NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator August 22, 1996 You’ve gotta admire a band that can rhyme the word “guard” with the name Captain Jean-Luc Picard, whom Trekkers know as the captain of the most powerful Starship in the United Federation Of Planets, the Enterprise. And you’ve gotta admire a band who tried to contact Patrick Stewart, the classy actor who immortalized the role of Picard in the classic cult…
NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator May 25, 1996 For almost 26 years, Ian Anderson has sung loudly and carried a big flute as frontman for British progressive rock group Jethro Tull. A few years ago, however, the 47-year-old made a shocking discovery: after playing the wind instrument on 28 Jethro Tull albums, he’d been using the wrong technique. “I’d say 80 percent of my fingering was incorrect,” says the…
As appeared in the late, lamented on-line magazine Magnet, 1996 Stardust, Baked Beans, Orgasms and The Meaning Of Life NICK KREWEN The Bowery Boy of blue-eyed soul is back, and man is he stylin’. Although the only reason Mick Hucknall, singer and architect of Simply Red, Britain’s most astoundingly successful R&B export at 26 million records sold and counting, is in Toronto in the first place is…
NICK KREWEN The Hamilton Spectator March 7, 1996 How full is Shania Twain‘s calendar these days? It seems that every time country music’s current chart queen turns around, another awards show beckons with a fistful of nominations and a live appearance offer. Just last week, the Academy Of Country Music announced the 30-year-old Timmins native was a candidate in four categories — including Album Of The Year for…
NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator Thursday, February 29, 1996 As founder of Scottish rock group The Waterboys, singer and songwriter Mike Scott gained worldly insight and experience during their 12 year, six-album existence. So it’s surprising when the 37-year-old Scott, wearing a bright red shirt and matching red cap, divulges an unlikely source of inspiration for Bring ‘Em All In, his first post-Waterboys solo album: Dr. Seuss. “I was renting…
