Entertainment / Music Fans, be warned: singer coming to town has had enough of touring, TV’s The Voice and even her modest fame. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Sat Jul 23 2011 Now you Sia: Now you don’t. After her upcoming month-long tour, which includes a July 24 date at the Phoenix with opener Oh Land, Australia singer and songwriter Sia Furler is retiring from the road….
Tea Party’s reunion steeped in worry | Toronto Star Hugely popular ’90s rockers buried the hatchet … eventually … and now play the Sound Academy. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Wed Jul 20 2011 A year ago, the prospect of a Tea Party reunion seemed laughable. When the hugely popular Canadian heavy rock band — seller of a million albums in this country in…
Entertainment / Music Pop visionary chats, just a bit, about Gershwin before Toronto show. Pop legend Brian Wilson got a chance to complete two unfinished George Gershwin songs for his recent album. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Fri Jun 17 2011 Has pop music ever had a more tortured soul than visionary Brian Wilson? From the physical and psychological abuse inflicted by an intimidating father, to his…
Pop fans, meet Jonny | Toronto Star Duo with grunge and neo-psychedelic roots take their new lighthearted approach to the Drake. Jonny is band formed by the collaboration between Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub and Euros Childs from Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Thu Jun 02 2011 Norman Blake and Euros Childs are no Jonny-come-latelies. Then again, perhaps they are: the principal…
Photo by Taylor Castle GETTING THROUGH A LITTLE HELL Story by Nick Krewen | May 30, 2011 For SOCAN Words And Music When it comes to music, Dallas Green likes keeping his options open. A few years after making his initial impact with the manic and aggressive post-hardcore quintet Alexisonfire, the tattoo-drenched guitarist with the dulcet singing voice introduced his softer, acoustic-driven alter ego, City And Colour. And in January…
