Articles by Thierry Côté
Paul Simon
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto ON, June 21
PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2016
At an age where many of his contemporaries have long retired from the studio or the stage, faded into musical irrelevance, or worse, Paul S...
Bonnie Raitt
Dig in Deep
PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2016
Forty-five years into an illustrious career, Bonnie Raitt's place in music history is well assured. The young hotshot guitarist who idolize...
Laura Sauvage
Americana Submarine
PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2015
Best known as one third of acclaimed New Brunswick folk trio Les Hay Babies, Vivianne Roy doesn't entirely shed that group's emphasis on co...
The City
Now That Everything's Been Said
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2015
For everyone but her most ardent fans, Carole King's career can be split neatly into two separate periods: first, there was Carole King, hi...
Patty Griffin
Servant of Love
PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2015
Patty Griffin took six years to follow up Children Running Through with an album of entirely new original material, but the relatively brie...
Christine and the Queens
Mod Club Theatre, Toronto ON, July 30
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2015
Héloïse Letissier, who records under the Christine and the Queens moniker, is already firmly established as a star in her native France: th...
Brian Wilson
Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, July 4
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2015
Every few years, a new album, film or unearthed set of recordings seems to generate a resurgence of interest in the Beach Boys and the grou...
Ponctuation
M at NXNE Bruise Cruise, Toronto ON, June 20
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015
M for Montreal's annual NXNE Bruise Cruise has become one of the festival's most popular events and it's easy to see why: you get to leave...