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The Other Side of a Folk Legend

Folk Artist Digs Through Woody Guthrie Archives  Nick Krewen Music, The Toronto Star July 27, 1998 Mention the name Woody Guthrie and visions of a serious, poker-faced dust bowl balladeer spring to mind. Whether it’s such socially and politically charged anthems as “Vigilante Man,” “Do-Re-Mi,” or his most famous classic “This Land Is Your Land,” the Oklahoma-born Guthrie is indelibly etched in American folklore as the premier musical biographer of…


Numan Gets His Feet Back Down To Earth

  Nick Krewen, May 6, 1998, The Toronto Star After all these years, Gary Numan may be the one who is getting the last laugh. Ever since the self-proclaimed alien of electro-pop and his Tubeway Army blasted their way to the top of the British charts in 1979 with the robotic “Are `Friends’ Electric?,” accidentally launching post-punk’s new romantic era, music critics have never forgiven him. They’ve ridiculed his unearthly,…


Bryan Adams’ Life-Saving Valentine

PUBLISHED IN THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 , 1998, ADVANCING ST. CATHARINES GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION BENEFIT CONCERT ON FEBRUARY 15       NICK KREWEN     TORONTO:   Bryan Adams has decided to unofficially extend Valentine’s Day by 24 hours. His generous gift to supermodel pal Linda Evangelista and the women of the Niagara Region is a benefit concert this Sunday at the Jack Gatecliff Memorial Arena in…


Jethro Tull celebrates 25 years of landmark Thick As A Brick album

Nick Krewen The Kitchener-Waterloo Record October 15, 1997   Another year, another Jethro Tull milestone. As the enduring British rock band prepares to celebrate its 30th birthday in 1998, another anniversary has arrived: the 25th year since they recorded their groundbreaking epic album Thick As A Brick.   Created during an era when FM radio stations thought nothing of taking 20 minutes of airtime to broadcast entire sides of vinyl…


Hodgson Tramps Forward

This article appeared in the KW Record on Tuesday, July 14, 1997 and The Hamilton Spectator   Nick Krewen     He’s gone from Supertramp to solo tramp and encountered many trials along the way. So it’s no wonder Roger Hodgson calls his first album in ten years Rites Of Passage. The loss of his sister Carolyn to cancer, a mysterious crippling disease that temporarily robbed him of the use…