Nick Schofield, Water Sine
Montreal-based producer Nick Schofield’s Water Sine is a gorgeous celebration of life’s little moments.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Nick Schofield, Québec
Chris Reimer, Hello People
by Jim Di Gioia
The songs on Chris Reimer’s posthumous release, Hello People, resonate like messages sent through time.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Alberta, Chris Reimer, Women
Tanika Charles, Soul Run
by Jim Di Gioia
Tanika Charles’s 2016 LP, Soul Run, is a stirring reflection on a life that could have been, colourful and vibrant in its celebration of a bright present and an exciting future.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Alberta, Ontario, Tanika Charles
Jennifer Castle, Angels of Death
by Mac Cameron
Angels of Death cements Jennifer Castle’s status as the guiding siren of modern songwriting.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Jennifer Castle, Ontario
Astral Swans, Strange Prison
by Jim Di Gioia
Astral Swans’s Strange Prison holds up a mirror to our own human vulnerabilities.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Alberta, Astral Swans
“Always On My Mind” by Rose-Erin Stokes
by Jim Di Gioia
Singer-songwriter Rose-Erin Stokes captures daydreams in jars with her song, “Always On My Mind”.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Ontario, Rose-Erin Stokes
Jennifer Castle, Pink City
by Jim Di Gioia
2014’s Pink City remains a refreshing respite from the increasingly maddening modern world.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Jennifer Castle, Ontario
Jean-Michel Blais, Dans ma main
by Geoff Parent
Dans ma main finds Jean-Michel Blais pushing the solo piano forward by fully engaging the medium’s past.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Jean-Michel Blais, Québec
“Battles On” by The Ghost is Dancing / “Sleeping Patterns” by Powers
by Jim Di Gioia
Playing Next: a pair of long forgotten, much loved power pop gems from the not-too-distant past.
Categories: Songs • Tags: Ontario, Powers, The Ghost Is Dancing
Twin Within, Live-Off-The-Floor at Hamilton Place with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
by Mac Cameron
Twin Within use the buoyancy and grandiosity of the Hamilton Philharmonic to take old song songs to new heights.
Categories: Albums • Tags: Ontario, Twin Within