Articles by Kerry Doole

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  Jim Byrnes

  St. Louis Times

  PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2014

  Juno Award-winning bluesman Jim Byrnes has long been a mainstay of the Canadian blues scene, but he actually grew up in St. Louis. He explo...

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  Big Sugar

  Yard Style

  PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2014

  They've sold around half a million albums in Canada, mostly during their '90s heyday, but Big Sugar have never quite been given the credit...

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  Neil Finn / Midlake

  Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto ON, April 5

  PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2014

  Opening this show with a short, well-received set was Texan band Midlake, stripped down to an acoustic trio from their usual six-man line-u...

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  Timber Timbre

  Hot Dreams

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2014

  Their last record, 2010's Creep On Creepin' On earned Timber Timbre critical gushings, a Polaris Prize shortlist nod and growth in their in...

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  Harlan Pepper

  Take Out a $20 and Live Life to the Fullest

  PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2014

  The four 21-year-old Hamiltonians in Harlan Pepper were all born well after the heyday of psychedelia and classic rock, so the fact that th...

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  Lisa Biales

  Belle of the Blues

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2014

  Ohio-based blues singer Lisa Biales is certainly no novice; she released seven albums before gaining wider attention with 2012's album Just...

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  Drive-By Truckers

  English Oceans

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2014

  It's all too easy to take Drive-By Truckers for granted. While fickle media and radio keep looking for newer acts to fawn over, Athens' fin...

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  The Heavyweights Brass Band

  Brasstronomical

  PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2014

  Not since the Shuffle Demons bopped into the limelight has a young Toronto jazz band had as much impact on the local scene as the Heavyweig...