Grammy-winning artist follows her instincts, whips up another covers album and roams into Toronto. British soul singer and free spirit Joss Stone will perform at Sound Academy. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Fri Oct 05 2012 If Grammy-winning British soul belter Joss Stone had a nickname, it would be “Miss Spontaneity.” “Either that, or ‘Impatience’ — one of the two,” Stone says, laughing heartily,…
How do you write songs that have political overtones without being perceived as political? . Veteran Toronto rock musician and Broken Social Scene member Jason Collett. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Fri Sep 28 2012 How do you write songs that have political overtones without being perceived as political? It’s a dilemma local hometown songwriter Jason Collett finds himself in with Reckon, his fifth and latest…
Perhaps there’s hope in the pop world after all. By: Special to The Star Nick Krewen Published on Mon Sep 17 2012 Perhaps there’s hope in the pop world after all. Inundated as we are by hormonal determination of the female tween populace regarding such lightweight romantics as the Justin Biebers, One Directions and numerous copycats whose musical, puppy-eyed declarations of love carry the emotional resonance of a Twix candy…
Adam Young, playing Toronto on Sept. 15, built his career, and his new hit with Carly Rae Jepsen, online. Adam Young of Owl City says his collaboration “Good Time” with Carly Rae Jepsen was done without them meeting. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Fri Sep 14 2012 Remember MySpace? It was only a few years ago that the Beverly Hills-based social media site was the…
Like the title of its latest album The Carpenter — released the day before they entertain Wednesday’s City And Colour crowd at the Molson Amphitheatre — North Carolina’s Avett Brothers are in the midst of constructing an enduring legacy modelled after the career of a good friend of theirs, Dave Matthews. Bob Crawford, Seth Avett and Scott Avett are the Americana act The Avett Brothers, opening for City and Colour…
