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Left of Zero is a Toronto-based progressive rock band consisting of Jade Lamarche, Luis Figueroa, Derek Edwards, and Adam Boyle. Their music is avant-garde and polyrhythmic, their performances bursting with energy and good chemistry. The band released their debut album in 2008 and have just released an EP titled Blame the Gun. The following are… Read more »
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CD: Jonathan Byrd, The Law and the Lonesome Release date: 2008 Label: Waterbug Hymns to a Singularly North American Solitude ?It’s good to see you, Eddie, I just got the word Nobody knows but this black and twisted bird May the river run dry if I lie” Corin Raymond, Edward Hillier, and Jonathan Byrd, from… Read more »
Jonathan Byrd is known for writing songs that carry on the venerable rural North American tradition of old-time music. His music once brought a personal commendation from Tom Paxton, who wrote: ?What a treat to hear someone so deeply rooted in tradition, yet growing in his own beautiful way.? Byrd collaborated with Canadians Corin Raymond… Read more »
The Handsome Family is the singer-songwriter husband-and-wife team comprising Rennie and Brett Sparks. Often referred to as ?the Gomez and Morticia Adams of country music,? their remarkable, highly original songs have been called alternative country, alternative folk, and Americana, among other things, but sound like a genre unto themselves. Their recently released ninth album, Honey… Read more »
Book: Joseph Gould, An Oral History of Our Time Publisher: Long Island Duck and Chicken Farm Press, 2009 ?In the Winter I Am a Buddhist, and in the Summer I Am a Nudist? ?. . . he smelled sulfur, and looked up, and saw the devil walk past. But later that night, on Pier 26,… Read more »
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CD: Todd Snider, Peace Queer Release date: 2008 Label: Aimless Records School Bullies, Puppets, and Fortunate Sons ?. . . lately my friends have been telling me that my songs have gotten more and more opinionated, so I wanted to let you know before we finished this music that while over the course of this… Read more »