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Alt. Rock, Bluegrass, Canada, Country, Folk, Gordon Lightfoot, JUNO, Neotraditional, Songwriter, Toronto May 8, 2013

The Good Family put down some new roots on debut album

Canadian musical clan that includes Sadies and Good Family drawing comparisons to the Carter Family By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Wed May 08 2013 The debut album from Canada’s equivalent of the Carter Family has been a long time in the making . Although they’ve performed live together in different configurations, The Good Family, which collectively includes veteran country and bluegrass legends The Good Brothers and the torrentially industrious,…

CD reviews, Dance, Grammy, Pop, Prince, Producer, R&B, Songwriter, Television, United States, Voice March 19, 2013

Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience bloated and dull: Review

Suit and Tie singer’s new album really could have used the hindsight of an editor. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Tue Mar 19 2013 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience (RCA) 2 stars Second only in studio secrecy to the recent re-emergence of David Bowie, Justin Timberlake ends a six-year music hiatus with The 20/20 Experience, only his third solo album since he managed to buck the trend…

Alt. Rock, Art Rock, CD reviews, David Bowie, Glam Rock, Indie, Producer, Rock, Songwriter, United Kingdom, Voice March 12, 2013

David Bowie lives up to the hype on The Next Day: album review

Entertainment / Music Bowie proves age is nothing but a number on first studio album in a decade. Published on Tue Mar 12 2013   Rock David Bowie The Next Day (ISO/Columbia/Sony) 3.5 stars       The secret’s out. After a major health scare and a decade of silence, many had assumed that influential and iconic rocker David Bowie had ridden off into the sunset. Instead, the man known…

Bon Jovi, CD reviews, Producer, Rock, Rock 'N Roll, Songwriter, United States March 12, 2013

What About Now one of Bon Jovi’s weakest releases: album review

Singer Jon Bon Jovi seems to be trying awfully hard to sustain interest       ROCK Bon Jovi What About Now (Island/Universal) 1.5 stars   Bon Jovi may have been responsible for some of the most bombastic hairspray rock of the past two decades, but at least those albums registered a pulse. On What About Now, the immeasurably popular New Jersey rockers’ first album since 2009’s The Circle and…

California, Concert reviews, Grammy, Indie pop, P!nk, Pop, Producer, Rock, Songwriter, United States, Voice March 11, 2013

Pink flies high at the ACC: Review

Pink rocked the Air Canada Centre Monday night with such mind-boggling stamina that it made you wonder at times whether she was superhuman. The Phillie-born Pink was back in the air at the ACC Monday night. She sang “Raise Your Glass” — portions of it upside down — as a trio of beefcakes held her and her bungee cord aloft. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon…