... READMORE |
 Greg Keelor - Aphrodite Rose2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy recently released his third solo CD. Not to be outdone, the darker half of the band’s songwriting team... READMORE |
 Sting - Songs from the Labyrinth2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Is ancient music back in vogue? Richard Thompson recently covered a 13th-century English ballad, and joined Bono, Sting and others singing a... READMORE |
 The Tragically Hip - World Container2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Canada’s Hip has achieved undeniable greatness, graduating from bar band to stadium act with consistently strong, uncompromising albums. But throughout Hip history... READMORE |
 Badly Drawn Boy - Born in the UK2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The woolly-hatted one is back. For his latest album, the Boy, born Damon Gough, pays tribute to growing up in England, with... READMORE |
 Matt Mays - When the Angels Make Contact2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 With his band El Torpedo, Mays crafts excellent alt-country-rock songs about lost love and endless highways. On this solo album, the Nova... READMORE |
 Bob Dylan - Dylan Speaks2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The deluge of Dylan ephemera keeps a-washing over the land. This hour-long DVD of 1965’s Q & A session in San Francisco... READMORE |
 Sarah Slean - Orphan Music2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Slean is Canada’s most theatrical diva—witness her stellar role in the film-noir musical Black Widow. She’s also a visual artist with a... READMORE |
 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch a Fire2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Released as part of the Classic Album series, this excellent DVD tells the story of reggae’s breakthrough into the mainstream. Featuring interviews... READMORE |
 Lady Sovereign - Public Warning2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 When it comes to grime, this pint-sized white London teenager has eclipsed even Dizzee Rascal, its biggest star. With ska and dancehall... READMORE |
 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 After yet another legal fallout with songwriter Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf was forced to turn to Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx, producer Desmond... READMORE |
 Willie Nelson - Songbird2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 He’s sung everything from reggae to Gershwin, but here Nelson sticks to mostly country-blues—with a just a hint of gospel. Working with... READMORE |
 AC/DC - Back in Black2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Unlike Classic Albums, the Under Review DVD series relies on experts rather than the artists themselves to dissect historic recordings. The low-rent... READMORE |
 Shaye - Lake of Fire2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Its record label calls Shaye a supergroup, but it’s simply the company consolidating its assets in an age of diminishing returns, with... READMORE |
 Keith Urban - Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 The Aussie country crooner could’ve called his latest album Marrying Nicole, Checking into Rehab and Coping with Celebrity, but leave that sort... READMORE |
 J.J. Cale & Eric Clapton - The Road to Escondido2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Clapton is the latest legend to pay tribute to a hero—in his case, reclusive Oklahoma native Cale, whose songs “Cocaine” and “After... READMORE |
 Doc Walker - Doc Walker2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Like Blue Rodeo crossed with Barenaked Ladies, Winnipeg’s Doc Walker serves up twanging country-rock with a twist of feel-pop pop. Lead singer... READMORE |
 Joan Osborne - Pretty Little Stranger2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Osborne will be forever associated with her 1995 hit “One of Us,” recently revived as the theme song for the TV show... READMORE |
 Yusuf - An Other Cup2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 As Cat Stevens, he made a fortune with his gentle odes to love and spirituality. Since his conversion to Islam, Yusuf has... READMORE |
 Serena Ryder - If Your Memory Serves You Well2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Ryder’s one of Canada’s brightest new talents, a gifted songwriter and powerhouse vocalist. Some might think it strange that she’d make her... READMORE |
 All Saints - Studio 12006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 England’s Spice Girl successors have buried the hatchets and reunited in time to catch pop music’s current Caribbean-lite wave. Their third album,... READMORE |
 Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 It’s been nine years since McKennitt’s last studio album. The doyenne of Celtic music retreated after the drowning death of her boyfriend... READMORE |
 Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Waits, a superb and eccentric singer-songwriter, can divide a room faster than a religious debate: some rave about his balladry; some can’t... READMORE |
 Wintersleep - Untitled2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 With roots in Halifax’s hardcore scene, Wintersleep has emerged, quietly, as one of Canada’s most promising new alt-rock bands. The group has... READMORE |
 Dione Taylor - I Love Being Here with You2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Canada has its share of prodigies, including this Saskatchewan native who, at the age of 10, became musical director and organist at... READMORE |
 Rock Star Supernova - Rock Star Supernova2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Canadians are tops at reality TV. J.D. Fortune won the contest to become the new INXS singer, and preening vocalist Lukas Rossi... READMORE |
 Jackie Mittoo - Wishbone2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Mittoo was a founding member of The Skatalites and a legendary Studio One keyboardist who backed Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and others.... READMORE |
 Keshia Chanté - 2U2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Bootylicious fame awaits her. The Ottawa native is only 18 and just finishing high school, but her label (same as Beyoncé’s) is... READMORE |
 Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape2006 | Administrator | Sunday, 9 August 2009 Once again, Gwen tries to inject some hip-hop flavor into her dance-pop sound. But where Love.Angel.Music.Baby. shimmered with the sheen of something... READMORE |
 Denzal Sinclaire - My One and Only Love2006 | Administrator | Wednesday, 30 December 2009 Sinclaire clearly has an affinity for Nat King Cole, having performed in Unforgettable, a musical based on Cole’s life, and toured his... READMORE |
 Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped2006 | Administrator | Thursday, 31 December 2009 It’s hard to say what Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon find more challenging, being the godparents of indie rock or the parents... READMORE |
 Danny Michel - Valhalla2006 | Administrator | Thursday, 31 December 2009 Canada’s Michel is a critic’s darling, a fragile-voiced writer of literate, genre-crossing pop songs. In other words, he’s a starving artist living... READMORE |
 Various artists - The Best of the Beat Club Vol. 1 & 22006 | Administrator | Friday, 1 January 2010 The Beat Club was a legendary West German TV show that ran from 1965 to 1972 featuring live performances from top American... READMORE |
Reviews
 New Broadway Cast Recording - Evita2012 | Administrator | Monday, 9 July 2012 The beloved musical about Eva Peron has enjoyed phenomenal success, including a movie with Madonna and Antonio Banderas. The latest stage version stars Elena Roger and Ricky Martin as Ché,... |
 The Little Willies - For the Good Times2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 11 January 2012 Norah Jones is one songbird that refuses to be pigeonholed. When she burst on to the scene in 2002, with her multimillion-selling debut, Come Away with Me, the singer-pianist was... |
 Justin Bieber - Under the Mistletoe2011 | Administrator | Sunday, 25 December 2011 More than just a holiday album, this 11-song collection of seasonal songs signals a mature step forward for Canada’s teenage pop star. Joining forces with heavyweight singers like Usher and... |
 Kid Rock - Rebel Soul2012 | Administrator | Monday, 10 December 2012 Kid Rock made his mark with his 1999 rap-rock anthem “Bawitdaba” and he’s been mixing it up stylistically ever since. His seventh album tackles southern rock on the title track,... |
Features
 Kathleen Edwards is an Emotional Voyageur2012 | Administrator | Tuesday, 13 December 2011 A lot can change in four years—especially in the music world. In 2008, when Kathleen Edwards released her album Asking for Flowers, the Ottawa native was known primarily for story songs about other characters, some drawn... |
 The Sadies2013 | Administrator | Wednesday, 5 June 2013 Dallas and Travis Good have worked with Neil Young, author Margaret Atwood, Randy Bachman, Buffy Sainte-Marie and actor Gordon Pinsent. But it was another Canadian icon—one with whom they’ve yet to collaborate—who offered some crucial wisdom.... |
 Kobo Town2013 | Administrator | Wednesday, 5 June 2013 Drew Gonsalves laughs about how he had to leave Trinidad to discover the rich calypso tradition of his birthplace. As a teenager, he was far more interested in rock and heavy metal music than the songs... |
 k.d. lang - Canadian Music Hall of Fame Inductee2013 | Administrator | Monday, 22 April 2013 She arrived like a chinook in the dead of winter. When k.d. lang first blew out of Alberta in the mid-1980s, her look, personality and voice seemed to be exactly what everyone was hankering for: theatricality,... |