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…
NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator August 22, 1996 You’ve gotta admire a band that can rhyme the word “guard” with the name Captain Jean-Luc Picard, whom Trekkers know as the captain of the most powerful Starship in the United Federation Of Planets, the Enterprise. And you’ve gotta admire a band who tried to contact Patrick Stewart, the classy actor who immortalized the role of Picard in the classic cult…
NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator May 25, 1996 For almost 26 years, Ian Anderson has sung loudly and carried a big flute as frontman for British progressive rock group Jethro Tull. A few years ago, however, the 47-year-old made a shocking discovery: after playing the wind instrument on 28 Jethro Tull albums, he’d been using the wrong technique. “I’d say 80 percent of my fingering was incorrect,” says the…
As appeared in the late, lamented on-line magazine Magnet, 1996 Stardust, Baked Beans, Orgasms and The Meaning Of Life NICK KREWEN The Bowery Boy of blue-eyed soul is back, and man is he stylin’. Although the only reason Mick Hucknall, singer and architect of Simply Red, Britain’s most astoundingly successful R&B export at 26 million records sold and counting, is in Toronto in the first place is…
PUBLISHED IN THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR ON THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1996 to advance shows at Toronto’s Opera House (April 14) and Kitchener’s Volcano (April 15) BY NICK KREWEN Is David Lowery the most misunderstood writer in American pop? He thinks it’s possible. “I’ve developed a little bit of a reputation for being a very cynical, sarcastic person,” says the lead singer for Cracker, his deep baritone resonating over the…
