By Ken Clarke
Politics aside, Ottawa is simply not a location that comes to mind when considering the blues. However, The JW-Jones Blues Band seems intent on altering that perception. By blues standards this is a relatively young band, but these boys are more in tune to a traditional blues sense than you’d expect.The aptly titled Bogart’s Bounce… Continue reading The JW-Jones Blues Band, Bogarts Bounce
By James Keller
Slow, mellow beats and well-paced piano underneath Molly Johnson’s smooth, refined voice make Another Day more than just a standard collection of lounge-jazz tracks. With everything you’d expect from a veteran musician–after all, Johnson has lent her voice to the likes of Big Sugar, Tom Cochrane and Jeff Healy–the album gives listeners a wide range… Continue reading Molly Johnson, Another Day
By Heath McLeod
The Fishbone crew’s latest EP needs a track-by-track breakdown to show the problems that we, the unfortunate listeners, are exposed to."A Friendly Psychosis" starts the album off with George Clinton, the Godfather of Funk, doing an amusing rave on producers as the voice of God. The album then takes a turn for the worse, and… Continue reading Fishbones Familyhood Experience, The Friendliest Psychosis of All
It sounds like Sting. Maybe a little less creative and more for easy listening in the background than for intense music enjoyment. But hey, it is very enjoyable. Jordan has a good voice and his album Living in Martina del Rey and Other Stories is a “best of” collection of his songs, which he wrote… Continue reading Marc Jordan, Living in Marina Del Ray and Other Stories
By Preet Bhogal
Dirty Vegas is the group that sing that song from the new Mitsubishi commercial. If their self-titled debut is any indication, that’s probably going to be as far as their career goes. The only decent song on the album is “Days Go By” (a.k.a. ‘That song from the car commercial’), with the rest of it… Continue reading Dirty Vegas, Self-titled
The best thing about Modest Mouse is that no matter how far out they go, there’s a certain earthiness that pervades the music and ties it down to reality. On Sharpen Your Teeth, Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock’s first “solo” album, this tie is strained if not altogether broken. Abandoning the Pixies influence that made… Continue reading Ugly Casanova, Sharpen Your Teeth
Bounty Killer put out two CDs at the same time. I really wish he didn’t do that.The following applies to every track on both CDs except the intro to The Art of War and track five on The Mystery. The intro has a delightful Naughty by Nature circa 1995 feel to it. It mentions the… Continue reading Bounty Killer, The Mystery and The Art of War
By Anna Chan
Banff, typically known for its vast mountains, hot springs and tourists aplenty, becomes John Ballem’s setting for his latest gripping mystery novel, Murder As A Fine Art.The novel opens with the discovery of Alan Montrose, who has fatally fallen down a flight of stairs in the Banff Centre for the Arts. Even though the death… Continue reading Murder in the mountains
By Nicole Kobie
A few weeks ago, I made a bet. I bet that a certain horse would win the first Triple Crown in 24 years. The horse lost, and so did I. You see, my punishment is to eat horse. Everyone around me finds this very funny.As I’m the sort of person excited by the latest Imax… Continue reading Mmm, horse…
By Falice Chin
Symmetry always has its own visual appeal. While form and balance seem to tie together in most artistic creations, the sentiment that they bring out in art enthusiasts is more than just a geometric phenomenon. Since May 21, 2002 the Nickle Arts Museum saw the development of a perfect harmony; a performance piece called Fidelity… Continue reading Evolving Art