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Articles By Travis Richey
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Bass Lions More Than Islands Published Jan 28, 2008 -
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Jones Bones Jones Bones Published Jan 22, 2008An art rarely captured in its purest form, stripped down and done at home, these punk bones belong to Jones. East Vancouvers Jones Bones br...
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The Paper Cranes Halcyon Days Published Sep 19, 2007One year after the release of their self-titled EP, Victorias the Paper Cranes are certainly ushering in a golden age. The bands efforts t...
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Amy Honey Pioneer Woman Published Jun 20, 2007Amy Honey is an artist and music represents only one brilliant note in her creative range. Photography is another; her photographs are bold...
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Tony Marriott Solitude Published Jun 20, 2007Vancouver songwriter Tony Marriotts journey has run parallel to the Pacific between the creative centres of San Francisco and Vancouver. He...
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Harry Manx & Kevin Breit In Good We Trust Published May 23, 2007Their first collaboration, Jubilee, was nominated for two Juno Awards but walked away empty-handed. In Good We Trust has Juno written all ov...
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With the recent Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Ray Price collaboration, it seems to be the time for seasoned songs and singers. But classi...
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Various Views Soundtrack Published Apr 18, 2007Although not unheard of, soundtracks dont usually accompany books and most record labels stick to proliferating sounds, as opposed to image...
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The Holmes Brothers State of Grace Published Apr 18, 2007The Holmes Brothers have been at it for decades in one incarnation or another, preaching gospel truth and breathing soul into the music of o...
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Ghostrain Let the Record Show Published Feb 20, 2007Having recently parted ways with Magic Ass, Luke Gustafsons solo adventures continue on his second recording after 2003s The 7th and Carol...
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Clay George Cherry Bank Hotel Published Feb 20, 2007Country music is a wind-swept border town whose residents comes in all the varieties of good, bad and ugly. Its hard to know where to draw...
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The Beige The Beige Published Feb 20, 2007Jon Woods atmospheric touch serves the Beige songwriting of Rick Maddocks well and turns what might have been a crash into a soft and uneve...
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The Paper Cranes Veins Published Feb 16, 2007Victorias the Paper Cranes sound ready to fly up and away from their island home. Whether or not theyll eclipse the blazing Hot Hot Heat,...
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That Handsome Devil That Handsome Devil Published Feb 16, 2007That Handsome Devil is fronted by a guy named Godforbid. Godforbid knew what he was doing when he called in the trumpets, violins, and laid...
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Matt Masters Centennial Swell Published Feb 14, 2007Hes not a cowboy, just a country and western singer who plays it in a good, old way. This is Matt Masters first album. Drawing from the ho...
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Greg MacPherson Sun Beats Down Published Feb 13, 2007Following a series of albums with G7 Welcoming Committee, MacPhersons latest release is a collection of his best, pressed on vinyl by an in...
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Chris Thile How to Grow a Woman from the Ground Published Oct 01, 2006Chris Thile and his mandolin will move you one way or another. How to Grow a Woman from the Ground, Thiles fifth album, is bound to make th...
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Duhks Migrations Published Oct 01, 2006The Duhks, whose name sounds like ducks, are Winnipeggers whose migratory path and musical sensibilities connect them with Nashville, but by...
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Old Crow Medicine Show Big Iron World Published Sep 01, 2006One of the biggest charms of Old Crow Medicine Show is their conscious but contented ambivalence towards image. The album sleeve for their N...
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Jeff Healey & the Jazz Wizards It's Tight Like That Published Aug 01, 2006Jeff Healey is best known as the blind guitarist with a penchant for blues based music. However, in the years following his prominence in th...