Articles by Janine Toms
Rob Szabo
Like A Metaphor
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006
Standing in the face of 200 odd punk-driven and unabashed youth in a fire hall in Pennsylvania, Rob Szabo was met with an unexpected fan-ba...
Wayne Lavallee
Green Dress
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2005
Who knew a gift for a five-year-old would make you a prospect for a Juno? Thats how its shaken down for the Native American artist Wayne...
Daddy Longlegs
Just Like That
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005
The seduction of blues can drive even the most timid to deviation. With that in mind, picture a dimly-lit blues lounge brimming with patron...
Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys
Empty House
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2005
Rex Hobart is taking back country. Fed up with the new-country attitude and flavour, this Buffalo-based songwriter is side stepping his con...
Matthew Osborne
Matthew Osborne
PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2005
When he died unexpectedly this past April at the age of 32, long-time fixture of the Southern Ontario folk scene Matt Osborne was just begi...
King Cobb Steelie
The Starlight Social Club, Waterloo ON November 11, 2004
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2004
The band was coming off of a month-long tour through the Northern provinces and not a seat was left for the all-ages show in Waterloo. For...
Granada
Let That Weight Slide off Your Shoulders
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004
Its the simplicity of lullabies that ensures they cannot only be easily remembered, but that they stick with you for the rest of your life...
Ken Stringfellow
Soft Commands
PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2004
On this third solo album in a decade, amid his other appearances with REM, Big Star and the Posies, Ken Stringfellow takes his music in doz...
