What I Play

Martin Tétreault

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2007

Martin Tétreault’s studio in Montréal’s East End looks like the back room of your local electrical repair shop — tables are covered in turn...

Richard Reed Parry and Pietro Amato

Bell Orchestre

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Bell Orchestre often rehearse in a cramped two-storey loft space deep in the warehouse district of Montreal’s Saint Henri neighbourhood. Th...

Jonathan Cummins

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

"I’m a gear pig. I’ve got tons because I’m a collector. The back wall of my band’s rehearsal space is just my amps.” Talking shop with Mont...

Geoff Berner

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2007

Last year, Vancouver singer/songwriter Geoff Berner published a pamphlet entitled simply How to Be an Accordion Player: An Instructional Bo...

Emm Gryner

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

Multitasking is Emm Gryner’s middle name. The busy musician isn’t just a singer and songwriter, she also heads up her own label, Dead Daisy...

Christine Fellows

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

Ask singer-songwriter Christine Fellows what she considers her primary instrument and she laughs. "I would automatically say that I don’t p...

Chris Brown

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2006

I catch Chris Brown on his cell phone as he’s navigating the New York subway system. For anyone else, an inconvenient time, but for the Tor...

Alex Lukashevsky

PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

Alex Lukashevsky is the kind of musician who lets his guitar-accompanied songs flow from his heart and soul. Rather than a lot of folks who...