Articles by Kerry Doole

Phil Dwyer: A Canadian Songbook Featuring Laila Biali

Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto ON June 27

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2012

Saxophonist/composer Phil Dwyer won a Juno this year for his adventurous Changing Seasons album. His current cross-Canada festival tour, ho...

Ivy Mairi

No Talker

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2012

Toronto, ON songstress Mairi was still a teenager when she released her debut album, Well You, in 2007, to much acclaim. It has been a long...

Ivy Mairi

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2012

Toronto, ON songstress Mairi was still a teenager when she released her debut album, Well You, in 2007, to much acclaim. It has been a long...

George Benson

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON June 26

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2012

Few veteran artists have had as versatile a career as George Benson. His ten Grammy wins have been for both vocal and instrumental performa...

Cassandra Wilson

Another Country

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2012

Grammy-winning vocalist Cassandra Wilson has always been an elusive butterfly, stylistically speaking. She first made a mark in the avant-g...

Glen Hornblast

Once in a Blue Moon

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2012

Hornblast has long been a fixture on the Toronto folk scene, but his work has been seriously under-recorded. That is rectified on this albu...

Bettye LaVette

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto ON June 23

PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2012

Working with just a four-piece band, legendary soul singer Bettye LaVette proved less can be more at her Toronto Jazz Fest set, commandeeri...

Cris Cuddy

The Boy From Beaumont

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2012

"They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore" is the title of one of the songs on this album by Ontario country songsmith Cris Cuddy (no relatio...