It is no coincidence Holly Cole‘s new CD is titled ‘ Night’ … ‘I am a night owl, I stay up very, very late every night …” Says Cole. ” I find it very quiet. I mean the only phone calls I get are from drunk friends. It is very mysterious and for a creative person – it is ideal. It is open at night … Continue reading Holly Cole; The ‘Night’ Started Young …
Andrea England has just released her second album. Seven years after her first and fourteen years following a car accident which almost killed her … The story is a Hollywood one. England was delivering her first ep to a record store in Ottawa. The accident brought her career to a full stop and she carried on with a fresh outlook. Andrea determined to turn her … Continue reading Andrea England; Hope and Other Sins – Album Review
‘Sweet hot chocolate and one hand in my pocket …’ These are some of the lyrics included in Brie Nielson’s ‘ Happy Song’, a tune which is a small part of a bigger ‘ Picture Show’. An album which will be officially launched on October 4 at Sala Rossa – 4848 blvd St. Laurent in Montreal. Alannis Morisette had one hand in her pocket while … Continue reading Brie Neilson – A Happy Song at the ‘Picture Show’
Toronto – born Robert Atyeo has a pencil. In the photo on the cover of his newest CD, it is not clear whether or not the pencil in the boy’s hand has an eraser. If it does, erasing is not required on this gem of a disc … ‘I Have a Pencil’ is Atyeo’s first new recording in fifteen years. The singer/ songwriter/ guitarist took … Continue reading Can’t Erase Robert Atyeo …
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