Country kid turned radio host Norm Casler jumped at the chance to blow harp with Buddy Guy and J.J. Cale

When you're the host of a popular blues radio show and you also happen to blow a mean blues harp, life can be good. Just ask Norm Casler.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, June 26 to 28

High Fade, a funk-infused, technically adept rock trio from Edinburgh, Scotland, plays the Biltmore Cabaret on Friday.

On a stage decked out with a dozen white sheets, the Dummies roamed through most of the songs from their hit debut album.

"I do Infidels then go smoke about four cigarettes, have a cup of coffee, and hit it with [Tom Cochrane]. So it's gonna be a gruelling tour."

Charlottetown’s Two Hours Traffic has an awesome knack for conjuring melodious pop gems like “Stuck for the Summer”.

I did my third interview with blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis when he was touring behind his seventh album on Alligator Records, Moment of Truth.

“You never know what you would think if you’d taken a different path, but I’m really happy where I am right now."

It never fails to amaze me how lame the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is when it comes to ignoring stellar rock bands and musicians.

Late-night screening at the Rio of The Warriors, about a rag-tag gang from Coney Island forced to fight its way home from the Bronx.

“I still go back and revisit a lot of ['70s rock]. The Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush records, the early Rush stuff like Hemispheres."

I interviewed Drive-By Truckers singer, songwriter, and guitarist Patterson Hood for the fourth time back in June of 2008.

Back in the late-'70s one of my fave things to do was throw the self-titled debut album by George Thorogood on the turntable and rock out.

Friday screening of Backrooms at the Park Theatre includes intro and post-show Q&A with editor Greg Ng and sound designer Eugenio Battaglia.