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CMA, Concert reviews, Country, Country Rock, Events, Nashville, Neotraditional, Songwriter, United States, Voice August 16, 2013

Kenny Chesney delivers the good life at Molson Amphitheatre: review

The audience lapped it up, as the “tropical” country star paraded his sun-kissed playlist. And talented opener Kacey Musgraves is going places. By: Nick Krewen Music, SPECIAL TO THE STAR, Published on Fri Aug 16 2013 Kenny Chesney At the Molson Amphitheatre, Aug. 15 3.5 stars Since there’s no official category for “tropical” country music, Kenny Chesney should perhaps file the papers and register his entitlement to the genre. It’s…

Bass, Concert reviews, Drums, Guitar, Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, Rock, Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, Songwriter, Television, United Kingdom, Voice August 15, 2013

Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne at Toronto’s ACC: review

Energized by its first ever chart-topping album, Black Sabbath gives fans a magical night to remember. By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Thu Aug 15 2013 Special To The Star     Black Sabbath At the Air Canada Centre, Aug. 14. After 44 years of juggling prosperous bands and solo careers, as well as a TV show that became a prototype for some of the reality dreck currently inhabiting the…

Arranger, Composer, Events, Grammy, Producer, Songwriter, United States August 13, 2013

Cyndi Lauper, John Mellencamp, Duncan Sheik Find A Musical Outlet

GRAMMY winners are successfully crossing over from the concert stage to the Broadway stage NICK KREWEN GRAMMYS MAY 15, 2017 GRAMMY.com When the musical “Kinky Boots” captured six Tony Awards in June, including wins for Best Musical and Best Original Score Written For The Theatre, its composer was a familiar name to pop music fans: Cyndi Lauper. It was the GRAMMY winner’s first foray into this new discipline, but she’s…

American Idol, CMA, Country, Country Pop, Country Rock, Dean Brody, Events, Festivals, Producer, Songwriter, Television, United States August 2, 2013

The Band Perry brings ‘spitfire attitude’ to Boots and Hearts festival

Siblings Kimberly, Reid and Neil Perry headline country music fest on Aug. 3 with Rascal Flatts By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Fri Aug 02 2013 Heartbreak and attitude. While those two qualities don’t spell out the entire musical proclivity of The Band Perry, the sibling trio from Mobile, Alabama, that has been taking the country music world by storm, this is a group that enjoys flaunting its ornery side….

CMA, Concert reviews, Country, Country Pop, Country Rock, Grammy, Neotraditional, Songwriter, United States, Voice July 26, 2013

Tim McGraw review: superstar not resting on his laurels

McGraw’s Molson Amphitheatre concert full of favourites but gave appreciative crowd new stuff too SBy: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Fri Jul 26 2013 Tim McGraw 3 stars July 25 at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre It seems you can never have too many guitars at a Tim McGraw concert. With an eight-piece band backing him up during a two-hour love-in with a full house at the Molson Amphitheatre on Thursday night,…