Electronic

David Bowie, Electronic, Indie pop, Nature Techno, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Scotland, Songwriter November 22, 2010

KT Tunstall ducking out of the singles game

Entertainment / Music Singer in town to play the Phoenix, with a new album that’s dancier and more electronic than before.   Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Mon Nov 22 2010   When you write a song as invigoratingly infectious as the 2006 strum-driven, romantic, self-empowerment anthem “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree,” the desire to try to creatively repeat that magic can be overwhelming. However, Scottish singer and…

Ambient, Arranger, Art Rock, Avant-garde, Beach Boys, Cinema, Classical, Composer, Dance, Dubstep, Electronic, Electronic, Experimental, Film Scores, Grammy, Japan, New Age, Oscar, Piano, Pop, Producer, Robbie Robertson, Rock, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Songwriter, Synthesizer, The Band October 25, 2010

Ryuichi Sakamoto works with giants and with glaciers

Composer found music even in the frigid waters of the Arctic Sea.  Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Mon Oct 25 2010 Over 80 albums and 32 years, revered Japanese cultural icon Ryuichi Sakamoto — who made a rare Toronto concert appearance Sunday at the Queen Elizabeth Centre — has dabbled in a lot of genres. Since he graduated from his electronic music studies at Tokyo’s University of Art, Sakamoto,…

Alice Cooper, Aubrey "Drake" Graham, Barbados, Concert reviews, Dance, Electronic, Grammy, Hip-Hop, LGBTQ, Metallica, P!nk, Pop, Producer, R&B, Reggae, Rhianna, Rock, Shawn "Jay Z" Carter, Songwriter, World Music August 6, 2010

Rihanna’s first headlining show dark and steamy

Rihanna’s first headlining show dark and steamy | Toronto Star Welcome to her nightmares. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Fri Aug 06 2010   Welcome to her nightmares. Psychiatrists would have a field day trying to figure out the meaning and the metaphors for what is going inside Rihanna’s head after what she unloaded on the Molson Amphitheatre audience Thursday night. For her first headlining show, The…

Canada, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Producer, R&B, Rock, Songwriter, Soul, Stratford, Toronto, Voice June 27, 2010

Esthero is still working on it

Esthero is still working on it | Toronto Star Writer, Kanye collaborator and notorious perfectionist back for hometown show   HANDOUT PHOTO “My intent is to debut as much new music as possible,” says Esthero of her Lee’s Palace gig. Nick Krewen  SPECIAL TO THE STAR,  Published on Sun Jun 27 2010 The drought is almost over. Esthero admirers who have been jonesing for some new music ever since 2005’s Wikked…

Alt. Rock, Avant-garde, Electronic, Experimental, Residents, Rock, San Francisco, United States February 13, 2010

The Residents take on death

Entertainment / Music If you think the TV series Lost is cryptic and enigmatic, get a load of The Residents.     Nick Krewen Special To The Star,  Published on Sat Feb 13 2010 If you think the TV series Lost is cryptic and enigmatic, get a load of The Residents. For 38 years, the avant-garde California-based performance art collective – they’re most familiar to the masses as eyeballs dressed in top hats and…