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From the monthly archives: October 2011
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Abbe May is a Perth AU-based veteran of the rockin’ roll roadtrip. Her tune ‘Design Desire’ from the album of the same name is a nod to classic riff rock, psychedelia and the blues. This is a scorchingly powerful guitar-dominated tune with a pounding backbeat. It’s music designed to test the upper [...]
Imby turned me on to the Givers ‘Saw You First’ back in August. ‘Keep an ear out for these guys,’ Imby wrote. Imby’s been turning me on to great roots music for the better parts of a couple of decades now. He is never off-base with his recommendations.
Givers ‘Saw You [...]
The Domestic Crisis Group’s song ‘The Breaks’ could well be the anthem for millions of us as we struggle to deal with a failing economy while trying to swim upstream in a world that seems to have gotten much more rugged.
‘The Breaks’ is a short stunning folk-rock-pop song with memorable [...]
Montreal-based Monogrenade’s tune ‘Ce Soir’ is a beautiful pop-meets-roots tune en francais – but, you don’t need to understand french to appreciate the beauty of the music. The stop-motion video for ‘Ce Soir’ produced by Christophe Collette is fairly mindblowing, too.
Monogrenade is Marianne Houle, François Lessard, Mathieu Collette and Jean-Michel [...]
It’s a stunning Tuesday morning in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The leaves are painting spectacular colours on the trees and on the ground. And despite the fact that our espresso machine has quietly died, all is right with my world as Madison Violet’s ‘The Ransom’ provides the perfect soundtrack for an autumn country [...]
Wow. That’s really all that I’ve got here. I’ve replayed ‘Feathers’ three times now and I’m stuck on ‘Wow!’ The tune is a gorgeously layered piece that features a duet between special guest Julie Doiron and Molasses’ lead singer Tyson McShane. There’s horns, guitars, fuzz, feedback and other very cool elements in this [...]
Chad Kichula’s latest CD ‘Killer’ was released in January 2011. The Regina SK-based musician teamed up with Matthew Kaip [Guitar], Philip Legrand [bass], Nat Bowen [drums], and Suzanne Parovsky [violin] to deliver an outstanding collection of songs.
The title track is a dark hypnotic piece that features a very cool fuzzed-out [...]
Lowell Thompson & Crown Pilot rock. The Burlington VT-based band plays Americana roots rock with straight-ahead guitar hooks and vocal punches that draw you in and get your internal rhythms moving to an entirely different beat. This is essential listening for anyone who has ever called The North Country home.
Lowell Thompson: guitar/vocals
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Trevor Davies was born on the Canadian Prairies, raised on Vancouver Island and now calls Montreal home. His music mixes elements of pop, rock, folk & jazz – punctuated by well-crafted lyrics. He is currently promoting his first release ‘Vanity Press.’
Trevor Davies – Vocal/ Guitar
Phill Albert – Bass
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