Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  Nathan Lawr

  Secret Carpentry

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Trying, no doubt, to compete with Dallas and Travis Good for Canada’s busiest musician, Nathan Lawr — the man who has sat behind the kit fo...

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  Dale Murray

  Brighter Lives, Darker Side

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  With the Guthries spread far and wide across the country’s music scene, songwriter/pedal steel player Dale Murray continues the band’s root...

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  Sinéad O'Connor

  Throw Down Your Arms

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  Sinead has just made the reggae album she’s been hinting at for years. Recruiting Sly and Robbie on production and compiling a track listin...

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  Madness

  The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  There’s two ways to look at this album: 1) when the well runs dry use someone else’s that’s got lots of water (in this case by covering tri...

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  Campbell Brothers

  Can You Feel It?

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  If going to church every Sunday meant partaking in a Campbell Brothers praise hour the next census would show a marked increase in religiou...

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  Foghorn Stringband

  Weiser Sunrise

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2005

  Traditionalists Foghorn Stringband make no bones about being old timey. Some of the tunes on their new disc are close to 300 years old, whi...

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  Steve Dawson

  We Belong to the Gold Coast

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  When he isn’t backing up a who’s who of roots music (or producing them), Steve Dawson — one of Canada’s most accomplished string pluckers —...

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  House of Doc

  Prairiegrass

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

  For a band who boast members equally at home playing concert piano or bassoon with the Winnipeg Symphony, House of Doc still manage to soun...