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Marshall Holland Nice To Meet You (始めまして) Ricky Ninja Records It may seem an odd turn for a singer/songwriter/pop/rock performer to create an album of instrumental electronica, but that is exactly what the San Francisco…

CONNECTIONS COMING TOGETHER – THE OSHAWA MUSIC AWARDS @ THE ROBERT McLAUGHLIN GALLERY, OSHAWA FEBRUARY 7, 2020 It is encouraging when a community’s artists, business people and government representatives come together for a common goal.…

Bobby Patterson It’s Just A Matter Of Time Real Gone Music There’s plenty to celebrate with It’s Just a Matter of Time, the 1972 collection by Texas soul man Bobby Patterson. Despite its vintage, there…

Alice Boman Dream On [PIAS] Recordings “Sad songs say so much”, or so we’ve heard. Nowhere is that sentiment more present than with Dream On, the latest offering from the Swedish artist Alice Boman. After…

JERRY LEGER & THE SITUATION w/ LINDY VOPNFJÖRÐ & MATTHEW BARBER @ LEE’S PALACE, TORONTO NOVEMBER 28, 2019 There was plenty of love in the room at Toronto’s hallowed rock dive Lee’s Palace, as Jerry…

THERE’S ALWAYS ANOTHER RECORD TO MAKE A CONVERSATION WITH JERRY LEGER “Some of the best songs are the ones that get left off the record. They just don’t fit with the story of the album.…

MYLES GOODWYN @ HUGH’S ROOM LIVE, TORONTO NOVEMBER 4, 2019 Never mind the age-old question of whether or not white men can sing the blues. M­ore importantly — ­can mature rock stars pull it off?…

JOSEPH w/ DEEP SEA DIVER @ THE MOD CLUB THEATRE, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 Weeknights in the big city can be a bit on the quiet side, but a couple hundred fans found the fun…

NICK LOWE & LOS STRAITJACKETS w/ ESTHER ROSE @ THE HORSESHOE TAVERN, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 It was wall-to-wall humanity at Toronto’s venerable Horseshoe Tavern, as fans crowded in to welcome pub-rocker-turned-gentleman-songsmith Nick Lowe. On…

THE RACONTEURS w/ OLIVIA JEAN @ THE SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, TORONTO SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 Is everybody in? Security was tight and mobile phones were locked as The Raconteurs made everyone look up…