Colin Linden connects with “unjaded” hero Rick Danko on stellar When the Spirit Comes

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON SEPT. 23, 1988 By Steve Newton A lot of people have rock dreams, whereby they imagine themselves up on stage, performing with their favourite musical idols. Most of the time these fantasies never come true. But once in a while--as in the case of Toronto's Colin Linden--they do. His rock dream was … Continue reading Colin Linden connects with “unjaded” hero Rick Danko on stellar When the Spirit Comes

Festival Express takes a crazy train to ’70s rock history

By Steve Newton There's been some pretty sweet concert Blu-rays released in the last little while. Hugely impressive was last week's Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration--Deluxe Edition, from Legacy Recordings, the same folks who gave us recent killer box sets by Johnny Winter and Mike Bloomfield. Yesterday I finally got around to watching another … Continue reading Festival Express takes a crazy train to ’70s rock history