“It’s like Disneyland for Canadian music!” — The Northern Pikes on recording at Studio Bell
Calgary, Alberta: a premiere place to record a record? Come again. The home of the world’s most famous Stampede is not the …
New “Old Direction” for Dennis Ellsworth
“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (Les Guêpes, 1849) This above oft-quoted epigram from the 19th …
Live music’s last hurrah?
Toronto’s booming real estate market has led to escalating property assessments and rents in commercial buildings. Clubs that once staged local favourites …
Meet Tebey: Professional Country Songwriter has his own EP To Do
Depression digs deep. It hides. It waits. Often, it seeps in slowly, and materializes when you least expect the darkness. That’s exactly …
Lindsay Ell Living the Dream
Lindsay Ell is enjoying a rare day off at home in Nashville. “It feels like I’ve been on the road six out …
The Tao According to Lukas Nelson
Lukas Nelson is an old soul. Mojo seeps from his veins. Witness this every time he straps on his trusty 1956 Les …
Farm Aid 2017: A Priceless Pilgrimage
More than 1,200 miles following the white line from Waterloo, Ontario, to Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, and back again in a 36-hour span; 1,600 …
No time like now for Steve Strongman
Blues (noun): Melancholic music of black American folk origin, typically in a 12-bar sequence. It developed in the rural southern U.S. toward …
SERENA RYDER: SEARCHING FOR UTOPIA
After four rigorous years on the road that included a broken heart, singer-songwriter and pop star Serena Ryder was burnt out, physically …
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Circles Back to Its Roots
When we chat on an early September morning, Jeff Hanna is keeping cool at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, before he hits …