Girl + the Machine is a Toronto-based experimental rock and multimedia fivesome known for ecstatic delivery and a wealth of engaging musical and visual ideas. They recently released Hello Earth on the Aporia label (see Voice review here). Lead singer Jackie recently took the time to answer some of Wanda Waterman St. Louis’s questions. Childhood… Read more »
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?The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.? Louis Aragon, ?La Porte-plume,? Traite du style, 1928 If Kate Bush Had Headed Pink Floyd in the Sixties Girl + the Machine Hello Earth, Aporia Records, 2009 Intense, driving acid rock anthems and beautifully constructed experimental arias rendered in the sweet and… Read more »
We Are the City is an indie rock band from Kelowna, BC, who put up an online donations page to successfully raise enough money to record their latest album, In a Quiet World. Their music is known for being a delightful experiment in blended influences, grounded in a deep spirituality. The band recently took time… Read more »
Patrick Brealey is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter whose fountainheads of musical inspiration include bluegrass, blues, and country music. Mercury in Songbirds, his latest album with The Knives on the Boompa label, is a set of roots-influenced songs laced with irony and dark humour while managing to be fun to listen to. At his shows he invites… Read more »
DVD: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai Release date: 2008, documentary Directed by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater Planting Trees Down Both Sides of the Muddy Road to Freedom ?If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer…. Read more »
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Chris Smith is a Scottish neoclassical composer, a career he embraced after having served as a drummer for a number of major rock bands. His exquisite performances and the beautifully crafted music videos that accompany his music have appeared on a number of television networks. He recently put out his second album, Piano Passion and… Read more »
CD: Allen Toussaint, The Bright Mississippi Label: Nonesuch Release date: 2009 A New Orleans Old Soul Makes Everything New Again ?As a youngster I was listening to whatever was on the radio, and there were things like boogie-woogie, and popular songs and even a lot of hillbilly music?Red Foley, Jimmy Dickens, Ernest Tubb. On Sundays… Read more »