Articles by Eric Thom

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  Laura Nyro

  Live: The Loom's Desire

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The pain of losing someone is usually exacerbated by not having been given the chance to say goodbye. This pristine, near-perfect collectio...

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  Jack De Keyzer

  6 String Lover

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  It's so rewarding to see a Local Hero stepping up to the world stage - especially at this mature stage in his tireless career. De Keyser de...

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  Tim Harrison

  Wheatfield With Crows

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  What first struck me about this release was that Van Gogh was enlisted to do the cover art. If that wasn’t distinguishing enough, I was fur...

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  Tim Lee and the Revelators with Mel Brown

  Tim Lee and the Revelators with Mel Brown

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The only name you may recognise here is Mel Brown’s but that won’t stop you from enjoying how this single-minded little record...

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  Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers

  True Stories

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Anybody with the nerve to tackle Roy Buchanan’s near-sacred “The Messiah Will Come Again” either has huge cojones or big...

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  Kirsten Jones

  Drive-In Movie

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  This long, tall Virginian might be a diamond in the rough if she hadn’t already worked off some tarnish with her Toronto debut in an all-gi...

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  Joan Osborne

  How Sweet It Is

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  One of the sweetest surprises of the recent Standing in the Shadows of Motown documentary, Joan Osborne has an oversized, soulful gift. Hav...

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  Sherry Ryan

  Bottom of a Heart

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  That the human voice is a finite commodity is a truism. That is, until you hear a voice so distinctively different that all the rules are c...