Articles by Matthew McKean

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  Skydiggers

  Warmth of the Sun

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2017

  The ninth studio album from Canadian folk-roots rockers Skydiggers is simultaneously urgent and laid-back, angry and understanding, intimat...

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  Shawn William Clarke

  TOPAZ

  PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2017

  It's hard to resist Shawn William Clarke's charms. His 2014 record, William, was a warm, impressionist mural that hypnotized critics and sl...

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  Fred Penner

  Hear the Music

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2017

  Music fans of a certain age can take comfort in the fact that so many of their favourite childhood musicians are not only still around, but...

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  Ron Sexsmith

  The Last Rider

  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2017

  Ron Sexsmith's 13th album, The Last Rider, is a stunner. The Toronto-based musician's gift to music lovers all these years has been relentl...

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  The Cousins

  Rattlesnake Love

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2017

  What do you get when Kevin Hearn, the brilliant, multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist for Barenaked Ladies, teams up with hi...

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  Megan Bonnell

  Magnolia

  PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2016

  Toronto-based singer-songwriter Megan Bonnell's second full-length album, Magnolia, is a gorgeous, introspective collection of songs that d...

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  Danny Michel

  Matadora

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2016

  Danny Michel isn't too cool to write about love, hope, happiness or peace; he's not too cool to breathe new life into old clichés; and he's...

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  Damien Jurado

  Visions of Us on the Land

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2016

  Visions of Us on the Land, the third instalment of Damien Jurado's concept trilogy that began with Maraqopa in 2012 and was followed by Bro...