Articles by Eric Thom

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  Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys

  Best Of

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

  With one slash of the bow you can recognize Riley's authentic Cajun spin, and the popular accordion player/fiddler/singer hasn't let up sin...

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  The Doc Marshalls

  Honest For Once

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  For anyone preferring jalapeno peppers in their alt-country stew, Brooklyn's The Doc Marshalls will confound, confuse and thoroughly entert...

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  The Terry B3+

  Invitation to the Blues

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  There's something incredibly soothing about a Terry Blankley disc; his extremely laidback approach is instantly audible, complemented by su...

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  Norma Macdonald

  The Forest For The Trees

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  Like the voice of a long-forgotten friend, Cape Bretoner Norma Macdonald has released a timeless CD that reaffirms the East coast as Canada...

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  Jeff Beck

  Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2009

  Any Jeff Beck release is cause for celebration and this full-length live set does little to dispel the myth of his godlike stature amongst...

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  Premiata Forneria Marconi / Low Level Flight

  The Music Hall, Toronto ON November 25

  PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2008

  Local unit Low Level Flight assumed the unenviable position of warming up the hardcore roomful of fanatical PFM aficionados with their mell...

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  Mike Martell

  She Waits For Me

  PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2008

  This is the real deal. Fans of East coast music have a new reason to pay attention, as this 53-year-old PEI fisherman weighs anchor long en...

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  Maria Muldaur

  Yes We Can!

  PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2008

  Despite her convincing foray into blues music, Maria has never ventured far from the Earth Mother persona cultivated years ago with then-hu...