Since forming in New York City in 1979, the Holmes Brothers have specialized in blending the genres of blues and gospel.
The Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood recalls some of his favourite album covers from the ’70s
I interviewed Drive-By Truckers singer, songwriter, and guitarist Patterson Hood for the fourth time back in June of 2008.
That time I asked Pepper Keenan if he’d wear a UFO t-shirt like fellow Down guitarist Kirk Windstein
I interviewed Down guitarist Pepper Keenan back in September of 2007, two days after the band released Down III: Over the Under.
Banjo-playing bluesman Otis Taylor offers raw tales from the dark side of life on Truth Is Not Fiction
As a kid growing up in Denver, Colorado, in the '60s, bluesman Otis Taylor met a teenage guitarist by the name of Tommy Bolin.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, July 31 to August 2
Screening at VIFF Centre on Saturday of Joel and Ethan Coen's crime-comedy Fargo, starring Frances McDormand as police chief Marge Gunderson.
That time Randy Bachman told me how he once went looking for Stephen King, aka Richard Bachman
Hardcore fans of Stephen King are aware that he used the pen name Richard Bachman for a number of his early novels.
Rootsy Canadian blues-rocker Rachelle van Zanten says the slide guitar is her second voice
The roar of a chain saw is audible in the background when Canadian blues-rocker Rachelle van Zanten answers her cellphone.
Flogging Molly’s Dave King says that Irish music should be soul-searching and rabble-rousing
“All the world’s a stage,” according to Shakespeare and that live Rush album, but when Dave King was a lad all his living room was a stage.
Newt’s top 10 Vancouver concerts to check out in August of 2026
Anonymous Canadian math-rock duo Angine de Poitrine performs August 23-24 at the Pearl and August 25 at the Commodore.
John Mayall likes the personality of music and the people who play it, as long as the reality is there
“This is a new chapter with this new band, and everybody’s pretty excited about it, so we’ll just see where it goes.”
Five minutes on the phone with Rob Zombie talkin’ Halloween II, torture porn, and whether it’s better to be stabbed or shot to death
I interviewed rocker and horror director Rob Zombie for the third time in August of 2009, when he was promoting his new Halloween II movie.
Victoria’s Blue Violets draw comparisons to Concrete Blonde’s Johnette on self-titled debut
The opening song on the Blue Violets’ self-titled debut album brings to mind nothing as much as L.A. alt-rockers Concrete Blonde.
Weed-lovin’ reggae-pop trio Daniel Wesley moves to the next level with Sing + Dance
The popularity of the reggae-tinged pop ditty "Ooo Ohh" has propelled Daniel Wesley into the big leagues of Vancouver rock acts.