Articles by Eric Thom

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  Michael Powers

  Onyx Root

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  If your blues palate is demanding something uniquely different, look no further than this Handy-nominated debut from a 53-year old groundbr...

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  Ricky Warwick

  Love Many Trust Few

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Slick, tough pop rock in the league of the Del-Lords, if not the Georgia Satellites, Warwick releases his second solo effort since his role...

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  Danny Marks

  Big Town Boy

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005

  Some have labelled this as an "oldies fix” but that really isn’t the point. Local hero/radio DJ/guitar god Danny Marks grew up like the res...

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  Ramblin' Jack Elliott / Greg Quill

  Hugh's Room, Toronto ON - March 24, 2005

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Local scribe/Aussie cult survivor Greg Quill established a rather austere singer-songwriter mode, pre-empting each selection with short nar...

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  Chris Cotton

  I Watched the Devil Die

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Like an unlikely collision between Tom Waits and Robert Johnson, Chris Cotton melds old to new in a bewitching, 12-song disc that demonstra...

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  John Prine

  Fair & Square

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  If you’re a John Prine fan, you know painfully well how many years it’s been since his last release — an event rivalled only by discovering...

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  Matthew Skoller Band

  These Kind of Blues!

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  At first blush, this is just another Chicago-based blues record which, by nature of where it’s from, is better than most others. That’s not...

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  Tim Harrison

  Grey County

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Tim Harrison’s eighth release is an intrusive effort. Giving it a good listen, I left it alone for awhile and upon returning to it, the ope...