Tag Archives: Canadian

Gig review: THE SHEEPDOGS, THE COMMONERS – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 5 December 2024

Posted on December 17, 2024 by andynathan

By coincidence, for the second week running, Islington Assembly Hall played host to a pair of bands playing music inspired by the sounds of the American south, yet based thousands of miles apart. On the heels of Robert Jon and … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS | Tagged Canadian, Chris Medhurst, Ewan Currie, gig, Ricky Pacquette, Shamus Currie, southern rock, the Commoners, The Sheepdogs | Leave a comment

Album review : ANVIL – One And Only

Posted on June 13, 2024 by brianmc

AFM Records [Release date: 28.06.24] There’s Old School Heavy Metal bands, and there’s Anvil. On their 20th album now, the aptly titled One And Only, these Canadian legends have shed any pretence of “modernising” their sound, reaching back to the … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, PURE METAL (All posts), Pure Metal/Album reviews | Tagged anvil, Canadian, Chris Robertson, heavy metal, old school metal, review, Robb Reiner, Steve Kudrow | Leave a comment

Album review: SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGAR – Run To Me

Posted on February 8, 2020 by petefeenstra

Gypsy Soul Records [Release date 27.04.18] Released in Canada in 2018, but finally gaining some overdue promo in Europe now, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar’s ‘Run To Me’ is a deeply wrought album full of heartfelt lyrics (3 originals and … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, blues, Canadian, Dracy Yates, funk, gospel, Muscle Shoals, R&B, review, Run To Me, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, soul, Stax | Leave a comment

Album review: LAYLA ZOE – Gemini

Posted on September 20, 2018 by petefeenstra

Self release [Release date 05.10.18] Layla Zoe’s ‘Gemini’ is one of the most honest and hard hitting blues-rock albums of the year. She openly tackles the pain of the blues, but you always get the feeling that there’s a more … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, Americana, blues, Canadian, Jan Laacks, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Layla Zoe, Mississippi Hill Country Blues, review, Ten Years After, vocal | Leave a comment

Quick plays: LEVI CUSS, JIM McHUGH

Posted on September 17, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

LEVI CUSS Just Below Radio (Vol. 1 & 2) [Release date 03.11.17] Well, that’s a first – 2 EP CDs, 4 tracks on each, which surely doubles up on the production cost, when both would fit handsomely on a single … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS, Quick Plays | Tagged album, Ben Reel, Canadian, Irish, Jim McHugh, Just Below Radio Vol 1 & 2, Levi Cuss, Noise Machine, review, rock, singer songwriter | Leave a comment

Album review: JW-JONES – High Temperature

Posted on August 16, 2017 by petefeenstra

Solid Blues Records [Release date 02.06.17] Award winning Canadian blues-rock guitarist JW-Jones ditches most of the rock elements to ingratiate himself with the industry hotbed that is Nashville. ‘High Temperature’ showcases a handful of good songs that have one eye … Continue reading →

Posted in ALBUM REVIEWS, ALBUM REVIEWS (Mobile), ALL POSTS | Tagged album, blues, Canadian, country, Dick Cooper, funk, guitar, High Temperature, Jaida Dreyer, JW-Jones, Lonnie Mack, MOR, Nashville, review, soul | Leave a comment

Album review: BARENAKED LADIES – BNL Rocks Red Rocks

Posted on May 11, 2016 by jason

Concord/Universal [Release date 20.05.16] Barenaked Ladies (BNL) are one of those bands I have heard the name and read the odd album review through the years, but never really heard anything by them. That will change after listening to this … Continue reading →

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Interview: JOSH TAERK (June 2015)

Posted on June 17, 2015 by jason

Josh Taerk releases his new album ‘Here’s To Change’ in July and has just completed a run of UK shows. We catch-up with Josh who tells us more about the album, and how the recent UK dates went. Over to … Continue reading →

Posted in ALL POSTS, INTERVIEWS, Interviews/Rising Stars | Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Canadian, Here's To Change, interview, John Oates, Josh Taerk, Max Weinberg, Nasville, pop, Rising Stars, rock, singer, songwriter | Leave a comment

Album review: BAD WATER BLUES KINGS – Good Stuff

Posted on February 14, 2015 by petefeenstra

Tegancat Music [Release date April 2014] Bad Water Blues Kings have their hearts in the right place. They play smooth inoffensive blues, but don’t really have any outstanding material with which to make a splash. Jim … Continue reading →

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Album review: NO SINNER – Boo Hoo Hoo

Posted on December 7, 2013 by petefeenstra

Provogue [Release date 14.01.14] ‘Boo Hoo Hoo’ is an impressive debut album from Canadian rock-blues band No Sinner. The Vancouver based quartet readily venture beyond their core genres to explore rock, blues, soul, jazz, garage rock and jam band sensibilities, … Continue reading →

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Single review: JOSH TAERK – Casie

Posted on November 26, 2013 by petefeenstra

Josh Taerk, aircheck (Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 26 November 2013) Misty Creek Records [Release Date 9.12.13] We live in the age of the self expressive singer songwriter, whose hegemony of the air waves must make the more enduring folkies … Continue reading →

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Album review: LAYLA ZOE – The Lily

Posted on October 12, 2013 by petefeenstra

Cable Car Records [Release date: 30.o8.13] Canadian blues singer Layla Zoe offers a highly personal take on the blues. She’s a confident singer with an expansive range, who finds the perfect foil in the shape of German blues guitarist and … Continue reading →

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Album review: JADEA KELLY – Clover

Posted on October 7, 2013 by GRTR! HQ

Darth Jadea Music Jadea (pronounced Jay-da) Kelly is an emerging Canadian artist whose 2010 independently released Eastbound Platform album saw her nominated for ‘new emerging artist’ in the Canadian Folk Music Awards. And believe me, there’s some fierce competition in … Continue reading →

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Album review: LEEROY STAGGER – Truth Be Sold

Posted on August 13, 2013 by petefeenstra

Clubhouse Records UK [Release date 04.06.13] ‘Truth Be Sold’ is an album full of linguistic exuberance and boisterous musical vitality. Leeroy Stagger is a Canadian wordsmith with a punk indie past who is joined on this album by the experienced … Continue reading →