Articles by Sarah Chodos

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  Shred Kelly Put Their Own Spin on Banjo-Laden Rock with 'Like a Rising Sun'

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2020

  Shred Kelly's Tim Newton welcomed his daughter into the world and lost his father just over a year before the release of Like a Rising Sun....

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  Adrian Glynn's 'Ghostlight Sessions' Is a Haunting Dispatch from an Empty Theatre

  PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2020

  Adrian Glynn was in Kamloops for rehearsals of Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (in which he would return to his role as "The Writ...

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  Bibio Finds Comfort in Discomfort on Jarring, Electro-Folk 'Sleep On the Wing'

  PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2020

  Records should not be judged by their covers, except in the case of Bibio's Sleep On the Wing. In this instance, the image of a city at nig...

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  Fucked Up Offshoot Jade Hairpins Find Beauty in the Melodic on 'Harmony Avenue'

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2020

  Jade Hairpins is an apt name for this Toronto- and London-based group — their sound is lovely and delicate but also pretty sharp. Led by Fu...

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  Marin Patenaude Twists Canadian Folk Traditions on 'Sight Unseen'

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2020

  Marin Patenaude's smooth, nuanced voice can seem high like a bird, and at the same time deep and earthy. Her second album, Sight Unseen, tr...

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  Hanni El Khatib Effortlessly Weaves Genres Together on 'Flight'

  PUBLISHED May 15, 2020

  "Carry," the first track on Hanni El Khatib's fifth album, Flight, begins with a slow, electronic drum beat and then evolves into something...