A VERSION OF THIS APPEARED IN THE KW RECORD NOVEMBER 23, 1999 By Nick Krewen Jim Johnston may not be a household name, but he’s ready to rumble. Last week, he bodyslammed Mariah Carey‘s Rainbow to the mat and placed Foo Fighters‘ There’s Nothing Left To Lose in a Tongan Death Grip. He drop-kicked Counting Crows‘ This Desert Life out of the ring and bulldogged Choclair‘s Ice Cold…
Mark O’Connor leaves Nashville to concentrate on his talent as a classical music composer Nick Krewen For The Record June 3, 1999 Pssst. Wanna buy a house? It’s a nice one, located in a private Nashville cul-de-sac about 10 minutes from Music Row. An artist retreat, this 4100 sq. ft. cedar home contains three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a great room with a 26-foot ceiling, inset shelving,…
Nick Krewen Hamilton Spectator Thursday, March 9, 1997 Move over James Brown: there’s a new contender for the heavyweight title of “Hardest Working Man In Show business,” and he’s from Dublin. At 56, having guided The Chieftains for 32 years and as many albums, Paddy Moloney shows no signs of slowing down. This month alone, The Chieftains are in the midst of a 21-date, coast-to-coast U.S. tour, excluding additional…
Grammy Bid Defies Years Of Obscurity Nick Krewen Toronto Star Monday, February 24, 1997 He’s played in volcanic caves on The Canary Islands and recorded one of his four solo albums during a press conference at The London Zoo’s Aquarium, but Michael Brook says a gig he performed in the late ’80s with visionary keyboardist Brian Eno topped them all. “We performed at the opening of a Shinto temple…
NICK KREWEN Mike Oldfield, the British composer of Tubular Bells, the chart-topping 1973 instrumental album that revolutionized rock music and represented progressive rock at its most indulgent, sees future music entertainment as “a Salvadore Dali painting you can walk into.” Limited copies of his new album, Songs Of Distant Earth, contain a multi-media CD-ROM that he assembled midway through recording sessions, and Oldfield says he’s excited by new computer technology. “I…
