Few performers have the ability to deliver a hard-driving show with as much gusto and playful humour as Sarnia, Ontario's human scarecrow.
British blues-rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor found her calling through an early love of Stevie Ray Vaughan
When I contact blueswoman Joanne Shaw Taylor in Houston, Texas she’s far from her native England but still, in a way, very much at home.
That time Jason Bonham told me what it was like being a kid with a dad in Led Zeppelin
I did my third interview with Jason Bonham in 2010, when he was touring with his multimedia show, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience.
Fish dedicates a song to John Lennon as Marillion brings its Misplaced Childhood Tour to Vancouver
When Marillion vocalist Fish walked on stage at the Commodore on Monday it looked as though he'd just stepped off the rugby field.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, September 11 to 13
South Korean guitar-rock girl band Rolling Quartz--composed of members Arem, Hyunjung, Iree, Jayoung and Yeongeun--plays the Rio on Friday.
Youthful picker Tyler Bryant’s “Curtis Loew moment” led to Guitar Hero 5 and touring with Jeff Beck
When Bryant was 11 he experienced his own “Curtis Loew moment” when he came across a 63-year-old bluesman at a music store in Paris, Texas.
That time Joe Satriani raved to me about two “Vancouverans”, producer Mike Fraser and guitarist Dave Martone
I did my seventh interview with Joe Satriani back in December of 2010, when he was touring behind his album Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards.
Arkells rubbed shoulders with the Hip while making Michigan Left
"If you’re anybody of our age and you go camping in the summer there’s a good chance that the Hip are gonna be part of the playlist.”
That time I asked Rob Halford to pick his favourite Sabbath album and was kinda surprised it wasn’t Paranoid
I interviewed Rob Halford for the fourth time in 2010, when he was touring with his band Halford, in support of the new album Made of Metal.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, September 4 to 6
Canadian soft-rock superstar Sarah McLachlan performs hits from the past and tunes from latest album Better Broken at the PNE on Sunday.
That time I asked BTO’s Randy Bachman if Bruce Allen was the world’s best rock manager
I interviewed Canuck-rock legend Randy Bachman for the second time in 2009, when he was set to play a show at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom.
Bill Henderson says Chilliwack is done with the Top 40 circuit, wants to record and play concerts again
Bill Henderson has seen his share of strange crowds over the years, but few as jaded as the one he encountered at the Metro last Friday.
Toronto’s Warped 45s don’t mind being promoted by their label as “Canada’s Drive-By Truckers”
The two singer-guitarists in Toronto alt-country act the Warped 45s go way back—and they should, since they’re first-cousins.