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Canada, CD reviews, Hip-Hop, JUNO, Producer, Songwriter, Toronto June 25, 2013

Maestro Fresh Wes at top of game on Orchestrated Noise: album review

Classified, Rich Kidd, Measha Brueggergosman, Lights guest on Toronto rapper’s first album in 13 years , Published on Tue Jun 25 2013 Rap Maestro Fresh Wes Orchestrated Noise (Fontana North/MapleMusic/Universal) “Before Drake was on the tour bus/Rhymin’ with Wayne/I was in the basement/Vibin’ the Cane/ I’d be your Rap Prime Minister …” As he recites those words on “Black Trudeau,” one of the killer joints on Orchestrated Noise, his first…

CMA, Concert reviews, Country, Country Pop, Ed Sheeran, Grammy, Guitar, Nashville, Neotraditional, Piano, Producer, Songwriter, United States, Voice June 15, 2013

Taylor Swift Red Tour: Flawless execution at the Rogers Centre

From the very moment the curtain rose revealing the lean-and-leggy fedora-capped blond, Swift was a master of precision. Pennsylvania native, Taylor Swift, is no wilting lily when it comes to the art of performance. By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Sat Jun 15 2013   Taylor Swift is a woman who knows what she wants. If there was anything made abundantly clear during the 22-year-old country music crossover sensation’s hour-and-45-minute…

Canada, Festivals, Indie pop, Montréal, Pop, Producer, Québec, Songwriter, Synth pop, Toronto June 14, 2013

NXNE: Majical Cloudz in pursuit of the perfect song

Majical Cloudz bring brooding sound to NXNE for Saturday gig at the BLK BOX By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Fri Jun 14 2013     Sparse has rarely sounded so satiating. Of the numerous adjectives used to describe the brooding, intense music on Majical Cloudz’ new full-length platter Impersonator, its relative lack of instrumentation and arrangement has drawn the most attention when garnering praise from music critic circles. CBC…

CD reviews, Producer, Songwriter, United States June 4, 2013

Queens of the Stone Age jettison old sound…Like Clockwork

Queens Of The Stone Age torch old sound …Like Clockwork Admirers used to Queens Of The Stone Age’s usual driving heavy metal crunch will be in for a shock Published on Tue Jun 04 2013   Rock Queens Of The Stone Age …Like Clockwork (Matador/Beggar’s Banquet) 3 stars The winds of change are blowing all over …Like Clockwork, the seventh Queens of the Stone Age album, and first in six…

CD reviews, Guitar, Producer, Rock, Songwriter, United States, Voice May 28, 2013

John Fogerty gets some help on Wrote A Song For Everyone: album review

Guest list for Wrote A Song For Everyone includes Foo Fighters, My Morning Jacket, Kid Rock and Tom Morello By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Tue May 28 2013 Rock John Fogerty Wrote A Song For Everyone (Vanguard/Universal) 3 stars One of the most prolific — and important — rock ‘n’ roll writers of the 1960s, John Fogerty spat out hits like nails for the five years he fronted California…