Almost more interesting than The Flowers of Hell’s cover songs is how founding member, Greg Jarvis, creates them. Continue reading “The Flowers of Hell – Odes”
The Flowers of Hell – Odes
Hillbilly Highway – Dylan rumbles through Boomerville
by Sheldon Birnie
I hit the Bob Dylan show at the MTS Centre last week when he cruised into town on the Hillbilly Highway, and I’m sure glad I did. It’s the third time I’ve seen ol’ Bob, and it was possibly the best performance I’ve seen him churn out in the nine years that span those three dates, and certainly more enjoyable than Dylan’s last Winnipeg date, back around 2009. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Dylan rumbles through Boomerville”
Hillbilly Highway – Dylan’s Tempest about to drop
by Sheldon Birnie
Love him or loathe him, it’s impossible to argue the influence ol’ Bobby Dylan has played not only on those who travel the Hillbilly Highway, but how we, as listeners, view the Highway itself. From his galvanizing early work, to his genre defying output on Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde, the new pastoralism of The Basement Tapes and John Wesley Harding, through all the ups and downs from Planet Waves to Street Legal, Infidels through Oh Mercy and beyond, Dylan’s output alone is staggering. The fact that the lion’s share is gold is enough to humble – or shame – any would be songwriter. Continue reading “Hillbilly Highway – Dylan’s Tempest about to drop”