Music School
Maylee Todd
PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010
"I was always into being natural and organic but that's all changed in the last five years," says madcap Toronto chanteuse Maylee Todd. As...
Slow Music Now!
PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010
As a music-obsessed foodie, I note some interesting parallels between North American food production and the music industry. Both really to...
Daniel Lanois
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2010
"I've never really worked in Toronto before." Hearing Daniel Lanois say this comes as a shock, since it stands to reason that arguably Can...
EVICT YOUR INNER BONEHEAD
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2010
Bill Baker and his colleagues at Mint Records were in the midst of a tense meeting with an artist they were letting go from the label when...
Fond Of Tigers
PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2010
"I have a small selection of cheap guitars," deadpans Stephen Lyons, leader of Vancouver ensemble Fond Of Tigers, professing himself only m...
The Price is Right-ish
PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2010
Casting around for a convenient opening metaphor, I got it into my noggin to find out the price of tea in China. Turns out it's not so easy...
Eric Chenaux
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2010
There are many pleasant surprises on Eric Chenaux's latest album, Warm Weather with Ryan Driver, but the most striking is his use of a nylo...
Follow The Money: Federal and Provincial Funding
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2010
Compared to the great lumbering Horton that is the American music business, we might as well be Whos up here. With one-tenth the population...