Artists such as Julia Nunes, Amanda Palmer and Derek Webb are receiving big career boosts via Kickstarter, NoiseTrade and SoundCloud NICK KREWEN MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com After freeing herself from a recording contract and financing sessions with her band the Grand Theft Orchestra, the Boston-based singer/songwriter Amanda Palmer launched a campaign on crowdfunding site Kickstarter to raise $100,000 to help promote and finance her new album, due…
Entertainment / Music Eighties pop star, tech entrepreneur, now game designer — and through it all, a science obsessive. Musician Thomas Dolby in his travelling “time capsule.” By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Sun Apr 01 2012 Ever the inventive sort, Thomas Dolby is bringing a special guest to Monday night’s gig at the Mod Club: his own time machine. “It’s a 1930s Teardrop trailer that looks like Jules Verne customized…
Herbie Hancock gives it all a try | Toronto Star Longtime Gershwin fan’s Massey Hall show just latest outlet for broad-minded creator. Herbie Hancock at home with keyboards both acoustic and electronic … thanks to Miles Davis. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Thu Oct 20 2011 Legendary jazz innovator Herbie Hancock might be considered something of a prodigy, but that doesn’t mean he’s taking his upcoming…
Explosions in the Sky burst onto centre stage | Toronto Star A crowd of 3,000 were drawn by the Austin-based instrumental quintet to the Sound Academy for a 90-minute, encore-free show that dragged. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Sat Oct 08 2011 Explosions in the Sky is no longer on the fringe. When you draw a paying college and university crowd of 3,000 to the Sound Academy,…
Entertainment / Music Teen singing sensation entertains but doesn’t genuinely connect with fans. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Tue Nov 23 2010 He’s unstoppable! The teen pop phenom freight train known as Justin Bieber barrelled over a sold-out Air Canada Centre audience for the second time in three months Tuesday night, with a dazzling 90-minute tease-and-please spectacle designed to activate that dormant female gene that only comes alive…
