Memphis bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart's affinity for underrated '70s-rockers Thin Lizzy is well documented.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, October 2 to 4
Rhode Island indie-rock quartet Deer Tick performs tunes from new album Coin-O-Matic at the Hollywood Theatre on Sunday.
Colin James checks in from Memphis where his sophomore album is taking shape
Vancouver's fave young blues-rocker had to travel all the way down to Tennessee to record the vocal and guitar parts for his next album.
The Answer listened to Rory Gallagher’s “Walk on Hot Coals” to get the blood boiling before opening for AC/DC on the Black Ice Tour
In November of 2008 I called up the Answer vocalist Cormac Neeson in New Jersey, where his Irish hard-rock quartet was touring with AC/DC.
That time Sonny Landreth told me about his favourite Crossroads Guitar Festival moment with Eric Clapton
I did my fourth interview with Sonny Landreth in January of 2013, when he was touring behind his all-instrumental album, Elemental Journey.
Christian metal quartet Guardian cranks it up at the Metro and leaves the Bible backstage
Guardian is the latest Christian metal act to come on the scene, with its debut album, First Watch, produced by Oz Fox of Stryper.
Newt’s top 10 Vancouver concerts to check out in October 2026
Former Queensrÿche frontman Geoff Tate performs the band's 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety on October 10.
Corey Hart has young girls screaming and fainting as his Boy in the Box Tour hits Vancouver
During "Sunny Place, Shady People" one girl fainted and had to be lifted over the barricade at the foot of the stage and carried away.
That time I asked Joe Satriani who he’d been listening to lately
I did my seventh interview with Joe Satriani back in December of 2010, when he was touring behind his 13th studio album.
Graham Nash’s 55-year-old “Military Madness” got me thinking about today’s ungodly lust for war
"And after the wars are over/And the body count is finally filed/I hope The Man discovers/What's driving the people wild"
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, September 25 to 27
American comedian and actress Nikki Glaser performs two nights of standup at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Saturday and Sunday.
Matt Mays eschews high-profile producers to twiddle the knobs himself on impressive Coyote
For his new album the 33-year-old singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist left the big-name producers behind and took the DIY route.
The Stanfields see themselves like if Neil Young and Crazy Horse were playing Irish music
“We just sealed ourselves in a tiny room and started whacking away on guitars to see what kind of noise we could make."