Entertainment / Music Jim James and company build fan-selected set list into exhausting, cathartic Echo Beach show. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Thu Aug 16 2012 Jim James is a man possessed. Not that the My Morning Jacket front man and songwriter wants to be exorcized of his musical demons anytime soon, but he clearly relishes the opportunity to get in front of a crowd and…
Entertainment / Music Dynamic live rock band bound to entertain at Phoenix show opening for the Darkness. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Fri Jan 27 2012 “The first time I saw the piano player, he had a pinata on his head, so I knew he was open-minded.” That may be all the explanation you need to see Foxy Shazam, the shock rock sextet that hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, when it…
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,…
Arcade Fire ignites Toronto’s Olympic island | Toronto Star Montreal alternative music darlings play Toronto’s Olympic Island. Win Butler leads the Arcade Fire into an examination of his childhood. Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Published on Sun Aug 15 2010 Full throttle or second gear? On Saturday night at Olympic Island, it seemed to be one or the other for Arcade Fire, the Montreal alternative music darlings…
PUBLISHED IN THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR ON MONDAY, JULY 20, 1998 NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator July 20, 1998 TORONTO: While Hollywood stars Walter Matthau, Yasmin Bleeth and James Woods stroll through the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel, the real drama is unfolding several floors above as rock star Billy Corgan is giving a state of the union address on his band Smashing Pumpkins. The interview was supposed to include…
