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Bass, Cinema, Composer, Drums, Film Scores, Guitar, Mike Oldfield, Orchestra, Piano, Rock, Songwriter, Synthesizer, United Kingdom February 16, 1997

Mike Oldfield talks Songs of Distant Earth

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…

Alberta, Canada, CCMA, CMA, Country, Guitar, JUNO, Montréal, Nashville, Songwriter, United States, Voice February 10, 1997

Terri Clark – Gifted and Talented

Published in the edition of Canadian Musician   TERRI CLARK By Nick Krewen   Sometimes talent is only one aspect of the equation. There’s no question that Terri Clark is a gifted country singer and songwriter: one who made enormous impact in Nashville with her self-titled debut album and a hatful of hits that began with the sassy, assertive post-break-up anthem of independence, “Better Things To Do;” and continued the…

Americana, Canada, Folk, Grammy, Guitar, JUNO, Montréal, Piano, Producer, Québec, Songwriter, Voice November 28, 1996

The McGarrigles’ Matapedia

  Nick Krewen Toronto Star Thursday, November 28, 1996   “We had no intention of turning professional. We didn’t even think of this as a career.” Anna McGarrigle is sitting at a table in one of the Lakeshore Boulevard offices of MCA Concerts Canada next to her older sister Kate, attempting to explain the anomaly that has resulted in seven highly respected albums and 20 years of wonderful folk music,…

Blues, Dance, Experimental, Funk, Grammy, Guitar, Minnesota, Oscar, Piano, Pop, Prince, Producer, R&B, Rock, Songwriter, Soul, United States, Voice November 20, 1996

Portrait of The Artist (Prince) As A Newly Free Man

Versions of this article for Southam News appeared in several Southam newspapers including The Windsor Star on November 20, 1996 PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A NEWLY FREE MAN   NICK KREWEN CHANHASSEN, Minnesota. The Artist Formerly Known As Prince  knows how to make a lasting impression. As the door to the conference room in his palatial Paisley Park Studios swings open, the man whose legal name is the unpronounceable…

Bass, Drums, Garage Rock, Grammy, Guitar, Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, Metallica, Producer, San Francisco, Songwriter, United States, Voice February 20, 1996

Metallica: Blood, Sweat and Beers

NEED TO KNOW: METALLICA, with Corrosion Of Conformity at Copps Coliseum on Tuesday, February 25. 7:00 p.m. Remaining tickets are $32.50 and available at the Copps Coliseum and Hamilton Place box offices, or by calling TicketMaster at 645-5000.   NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator February 20, 1996 There was a scene at last month’s American Music Awards ceremony almost bizarre enough to resurrect Rod Serling‘s decaying corpse. During this Twilight Zone…