Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: Trent Depue
Talkin’ On a Bus comes fresh off the heels of yet another Calgary Folk Music Festival Songwriters Competition victory for J.R. Shore, and serves as the follow-up to his 2008 debut An Impeccable Shine.
Posted in Country + Western, Music Reviews
Rating: 3 / 5 Reviewer: Michelle Kennedy
Close your eyes. Imagine your favourite lover. The way they smell and taste; the sound of their breath in your ear. You haven’t seen them in a long time and when last you saw them they were near perfect. They kiss you again after all this time and those [...]
Posted in Country + Western, Music Reviews, Rock + Pop
Rating: 3 / 5 Reviewer: Trent Depue
Judging a motion picture soundtrack can always be a bit of a tough one, as a number of factors come into play, not the least of which can be that the purpose of the soundtrack is to provide a movie with a score, and not necessarily a music [...]
Posted in Country + Western, Music Reviews
Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: Michelle Kennedy
It easy to picture Zooey Deschanel in an old sepia toned boudoir surrounded by everyone’s grandmother’s pearls and lace gloves; her inexplicably beautiful eyes sparking in the fading light of a warm California evening. It’s less easy to picture M. Ward there.
Posted in Country + Western, Folk + Roots, Music Reviews, Top Rated
Rating: 3 / 5 Reviewer: Michelle Kennedy
As summer approaches we begin to look for that perfect warm-weather album; that perfect torch song for late nights around the campfire; that perfect album for the heartbreak that’s sure to follow a whimsical summer fling – Jakob Dylan’s Women and Country has the potential to be all those [...]
Posted in Country + Western, Music Reviews
Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: Greg Hutton
The latest effort from Drive By Truckers continues their ongoing mission to create alt-Southern rock that confronts the frequently perpetuated caricature of the culturally and politically backwards Southerner.
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Rating: 3.5 / 5 Reviewer: Trent Depue
On her 2009 release Victoria Day, Melissa McClelland was faced with what could be seen as either an absolutely fantastic or incredibly difficult situation depending on how you choose to look at it: following up a near perfect record.
Posted in Country + Western, Folk + Roots, Music Reviews, Rock + Pop
Rating: 5 / 5 Reviewer: Greg Hutton
Most Carolyn Mark records evoke images of a continuous party that would, in all likelihood, be the most fun party you ever attended. Red wine, new best friends, and food are a few common themes, especially on 2002’s Terrible Hostess and the excellent 2004 album The Pros and Cons [...]
Posted in Country + Western, Music Reviews, Rock + Pop, Top Rated
