Articles by David Barnard

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  Johnny Max Band

  A Lesson I've Learned

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2007

  In the past ten years, Canada has produced some of the best new blues recordings anywhere. Think Jim Byrnes, Sue Foley, Paul Reddick, Harri...

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  The Hogtown Syncopators

  The Hogtown Syncopators

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  Long before fusion was assigned as a music genre, musicians of the ’30s were cross-fertilising jazz, blues, old-time country, European clas...

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  Koko Taylor

  Old School

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2007

  This is Koko Taylor’s best outing since I Got What It Takes, her 1975 debut for Alligator. It’s a recording that almost sounds like it was...

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  Joss Stone

  Introducing Joss Stone

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2007

  On her third CD, 21-year-old Brit Joss Stone has stated that it’s the first one to represent her not only as a musician but more importantl...

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  Jim Byrnes

  House of Refuge

  PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2007

  Vancouver based ex-pat American Jim Byrnes hasn’t been prolific since his 1981 debut, but what he lacks in volume he makes up for in qualit...

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  Robert Cray

  Live from Across The Pond

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  A successful "new generation” blues musician with a reputation for writing and producing excellent recordings, Robert Cray got tagged early...

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  Michael Powers

  Prodigal Son

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  The second CD from the North Carolina-based singer/guitarist bills him as a bluesman. This designation seems based solely on Powers being o...

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  Various

  Women's Blues Revue Live

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2007

  Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Women’s Blue Revue, the Toronto Blues Society has collected a CD’s worth of material from recording...