Articles by Rachel Sanders

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  Pipo Fiasco

  Parade

  PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

  Montreal band Pipo Fiasco whip up a warm and evocative blend of jazz, blues, gospel, swing and cabaret (seasoning it with the occasional da...

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  Bonnie "Prince” Billy / Human Bell

  St. James Hall, Vancouver BC - November 10

  PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2007

  It was like some kind of beard convention at St. James Hall. Hordes of be-whiskered music faithful wandered among the pews of the church-cu...

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  Romi Mayes

  Sweet Something Steady

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  After years of kicking around with a variety of folk and bluegrass-oriented bands and recording partners, Winnipeg’s Romi Mayes has taken a...

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  Norfolk and Western

  The Unsung Colony

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

  Treading confidently in the deep footsteps of Wilco and Calexico, Portland’s Norfolk and Western are a collective of rotating members with...

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  Abernethy

  College Grove

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Vancouver singer-songwriter Joseph Abernethy serves up a second helping of weirdly complex tunes on College Grove, his first album since 20...

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  Sarah Hallman

  Sarah Hallman

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Sarah Hallman’s feisty debut disc is loaded with simple, confident melodies that take surprising turns. With a spirited harmony here or an...

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  Be Good Tanyas

  Hello Love

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  After a three-year hiatus (during which Frazey Ford had a baby and banjo-player Trish Klein spent time with her other band, Po’ Girl), the...

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  Various

  Fuzzy-Felt Folk

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

  From the peculiar little UK reissue label Trunk Records comes this tremendously odd collection of rare children’s songs and TV theme music...