“But in half-dreams that shift and roll / And still remember and forget / My soul this hour has drawn your soul / A little nearer yet.” Continue reading “Dum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams”
Dum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams
Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing
Blitzen Trapper’s latest album – their third for indie-giant Sub Pop – American Golding is an enjoyable affair. Continue reading “Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing”
Joshua Hyslop – Cold Wind
I first heard “If I was a Better Man” on CBC Radio 2 a few months ago, and that song is still stuck in my head. Continue reading “Joshua Hyslop – Cold Wind”
Hillbilly Highway – Beer break at Big Bad John’s
by Sheldon Birnie
Holidays are a time for visiting family and friends. My folks have moved on out to Vancouver Island, and so I hit the Highway last week to visit them and spend a couple days in Victoria. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Beer break at Big Bad John’s”
Hillbilly Highway – Holiday Jukebox Party Time
by Sheldon Birnie
Well, it’s holiday time here in Canada, and that means Christmas themed albums are being churned out by the Music Machine as though they are going out of style. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Holiday Jukebox Party Time”
ADRIAN GLYNN – Bruise
Bruise sounds rough-hewn, but I don’t mean clumsy in any way. Continue reading “ADRIAN GLYNN – Bruise”
Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Miners’ Hymns
No matter your preferred style of music, it is impossible to overlook the captivatingly mournful, eerie, and powerful sounds of Jóhann Jóhannsson. Continue reading “Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Miners’ Hymns”
Danielle Duval – Of the Valley
Maybe it’s the title, or maybe it’s the controlled push of Danielle Duval’s voice, but every time I listen to Of the Valley, my first thought is that it would probably fair best as the soundtrack to some ’90s high school drama cult-classic flick. Continue reading “Danielle Duval – Of the Valley”
Rainbow Trout Music Festival and Fishing Derby
By Stefan Braun
Two weeks before the start of Rainbow Trout Music Festival and Fishing Derby, backcountry roads across Manitoba were being shut down due to raging wildfires and tinder dry conditions. Continue reading “Rainbow Trout Music Festival and Fishing Derby”
Hillbilly Highway – Scott Nolan live at the Park Theatre
by Sheldon Birnie
Scott Nolan could be to Manitoba what Guy Clark is to Texas. A songwriter’s songwriter with an attention to the minutia of everyday life; drawing from a vast, detailed knowledge of all those who’ve walked the line before him; capable of delivering a heartbreaking line followed easily by a knee-slapper the next. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Scott Nolan live at the Park Theatre”