WARNER MUSIC CANADA SIGNS CANADIAN BLUES-ROCK SENSATION PHILIP SAYCE

January 8, 2015January 8, 2015 Keith Sharp

“One of rock’s best-kept secrets.” London Daily Star, UK Warner Music Canada is thrilled to announce the signing of guitarist Philip Sayce. Warner will be releasing Philip’s critically acclaimed album Influence on March 10, 2015. Originally released in Europe in late August 2014 to critical acclaim, the Canadian version of Influence will include two new songs led by the first... Read More

JIM FOSTER

January 7, 2015January 11, 2015 Keith Sharp

6 Foot Ladder (Quest Records) A man, his guitar and his iPhone, that’s all Vancouver’s Jim Foster needed to record the 11 tracks featured on his latest minimalistic release 6 Foot Ladder. Foster’s technique of recording songs directly onto his iPhone served him well on his previous release, “A Sailor’s Advice” and works equally well on this collection of bare... Read More

One Bad Son Defies Digital Replication

November 7, 2014November 10, 2014 Keith Sharp

How weird is it that the province of Saskatchewan can produced two hard rock drummers both called Kurt Dahl. Drummer number one is Lanigan, Saskatchewan’s Kurt Dahle, percussionist for 1990’s rock band Age Of Electric who went on to play for the New Pornographers. Kurt Dahl, without the `e’, on the other hand, is the driving force behind Saskatoon’s One... Read More

Theory Of A Dead Man: Media Scorn Is Embarrassing

September 22, 2014September 29, 2014 Keith Sharp

It’s safe to say that one thing Theory Of A Dead Man’s Tyler Connolly and Co don’t do when they release a new record is scan the reviews in Canadian media. They know it’s a foregone conclusion that anything they put out is going to get trashed. Whether it’s because their records are released on 604 Records, a Vancouver label... Read More

Big Wreck: Moving The Yard Sticks Forward

August 20, 2014August 26, 2014 Keith Sharp

Look up the band Big Wreck on Wikipedia and they are described as Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Post Grunge and Progressive Rock – in other words, Wikipedia doesn’t have a clue what they are! Interrupting his morning bike ride to chat on the phone about his band’s new CD release, `Ghosts’, Big Wreck front man Ian Thornley is amused at... Read More

Come Rock N Roar – Little Festival – Big Noise

August 11, 2014August 13, 2014 Keith Sharp

Ron Stolar is facing a serious problem as he prepares to execute the fifth annual Come Rock N Roar music festival Friday August 15th and Saturday August 16th at the scenic Four Seasons Waterfront Park in Spanish, Northern Ontario, located on the northern shore of Lake Huron. Things are so well organized, the local concert promoter doesn’t know what to... Read More

DOWNCHILD – Can You Hear The Music

October 26, 2013October 26, 2013 Keith Sharp

(Linus) The facsimile of the famous Sam The Record Man, fluorescent Yonge Street sign on the cover of Downchild’s latest record, “Can You Hear The Music” proudly states “Live Blues Since 1969” And just like that fabled Energizer Bunny, Downchild’s Donnie Walsh just keeps rolling along with his prodigious outlay of material, this marking his 32ndh recording. With Chuck Jackson... Read More

The Story Of Anvil – Crazy Enough To Be A Movie!

October 25, 2013October 26, 2013 Keith Sharp

Heavy metal rock band Anvil are on an all-time high as they assaulted Toronto’s Rockpile East nightclub on Saturday October 19th in preparation for further European touring activities in early 2014.With a brand new record, “Hope In Hell” produced by Bob Marlette to hawk, and fresh off a gig opening for Metallica in Singapore, lead vocalist/guitarist Steve (Lips) Kudlow agrees... Read More

The Douce Is Still Loose

October 24, 2013 Keith Sharp

It’s inevitable. Turn on your local classic rock radio and within a short period of time you are going to hear it, that unmistakable guitar riff into to Jerry Doucette’s `Mama Let Him Play’. Even though it was recorded in 1977, the song still rates as a bona fide Canadian classic rock track. Yet until very recently, that song `Mama... Read More

Trooper dominate SOCAN awards

November 24, 2012November 29, 2012 Music Express

Trooper, Bruce Cockburn and Joel Zimmerman (a/k/a Deadmau5) were the big winners at the 23rd annual SOCAN Music Awards staged Tuesday November 19th at Toronto’s Roy Thompson Hall. Trooper’s Ra McGuire and Brian Smith were on hand to receive a National Achievement award from The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. Three of their songs; `Janine’, `General... Read More

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