PUBLISHED IN CANADIAN MUSICIAN IN OCTOBER ’97 k.d. lang: waiting to exhale By Nick Krewen On her latest album, k.d. lang is smoking. Literally. Drag, the eighth album to be exhaled from the talented larynx of the Ninth Wonder Of The World, is a collection of songs that share the common theme of smoking, a topic sure to raise the hackles of the politically virtuous and…
An Octopus Exclusive!!!! © 1997, 2018 Octopus Media Ink. All rights reserved. BOB DYLAN on his album The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute JIMMIE RODGERS REVISITED Nick Krewen The times may still be a-changin,’ but Bob Dylan has taken measures to ensure that the work of one musical icon won’t be forgotten anytime soon. The music of Jimmie Rodgers, the railroad brakeman from Meridian, Mississippi who is widely…
PUBLISHED IN THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR ON AUGUST 7, 1997 TO ADVANCE CONCERT AT THE FESTIVAL OF FRIENDS, GAGE PARK, BRUCE COCKBURN : FENCING FANCIES By Nick Krewen Songwriter Bruce Cockburn has rattled a lot of sabres over the years with his politically-driven music. So it should come as no surprise when he reveals that his most recent Hamilton visits involved a favorite pastime: fencing. “For a…
Published in The Kitchener Waterloo Record, July 24 1997, to advance a performance at Friday, July 25 at the Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ontario A KEEN OBSERVER By Nick Krewen We don’t have a picture of folk singer and songwriter Dan Bern to show you, and perhaps it’s just as well. The 31-year-old Iowa native, who headlines tomorrow (Friday) night at Guelph’s Hillside Festival, is concerned about retaining…
This article appeared in the KW Record on Tuesday, July 14, 1997 and The Hamilton Spectator Nick Krewen He’s gone from Supertramp to solo tramp and encountered many trials along the way. So it’s no wonder Roger Hodgson calls his first album in ten years Rites Of Passage. The loss of his sister Carolyn to cancer, a mysterious crippling disease that temporarily robbed him of the use…
