Vancouver guitar greats Todd Taylor and Johannes Grames bring the sounds of the south up north with the Allmost Brothers

Local guitar freaks looking for a healthy dose of blues-drenched southern-rock got it in spades at Vancouver's Rio Theatre last night.

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, January 27 to 31

Screening at VIFF Centre on Monday of Robert Mulligan’s 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, starring Gregory Peck.

By Steve Newton I believe the guy in the above photo is playing an F barre chord. I can play an F barre chord, too, but you might not want to hear it. My limited abilities on guitar not withstanding, it's far and away the musical instrument I enjoy hearing the most. And I also … Continue reading A six-string salute to Vancouver: archival interviews with 10 of the city’s top guitarists

I've been on a bit of an Allman Brothers kick lately, ever since scoring a copy of their recently released Final Concert 10-28-14 CD.

Screening at the Rio of From Ground Zero, in which 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war capture their lives in Gaza.

Steve Earle is one of my all-time favourite American singer-songwriters, right up there with Johns Fogerty and Mellencamp.

Over the years I've had the opportunity to interview the Wilson sisters, and I'd always just assumed that they were original Heart members.

Former Slayer guitarist Kerry King plays the Commodore Ballroom on Monday, with guests Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry.

The New York Dolls' self-titled debut album of 1973 was one of the most amazing things my 16-year-old ears had ever encountered.

I heard a pretty funny musician joke the other day on the Facebook group Vancouver Rock Groups from the '60s to the '80s.

Screening at the VIFF Centre on Saturday of Bong Joon-Ho's satirical 2006 monster movie The Host, the most successful Korean film ever made.

Is it surprising that Elton's John's best song is actually two songs? Not really. And I'm fine with it being 11 minutes long.

Two days ago I posted a blog here about the unveiling of a statue of Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher outside Belfast's Ulster Hall.