Award Winners

Brit Awards, Folk, Songwriter, United Kingdom December 7, 2011

Laura Marling winning folk over

Entertainment / Music Star of the U.K. scene back in Toronto for shows at Camera.  KRISTIN WILSON Laura Marling. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Wed Dec 07 2011 Can she make it three in a row? Considering that U.K. folk darling Laura Marling‘s excellent first pair of albums — 2008’s Alas I Cannot Swim and 2010’s I Speak Because I Can — earned prestigious Mercury Music Prize nominations (and helped bag her a Brit Award…

Bass, Concert reviews, Events, Grammy, Guitar, New Wave, Pop, Producer, Rock, Songwriter, United Kingdom, Voice November 1, 2011

Concert review: Sting at 60 can still command the audience

Concert review: Sting at 60 can still command the audience | Toronto Star Sting’s adoring middle-aged fans were willingly taken on a sonic adventure but some classic hits were left off the list   Nick Krewen  Special to the Star,  Published on Tue Nov 01 2011 The busman’s holiday is officially over. After spending the greater part of 2010 fronting a behemoth of an orchestra for his global Symphonicities tour,…

Arranger, Chicago, Cinema, Classical, Composer, Dance, EDM, Electronic, Electronic, Experimental, Film Scores, Funk, Fusion, Grammy, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Joni Mitchell, Orchestra, Oscar, Piano, Pop, Producer, R&B, Songwriter, Soul, Synthesizer, Technology, United States October 20, 2011

Herbie Hancock gives it all a try

Herbie Hancock gives it all a try | Toronto Star Longtime Gershwin fan’s Massey Hall show just latest outlet for broad-minded creator.   Herbie Hancock at home with keyboards both acoustic and electronic … thanks to Miles Davis. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Thu Oct 20 2011 Legendary jazz innovator Herbie Hancock might be considered something of a prodigy, but that doesn’t mean he’s taking his upcoming…

Australia, CMA, Concert reviews, Country, Country Pop, Country Rock, Events, Guitar, Keith Urban, Neotraditional, New Zealand, Producer, Songwriter, United States, Voice September 11, 2011

Urban renewal, thanks to country

Urban renewal, thanks to country | Toronto Star Keith Urban’s prowess and that of his crack band coaxed fresh depth out of his songs at the Air Canada Centre. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Sun Sep 11 2011 Many have talked the talk when it comes to promising something innovative in a country music concert format, but at the Air Canada Centre over the weekend, Keith Urban…

CMA, Country, Events, Festivals, Neotraditional, Songwriter, Television, United States, Voice August 24, 2011

Sara Evans, stronger than ever?

Sara Evans, stronger than ever? | Toronto Star Country singer glad to carry momentum into CMT festival.   Sara Evans, now an Alabama resident, comes north to Oro, Ont., near Barrie, for the first CMT Music Festival this weekend. Special to the Star Nick Krewen Published on Wed Aug 24 2011 You won’t find a more relevant country music album title at the moment than Sara Evans’ Stronger. Ever since the…