Bob Dylan

Beatles, Blues, Bob Dylan, Country Blues, Grammy, Guitar, Handy, Pop, R&B, Rock, Songwriter, Soul, United States, Voice June 3, 2017

10-time Grammy winner Bonnie Raitt learned her craft from country blues greats

The singer-songwriter, who will return to the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts on June 9, says she wasn’t aware of how much impact she’s made during her career. Nick Krewen, Music, Sat. June 3, 2017 A master of the Stratocaster, 10-time Grammy Award recipient Bonnie Raitt has always been perceived as a trail-blazing role model who inspires female musicians to pick up the guitar and express their individuality. But it…

Blues, Bob Dylan, Business, Country, Jazz, Music Industry (Trade), Pop, R&B, Rock, Technology, United States January 27, 2015

Radio Ga Ga

Artists across multiple genres have carved out a new niche for their careers on the other side of the radio dial GRAMMY.com Nick Krewen “Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child,” he musically boasted in 1989. But even during the most infamous stages of his recording career, Mojo Nixon knew his days as an outrageously outspoken cult roots rocker were numbered. “I knew, and I knew early on…

Americana, Blues, Bob Dylan, Business, Canada, Country, Engineer, Folk, Grammy, Mixer, Music Industry (Trade), Producer, Record Labels, Robbie Robertson, Rock, Songwriter, Toronto, United States November 5, 2014

Bob Dylan and The Band’s complete Basement Tapes resurface at last

Toronto duo largely responsible for lifting the veil off “the most sought after and mysterious recordings from the post-nuclear, pre-digital era.” Nick Krewen Music, Published on Wed Nov 05 2014   Sitting at Johnny Rockets, a ’50s-style burger joint in Yonge-Dundas Square, my dining companion pulls out a cardboard envelope and hands it over. “Open it up and have a look. Have a little whiff,” he insists. Inside is a…

Beatles, Bluegrass, Blues, Bob Dylan, Country, David Bromberg, Delaware, Folk, Guitar, Jazz, New York, Philadelphia, Producer, Rock, Songwriter, The Band, United States, Willie Nelson December 16, 2011

David Bromberg: Gifted guitarist keeps ’em guessing

Entertainment / Music Spontaneity and fun keep the road vital for axeman at Hugh’s Room Sunday.   Respected guitarist and songwriter David Bromberg plays Hugh’s Room on Sunday. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Fri Dec 16 2011 David Bromberg, the journeyman multi-instrumentalist string wizard who returns to Hugh’s Room on Sunday, is certainly one of a kind. At 66, he’s done it all: as a session and sideman, he’s…

Beach Boys, Beatles, Bob Dylan, Education, Residents September 14, 2004

Pop Music 101

Studying Pop Music 101   Nick Krewen GRAMMY.com September 2004 Universities often feature artists in residence, but Andy Hollinden is more interested in featuring the artistry of The Residents. Hollinden, an assistant professor of music at The Indiana University School Of Music, is offering a three-credit course that binds the eccentric music of San Francisco’s most famous enigmatic eyeballs with the absurdist cacophony of Don “Captain Beefheart” Van Vliet and…