We music fans can be a fickle bunch. All it took to be swept away by the talented Mr. McCord and his seven-piece band was an opportunity to see them perform live. Not only is McCord a human whirlwind of ...

Transplanted Aussie native, Chris Altmann clearly enjoys the best of all worlds. Moving from Adelaide to Peterborough, the seasoned musician wasted no time finding out who was who, musician-wise, and, by early 2010, had recorded his first solo record, Que ...

I’m not much for end-of-the-year statements. The process seems to imply that good music has an expiry date. The best music, however, remains timeless and as I think back to another year of aural adventure, one album repeatedly comes to ...

I don’t know about you but, for me, this music is religion. I can’t actually recall how I first fell in love with Stan Rogers and his music but I most assuredly did. And I remember the first – and ...

The El Mocambo,Toronto, Thursday, September 20th Listening to the relatively sparse, somewhat wistful tracks on her new, bare bones EP, her first self-titled debut EP since leaving Flashlight Radio (a loose, country-hued affair with Ben Whiteley), you can’t help but ...

The Dakota Tavern, Toronto Thursday, August 23rd If you can get past the fact that fact that the this perky, 24-year old Calgary native and his band could double for Richie Cunningham & His Happy Daze, you’ll gain admission to ...

The Painted Lady, Toronto  Wednesday, August 22nd Coming off the release of I’m Here Every Night, it’s clear that the opportunities to see Robyn Dell’Unto perform are not exactly regular. She plays rather sporadically to her pocket of dedicated fans ...

Rose Cousins & Guests – The Rivoli, Toronto Thursday, May 3rd What is it about live music that gives us that added dimension of whatever-you-call-it, capable of more fully illuminating an artist and their work? Had I reviewed Rose Cousins’ ...

Hugh’s Room, Toronto, Wednesday, May 2nd It would appear that 65-year old Loudon Wainwright III has a lot on his mind. In fact, the title of his latest release, Older Than My Old Man Now, tips the hat that he’s ...

Lillian Wauthier has been running her east end folk club, Acoustic Harvest, out of the basement of St. Nicholas Anglican Church in Toronto (previously at Birchcliff Bluffs United Church) for some 20 years (with thanks to the late, great Rick ...