Robyn opens venue in style | Toronto Star Swedish electro-pop star Robyn christened Toronto’s newest general admission concert venue — the 4,000-person-capacity Echo Beach — Friday night with a core set that surprisingly lasted less than an hour. Nick Krewen Published on Sat Jun 04 2011 Swedish electro-pop star Robyn christened Toronto’s newest general admission concert venue — the 4,000-person-capacity Echo Beach — Friday night with a core set that…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
