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Great Big Sea – XX

Keith Sharp
Great Big Sea – XX
(Warner Music Canada) Great Big Sea celebrate their 20th anniversary with two releases. First is a two-CD set, one CD focusing on the pop releases and the second CD spotlights their folk/sea shanty side. Combined with five new songs; including Live This Life and covers of Slade’s `Run Runaway’, Split Enz’s `Six Months On A Leaky Boat’, Pete Townshend’s `Let... Read More

Colin James – Too Much of a Good Thing

Keith Sharp
Colin James – Too Much of a Good Thing
Every night during his current national tour, Colin James faces a major dilemma. What to include or exclude from that concert’s set list. With a brand new album, `Fifteen’ chock full of hot new tracks plus three stunning covers, James simply doesn’t have time during his 21-song performance to acknowledge his catalogue while accommodating the new material. Reached during a... Read More

Jim Foster – A Sailor’s Advice

Keith Sharp
Jim Foster – A Sailor’s Advice
(Qwest) Record seven songs with no headphones into your iPhone, run them through a Mac computer, add some stereo echo and the result is Jim Foster’s A Sailor’s Advice, as he notes, kinda like Sun Records gone digital. This amazingly efficient and cost effective recording method has produced an excellent set of acoustic guitar solos and plaintive folky lyrics, all... Read More