Rock

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…

California, Comedy, Geek rock, Novelty, Pearl Jam, Producer, Rock, Songwriter, United States, Video January 30, 1997

Geek Rock Trio Targets Hagar

PUBLISHED IN THE TORONTO STAR ON JANUARY 30, 1997   Nerf Herder Makes A Career Of Taunting Van Halen’s Ex-Singer   By Nick Krewen Toronto Star January 30, 1997   “Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar? Sammy Hagar, is this what you wanted? Dave lost his hairline, but you lost your cool, buddy. Can’t Drive 55, I’ll never buy your lousy records again. Never again.”   –from “Van Halen,”…

Alt. Rock, Avant-garde, Canada, Cinema, Composer, Electronic, Experimental, Film Scores, Producer, Progressive rock, Psychedelic, Songwriter, Toronto January 25, 1997

Nash The Slash: Gauze and effects

PUBLISHED IN THE KITCHENER-WATERLOO RECORD ( AND THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR) on January 25, 1997   By Nick Krewen Nash The Slash is the ultimate Canadian cover artist. Whenever he’s performed in public, the Toronto-based electronic musician has been an intriguing sight, dressed in a top hat, sunglasses and swathed head to toe in bandages. Now celebrating his 20th year in the public eye, this chic version of The Invisible Singing…

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…

Alt. Rock, Ireland, Rock, Songwriter October 3, 1996

Why We Need Ireland’s Therapy?

PUBLISHED IN THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR Thursday, October 3, 1996   NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator Thursday, October 3, 1996     There’s something to be said for touring smaller markets. Passionate Irish rock quartet Therapy? has been spending the last ten days crossing Canada as special guests of The Doughboys, and it’s given singer, guitarist and chief songwriter Andy Cairns a whole new perspective. “It’s really opened my eyes,” says Cairns…