How can you not like a guy who wants to burn down a Walmart …? This is the legacy and mindset which Steve Earle – composer of ‘Copperhead Road‘ and ‘ Guitar Town‘, carried into Montreal last night at The Virgin Corona Theater. An arsenal of soul-defining songs? Not the only baggage which arrived on stage in the form of a fifty-eight year old Texan. … Continue reading Steve Earle; The Voice of Reason …
I am continuing the top ten interviews I conducted in 2012 … So far … 10. Lee Mellor 9.Jason Rockman 8. Susie Arioli 7. Cecile Doo Kingue 6. Roger Walls Roger Walls is a walking Jazz encyclopedia. Is it any wonder …? Walls has been around playing his horns for thirty plus years. If he has not played alongside the likes of Tony Bennett, then … Continue reading Top Ten Interviews of 2012
A Rockin’ Battle of the Corporate Bands 6 great bands battle it out for bragging rights! All proceeds benefit March of Dimes Canada, providing programs and services to help children and adults with disabilities. Une lutte endiablée entre cinq groupes de musique formés de cadres d’entreprise Six merveilleux groupes tenteront de remporter la palme! Tous les bénéfices seront versés à la Marche des Dix … Continue reading Rock for Dimes
The scene …? Brutopia. The place …? Downtown Montreal. The feeling in the air …? General malaise and spookiness. The reason …? Hallowe’en! A shiek on drums, a nun on bass, a conehead on guitar, a giant – sized man of Haitian descent on vocals and a straight – unabashed Mexican on the congas … The name of the band? Kebeko … The type of … Continue reading Rick’s Rockin’ Hallowe’en Bash (or How I Met Mick Jagger )
Friday the 28th of September will be my debut on air at k103.7fm at 5 :15 pm. This will be a regular feature every Friday on the station. Sean Mckeogh, the afternoon host and I – will discuss the people I have interviewed, the cd’s I have reviewed and the upcoming shows in Montreal. It will also give an opportunity for the station and I … Continue reading Tune in to Rick Keene on K103.7 fm
Before disbanding in the fall of ’73, AW took the summer off for everyone to clear their heads. The band had toured almost non-stop since fall ’70. ” I went camping and fishing with Claire ( my wife) for a few weeks and when I got back I was contacted by a band from California called “The Wackers“. They were living and working out of … Continue reading Ritchie Henman; The Beginning and End of the Dudes
He was once and still is referred to as the white Jimi Hendrix. Something which Frank Marino disperses as something he never attempted to be … It is also something the Montreal – born drummer turned guitarist extraordinaire cannot figure out. Even after all these years … ” It all started with a journalist who wrote that I was visited by Hendrix’s spirit and he … Continue reading Frank Marino; Anti -Establishment 101
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