By Ken Clarke
From his electronically-charged beginnings with rock band Roxy Music, to his experimental solo albums, collaborations with David Bowie, Robert Fripp and David Byrne (to name a few) and his production work with U2 and Coldplay, Brian Eno has an extensive musical background. Now, he’s keeping busy with his pioneering visual experiments.His latest video work, 77… Continue reading 77 million and counting
By Ken Clarke
Pink Floyd co-founder and lunatic Syd Barrett was an integral contributor to the Floyd’s first two albums, but Barrett left in a drug-induced haze to work on solo material. He missed Floyd’s later fame and fortune, his solo career went nowhere and he died in relative obscurity in 2006. David Gilmour, who replaced Barrett in… Continue reading Spun: Syd Barrett
By Ken Clarke
When Brian Eno releases a new album, you never quite know what to expect. This time out the electronic music pioneer presents a cross between his many ambient albums and 1992’s erratic Nerve Net. No stranger to collaboration, Eno’s latest instrumental offering enlists the occasional aid of composers/musicians Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins for the… Continue reading Spun: Brian Eno
By Ken Clarke
Arabic and European vocal virtuoso Natacha Atlas’s ninth recording is further proof that music is the universal language. Mounqaliba roughly translates from Arabic as “in a state of reversal” and has certain political connotations. Aside from several English language sound bite interludes from social theorist Peter Joseph, the entire album’s lyrics (save one cover song)… Continue reading Spun: Natacha Atlas
By Ken Clarke
Thousands of blues lovers of all ages congregated to Shaw Millennium Park last weekend for the sixth annual Calgary International Blues Festival. Once again the four day celebration featured a impressive line-up of blues musicians from around the world, who provided the masses with a dizzying array of various blues styles.Mississippi Heat After joking about… Continue reading A taste of Blues Fest 2010
By Ken Clarke
By Ken Clarke
Most people know Juliette Lewis as a successful actress who has starred in such films as Cape Fear, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk To Dawn, Kalifornia and Strange Days, to name but a few. What many of these people don’t realize is that she is a successful, hard-working, hard-touring and hard-rocking musician. Lewis is currently… Continue reading Online Exclusive: Juliette Lewis, the extended interview
By Ken Clarke
Most people know Juliette Lewis as a successful actress who has starred in such films as Cape Fear, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk To Dawn, Kalifornia and Strange Days, to name but a few. What many of these people don’t realize is that she is a successful, hard-working, hard-touring and hard-rocking musician. Lewis is currently… Continue reading Juliette Lewis explores uncharted territory
By Ken Clarke
When Frank Zappa passed away, he left behind a massive collection of unfinished works in his basement vault that the Zappa Family Trust have been slowly sifting through. Although having earned a reputation for working at a snail’s pace, the Trust does occasionally release the odd hidden gem. Philly ’76 is a two-disc, complete concert… Continue reading Spun: Frank Zappa
By Ken Clarke
For over 50 years, Chicago’s Maxwell Street has been famous for their Friday Night Blues and Fish Fry. Musicians from the Mississippi Delta would migrate to the area and electrify their sound, making Chicago world famous for the blues. On February 19, the Black History Month Foundation of Canada, in conjunction with the Black American… Continue reading Awards connect Calgary’s best bluesmen to Chicago