Articles by Carol Harrison
Flatlanders
Now Again
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
By all rights, the Flatlanders' Now Again would be up there in the mainstream country charts, if indeed those charts actually represented c...
Jane Waynes
Jane Waynes
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Toronto's Jane Waynes are Lisa Silverman, Catherine Doherty, Murray Foster and Jason LaPrade, who play a version of alt-country they've dub...
Tift Merritt
Bramble Rose
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
What an apt title for Tift Merritt's debut CD, Bramble Rose. Something grows wild in your otherwise well-tended garden that blends right in...
Kev Russell's Junker
Buttermilk and Rifles
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Don't try to make sense of this record, as some things are just meant to be savoured with rhyme but no reason. Buttermilk and Rifles is Kev...
Todd Snider
New Connection
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
New Connection is Todd Snider's fifth release and the second for Oh Boy Records. The singer/songwriter has put together a nice and comfy re...
Grindig
Grindig
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
What I remember of the '80s is generally soulless Casio pop and dangerously big hair. Grindig reminds me that there was some happy, sunny,...
James Yorkston and the Athletes
Moving Up Country
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Moving Up Country is a lovely, addictive and soothing debut from Edinburgh's James Yorkston and the Athletes. The title is a little decepti...
Scott Nolan
Postcards
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003
Winnipeg is the centre of North America and was the historical hub of Canada. Much has gone through this unassuming city over the years. In...