Far from the madding crowds, sound hunters search the wilderness for an elusive ingredient for their recordings — absolute silence Nick Krewen The Ottawa Citizen Sunday, July 25, 1999 It’s another long, sweltering day in the tropical rainforest, and Kevin O’ Leary is on safari. With an assistant who doubles as photographer at his side, and more than 30 kgs of gear each strapped to their backs, they…
Nick Krewen For The Record When they perform at the Guelph Spring Festival Saturday, Yat-Kha is hoping to grab you by their throats. Albert Kuvezin leads the four-man throat-singing collective known as Yat-Kha. Based out of Tuva, located in the mountainous regions of Asia between Mongolia and the former Soviet Union, Yat-Kha specializes in the ancient artform that dates back thousands of years. Kuvezin says throat-singing is easier to…
Nick Krewen For The KW Record May 20, 1999 The clock is ticking for The Tea Party. Jeff Martin warns that the fat lady could be singing for his Windsor-born trio sooner than later. “Every record we do is getting closer to our vision,” said Martin last week, in Toronto to master his band’s latest opus Triptych, due in stores June 15. “But once we get there…
Nick Krewen For The Record May 19, 1999 TORONTO: Lorenna McKennitt learned about the importance of water safety the hard way. McKennitt, the world renown Stratford based singer and songwriter, was mixing her live album last July at Peter Gabriel‘s Real World Studios in Bath, England when she received word that her fiancé, his brother and a friend were missing after a boating accident in Nottawasaga Bay, near…
Max Hutchinson one of 300 pros still in there pitching tunes to artists By Nick Krewen Special To The Star Wednesday, April 21, 1999 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Max Hutchinson may not be Roger Clemens, but he knows how to pitch. As one of Nashville’s 300 song pluggers, the middlemen who lob songs to recording artists for prospective album and single cuts, the Vancouver-born Canadian is starter, reliever…
