Articles by Ralph Elawani

The Stranglers

On Stage On Screen

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2013

On Stage on Screen showcases the Stranglers' performance at the Shepherd's Bush Empire on December 2, 2005, as well as an acoustic set and...

Einstürzende Neubauten

Live At Rockpalast 1990

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2013

"Collapsing New Buildings" hardly ever dipped in relevance, regardless of the context they performed in. Whether horrifying U2's picnic aud...

Ike & Tina: On the Road 1971-1972

PUBLISHED Jan 4, 2013

Ike & Tina Turner's charisma, showmanship and commanding performances resulted from years of canvassing the "Chitlin' Circuit," where it wa...

Pato Banton: Live & Seen

PUBLISHED Jan 4, 2013

Questionably introduced by Reggae TV's "Mr. Rich," this 177-minute-long DVD is hard to knock because of the seemingly honest effort behind...

Six Organs of Admittance

Casa Del Popolo, Montreal, QC, November 29

PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2012

"I had brought my acoustic guitar to play a set, but it would have been two acoustic sets on the same night. Then I met these guys in the p...

OM / Daniel Higgs

Il Motore, Montreal, QC, November 19

PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2012

In one of the most interesting essays on music ever published, Blues People: Negro Music in White America, Amiri Baraka follows ''the path...

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Bloodshot Bill / Catl.

Théâtre Corona, Montreal, QC, October 17

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

When Catl. played the ''intermission act'' on a side stage during Dan Burke's NeXT showcase at Pop Montreal, the juke-joint boogie-blues tr...

Les Momies de Palerme

Le Cagibi, Montreal, QC, September 23

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2012

Les Momies de Palerme's Marie Davidson's face was worth a million clams when mistress of ceremony and diet-non-diet Divine look-alike Miss...