Articles by Michael Barclay

Cream of the North
List
PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007
When a book titled The Top 100 Canadian Albums hits the shelves, the typically Canadian thing to do is to bitch about what didn't make the...
The Acorn
Family Affairs
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2007
Gloria Esperanza Montoya is a radiant, striking woman likely never more so than when she speaks with immense pride of her only son, Rolf...
Radiant City
Gary Burns and Jim Brown
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2007
The suburbs suck our souls, offer false illusions of community and are unsustainable on several levels. Is this news to anyone anymore? And...
Miracle Fortress- <i>Five Roses</i>
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2007
The word "timeless implies something to last the ages. Something unique that could have emerged from various points of recent history, tha...
Prince
Planet Earth
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2007
When hes not shilling for cell phones and perfumes, Prince is giving out three million copies of this new record to newspaper subscribers...
Montreal QC September 25 to 28
PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2007
This smart synth trio was part of the hometown show organised by the often-snipe-y montrealshows.com message board and it showed. AVM can b...
Montreal QC September 25 to 28
PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2007
Matthew Bono is more like it. Somehow his guitar got lost in Ottawa the night before, so Barber took the opportunity to take full charge of...
Montreal QC September 25 to 28
PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2007
With a full band behind him, Buck 65 becomes even more animated on stage, while they added greater dynamics to "Craftmanship, "Stella and...