From the moment the opener “The Great before” on Share’s third record begins, a spell is cast, and you know immediately this is what the music nuts (I think that includes me?) refer to as a “headphones album”. It’s surreal stuff, way too easy to get lost in, and it’s great how the song ends […]
Musician Morgan Davis finds home in Maritimes
Straight outta Lunenburg: musician finds home in Maritimes Born in the States, musician Morgan Davis has brought his songs all over the world during his three decades of playing, even alongside the likes of legend Muddy Waters (“ he taught me one of his tunes in a hotel room”, says Davis), and many […]
Errand Boy CD review
If Errand Boy (formerly of the lovely group “The Triceratops”) was to ever have a marketing slogan (which would just be wrong in itself), it would be “music made by nerds, for everyone”. His first official (untitled) release consists of electronically made beats, various noises, some piano, guitar, drums and bass, “samples of […]
Mary Barry – Red Eye Tonight CD review
The sort of music contained on Mary Barry’s third release “Red Eye Tonight” will likely make you want to put it on in the late hours, turn off the lights, stare out your apartment window and light up a good few cigarettes. Since this particular writer despises cigarettes, this is an even […]
Live Earth – Saving the planet?
<p>Live Earth (LE) came and went on all seven continents July 7, so now that it’s all over, did it do what it was supposed to?<br /> <br /> The point, the message and the steps to be taken<br /> <br /> Organisers Al Gore and Kevin Wall said the mission of the event was […]
Carbon Offsetting
<div> </div> <p> </p> <div> </div> <p> </p> <p>“Be a hero! Save the world from global warming!” reads a Google ad on a webpage about carbon offsetting. As much as we might all like to think of it that simply, the reality is it’s just a little more complex. Carbon offsetting is basically the process of reducing the net […]