Jeffery Straker sings with the unflinching attention to detail of Neil Young, but with the emotional arc of classic-era Elton John. You May Also Like: The Bittersweetness of Elton John and Leon Russell’s ‘The Union’ How Neil Young’s Complex, Hypnotic ‘Greendale’ Revived the Concept Album

Annihilator finally seems to have found a bit of stability, releasing a string of very good records with vocalist David Padden – including this one.

As one of the most highly regarded blues singer and guitar slingers in Canada today, British Columbia native David Gogo has long ago proved his mastery of this great American music form. You May Also Like: How David Bowie’s ‘Reality’ Stood Out For What It Was Not David Crosby, “Amelia”Read More

Saskatoon Exhibition Grandstand: No doubt about it — we’re well into the 21st Century now, in our post-9/11 politically, socially and economically uncertain world. You May Also Like: Jeff Lynne’s ELO, August 15, 2018: Shows I’ll Never Forget ‘Wheatfield Empire: The Listener’s Guide to the Guess Who’ (2020): Books

It seems that no matter where you go, if you have a handful of musicians in the crowd, you can always strike up a conversation about Neil Young. Heck, you don’t even need musicians You May Also Like: Part of Neil Young’s Creative Process Was Ignoring Bob Dylan

Bruce Cockburn, in a moment of serendipity, is beginning another tour today even as a documentary about his celebrated 2008 solo jaunt is finding its way to DVD. You May Also Like: Why Randy Newman Got So Angry About an Episode of Dick Cavett’s Show

Sounding a bit like Elton John if he’d gotten himself locked outside of an impressionistic art exhibit on a stormy night, “Vain” comes trickling in almost as if it’s atop a lazy stream You May Also Like: Casey Golden – ‘ATLAS’ (2018) Jason Stein + Adam Shead – ‘Synaptic Atlas’Read More

A long time ago, I was with my cousin at some guy’s apartment and this guy pulls out an old Sarah Vaughan record, puts it on the turntable and the song he played just blew me away. You May Also Like: Why Deelee Dube’s ‘Trying Times’ Remains Such a ComfortRead More

In 1995, she was trudging herself across a desert and screaming out an angst-ridden tune that was possibly about the dude from “Full House.” My teenaged-self went into overdrive at this Alanis Morissette You May Also Like: Forget What You Heard About Alanis Morissette’s Flavors of Entanglement, And Just ListenRead More

I like to think I’m pretty normal, or at least I can pass for normal on most days. But as I get older, I’m beginning to visualize that somewhere, in the back of my mind, there’s an office where some part of me spends time sorting, evaluating and archiving memoriesRead More