So hear it is. The result of months of hard work from some of our favorite bands across this nation (and even a special cameo from one of our favorite American outfits). Basically, the idea was simple: Pay tribute to a Canadian legend on Canada Day. Oh, and get some free content for the blog of course. In all seriousness, Gordon Lightfoot has been making music for decades and his stories are passed from generation to generation. Unfortunately, when asked about the greatest Canadian songwriters, Gordon is often left off the list. [...]
Here is part 4 of who to see at NXNE . This time on Saturday June 18, 2011. There is a lot of things to see during the daytime and nighttime. Usually on the Saturday I would go down to the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern for CBC Radio 32s show. But this year I might have to break my tradition. I am setting my eyes on staying at this venue which is the Great Hall. Playing there are: 9pm - Duzheknew [...]
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by teepoo Chris Velan is Montreal singer-songwriter who draws influences from Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Robbie Robertson, Van Morrison and Mark Knopfler. His new album Fables for Fighters will be out soon but he needs fan help in order to tour! If you wish to make a pledge check out his Pledge Music page. Check out this mellow track that will be off the new album. Chris Velan- Same Clothes
The term world music is polarizing. For most indie snobs, you can't help but recall John Cusack's rant about Tim Robbin's in High Fidelity, shudder as you hear more and more song writers pick the carcass of Graceland clean and pass many of the same judgments. When it comes to Montreal's Chris Velan , the time he and his friends spent in a Sierra Leone refugee camp with the now famous Refugee Allstars actually shaped his musical (and personal) vision and playing with the likes of ALO, Brett [...]
With summer in full gear, some artists have to take a temporary backseat to the seasonal bias that is subtly prevalent in most people. For me, choosing an artist to listen to in my free time is not dependent on the weather, but rather my current emotional state and which style I feel would be most compatible with it. However, the seasons do play a role in my selections from time to time. On a beautiful summer day I would probably choose the likes of Springsteen over a gloomier group like Joy Division or The Smiths, with vice versa applying [...]
Chris Velan Genre: Reggae Influenced Folk-Pop Montreal, QC Sample Track: Oldest Trick A classically trained guitar player from the age of nine, Chris Velan grew up listening to an eclectic mix of his dad's music: Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Willie Nelson, and [...]
[Happy 40th to Flaming Lips drummer Steven Drozd. Now keep the beat while I run through tonight's exhausting list of shows:] Give the Church credit — most bands who are still going concerns at the end of their third decade are just playing greatest-hits sets. The Australian quartet, touring behind a new album, "Untitled #23," that is almost Floydian in its shimmer, hits the Roxy tonight along with Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody . ... Also visiting from Down Under: Children Collide join [...]
[In L.A. this week, we're having a spate of June Gloom. That's Californese for "clouds." Here are a couple of singer-songwriterly things that may lighten the mood, that is ...] The secret link between KCRW and Perez Hilton? Butterfly Boucher , who, according to her people, is endorsed by both the tastemaking radio station and the whatever-he-does Web wag. The Australia-reared, Nashville-based songwriter's name really is Butterfly, and the major-label refugee last week released her sophomore album, "Scary Fragile," which was produced by big-time guy [...]
[Happy birthday to Jimmy Chamberlin, wherever he's drumming ...] Toronto's Constantines [pictured], now in their 10th year (yes, it's true), hit town for a show at the Echo with a couple of lively supporting acts — Long Beach's Crystal Antlers , with whom you are probably familiar, and Norwegian psych-poppers I Was a King , with whom you probably aren't. Here's a Teenage Fanclub-ish taste from their self-titled debut — download "Norman Bleik." ... Speaking of kings, promising new four-piece Chasing Kings [...]
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Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Chris Vela : "Oldest Trick" [mp3] from Solidago (out July 14th) other Chris Vela posts at Largehearted Boy Corbin Murdoch : "Dessous Les Paves, La Plage" [mp3] from Wartime Lovesong (out June 16th) other Corbin Murdoch posts at Largehearted Boy Correatown : [...]
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