Articles by Kerry Doole
Freeman Dre and Kitchen Party
Red Door 2nd Floor
PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2010
This debut album was written and recorded in the gritty, if gentrifying, Toronto, ON hood of Parkdale, and many of the songs reference life...
Russell DeCarle
Under The Big Big Sky
PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2010
Canada's best country band of the last 25 years, Prairie Oyster, have kept a low profile as of late, but singer Russell DeCarle returns to...
Tucker Finn
The Cup & The Lip
PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2010
Finn found popularity as a member of Toronto, ON honky tonkers the Jane Waynes, and is destined for wider recognition with this simply supe...
Son Of Dave
Shake A Bone
PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2010
Winnipegger Benjamin Darvill survived a long stint as a multi-instrumentalist for the dreaded Crash Test Dummies before reinventing himself...
The Jazz Passengers
Reunited
PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2010
This is the first new recording from the stylistically eclectic NYC combo in a dozen years. They received attention earlier in their career...
Jack Marks
Lost Wages
PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2010
Toronto, ON troubadour Jack Marks is one of the hardest working cats out there, and he's earned serious peer respect. This is reflected in...
Mary Halvorson Quintet
Saturn Sings
PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2010
American guitarist/composer Halvorson is something of a critics' favourite in avant-garde/post-rock circles, and this strong second album a...
Tangier Jazz Festival featuring Monty Alexander, Uros Perry Perich, Al Copley
Tangier, Morocco September 23 - 26
PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2010
Tangier is known as a spiritual home of the beats and writers like William Burroughs, Paul Bowles, Allan Ginsberg and Tennessee Williams. T...