Articles by David McPherson

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  Brock Zeman & the Dirty Hands

  Welcome Home Ivy Jane

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Where was this troubadour hiding? As someone well versed in this country’s roots scene, this was the first time I had heard of the Wakefiel...

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  John Prine

  Massey Hall, Toronto ON - September 16, 2006

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  Requests rained from the rafters throughout John Prine’s sold out show. The song slinger had the best comeback, telling fans, "I know them...

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  Jenny Whiteley

  Dear

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  The follow-up to the Juno Award-winning Hopetown (2004), Whiteley returns with a dozen tracks that offer more of the same strong songs. Bac...

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  Guy Clark

  Workbench Songs

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

  It’s appropriate that a sculptor of songs so fine would find inspiration in his workshop. That’s exactly the setting that craftsman Clark w...

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  Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler

  Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON - June 19, 2006

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Take a balding British rocker and pair him with an American bluegrass-singing veteran and what do you get? One of the most soulful and swee...

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  Various

  The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Rhodes Scholar, military man, poet, actor and teller of acoustically-inclined tales, Kris Kristofferson has worn all these hats and more ov...

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  Weary Boys

  Jumpin' Jolie

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  So many bands and so little time, but it’s so refreshing when a disc lands on your desk that is completely new and completely surprises you...

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  Wailin' Jennys

  Firecracker

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

  Like three little birds singing softly and sweetly in the early morn, the harmony of the Wailin’ Jennys pleasantly rises from the speakers...