Musings and Music Reviews
Very excited to announce that I will be performing live for the first time in 18 months or so – Saturday, Aug. 14, as part of the Sechelt Summer Music Series! This will be an outdoor concert, and I will be joined on a few songs by my friend, singer-guitarist Michael Friedman. The Coast Reporter has done a nice feature …
Hi there, long time no see, or hear, or anything – what an insane time we’re in! I have some new music to share with you… These songs were intended to be a new Animal Logic release, sadly we could not manage to get them recorded as AL – sorry to you AL fans who were hoping for something new. …
On November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy was shot to death. I was 9 years old and at school. I can’t remember the exact chain of events, but I think I was in an after-school event (the Brownies maybe???) and we were abruptly sent home. Did they tell us what happened? I don’t remember but certainly I would’ve found out …
It’s hard for me to imagine how anyone could not love The Small Glories. Even harder to imagine is seeing them live and not falling head over heels for the powerhouse/high-energy duo that is Cara Luft and J.D. Edwards. The musicianship, the songs, the stage banter, and most of all, the sound of their two voices together is undeniably entertaining. …
12:50 p.m.: OK, so I’m spoiled. Obviously, this is NOT the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, so I’m going to have to adjust. Getting here was easy. You park your car at BCIT for $5.25 (for the whole day), and a shuttle takes you to the festival. This is where the trouble begins. There’s a good chance it’s going to rain …
The Night Before Day 1 of the 2019 Vancouver Folk Festival It just took me two and a half hours to work out a schedule so I can see all the artists I want to see. 10,000 steps? Hah! No extra exercise needed this weekend. Monday morning. Festival is Over Siri: What are bone spurs? This year, I was unable …
This was supposed to be five acts, but even getting it down to seven was difficult. However, since I started with 18, I feel pretty good about seven. First of all, kudos to artistic director Debbi Lynn Salmonsen for bringing together literally something for everyone. There’s plenty of great world music, lots of traditional music, many singer-songwriters, some cutting edge …
I start this with a disclaimer. I know Shari Ulrich. I adore Shari Ulrich. We are kindred spirits in many ways. And though I haven’t known her for that long, I feel like I’ve known her forever. I suspect many in the audience on June 18 felt the same way. The only problem is I hardly ever get to see …
When Heather Kitching of Roots Music Canada asked me if I wanted to review Donovan Woods’ new album, The Other Way (Meant Well Records), an acoustic rendering of his 2018 Both Ways, my first response was, “no.” What more could I say about the songs that I hadn’t already said in my Both Ways review last year? Then the CD …
If the world was fair and just Suzie Vinnick would not be a “Canadian treasure.” She would not be known for winning the Canadian Maple Blues Award ten times, or for receiving dozens of other Canadian music nominations and awards. Nor would she be someone’s favorite “female” roots and blues artist. No, if the world were fair and just, Suzie …