Singer, Writer Can Cram Lots Into A Tiny Tune NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator January 14, 1998 She plys her trade as a songwriting folksinger, but perhaps Dar Williams might consider an alternate career as an economist. You can choose virtually any song from the 30-year-old’s exceptional three album catalogue — say “When I Was A Boy,” her timeless paean to tomboyish innocence that kicks off…
Nick Krewen The Toronto Star January 14, 1998 Forget The Prodigy: the next big thing in music might very well be the progeny. As 1998 groans forward, there seems to be an unprecedented number of celebrated musical offspring preparing to cut the umbilical cord of their famous parents and springboard into their own careers. The kickoff unofficially begins this week on a few fronts. Martha Wainwright, the Montreal-based…
PUBLISHED IN THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR Thursday, December 5, 1997 NEED TO KNOW: THE TRAGICALLY HIP with Rheostatics, Copps Coliseum, Wednesday, December 11. Sold Out. BY NICK KREWEN Suppose you gave a performance and nobody came? According to Rob Baker, guitarist for Canadian rock icons The Tragically Hip, a Hamilton strip-and-rock club was the host for just such an astonishing occasion, much to the band’s chagrin. The era was…
PUBLISHED IN CANADIAN MUSICIAN Nick Krewen When it comes to exploring her Celtic ancestry, Loreena McKennitt leaves no stone unturned. She’s trekked to the far corners of the Earth following her muse, this one-woman dynamo on a mission of cultural renaissance. Her travels have taken her to London, Ireland, Athens, Istanbul, Sicily and even a ride on the Trans-Siberian Railway to inspire her latest masterpiece, The Book…
PUBLISHED IN THE KITCHENER-WATERLOO RECORD Friday, Oct 23, 1997 By Nick Krewen For The Record Beats, rhyming and scratching. Run-D.M.C., the rap pioneers from Hollis, Queens in New York, promise to keep it pure and simple Saturday night when they make a rare appearance at the University Of Waterloo’s Federation Hall. “We’re not using any fancy costumes or big choreography or anything like that,” declares Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels…
