On the surface, Brenna MacCrimmon and Cadence seem about as different as vocal acts can get. Brenna is a world-renowned female singer of Turkish and Balkan music. Cadence is an a capella jazz quartet made up of four men: Aaron Jensen, Kurt Sampson, Ross Lynde and Carl Berger. Here’s what they share. Both Toronto-based acts [...]
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You can likely count your favourite singers on one hand. Not the ones you’re drawn to in a casual way – but the real time-stopping singers. Each one of them is on your list because they – alone – hold a certain spellbinding, beguiling power over you like few others can. You react to the [...]
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Hugh’s Room, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Call them what you will – traditionalists, revivalists or just damned talented players harnessing the time-honoured ability to breathe new-life into the stringband category. But you owe it to yourself to witness this band live – to see and hear for yourself as this aged, handed-down music rises up [...]
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Toronto-based, independent alt. country singer/songwriter Kirsten Jones is being observed very closely by industry, peers, fans and critics as she launches her remarkable new record, The Mad Mile. Kirsten has been singled out by Billboard Canada as an act to watch in 2010, and The Mad Mile already has a Juno nomination to its credit, even before [...]
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CD Review It begins with the voice, a gentle, vibrato-free, tenor panty-peeler if ever there was one, but one that mercifully stops just short of shudder-inducing breathy pop-schticks. Enter the trusty acoustic guitars, smart enough to successfully float Peter Katz and his new collection of songs alone around the world, leaving behind its many starring [...]
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