Wilfred Langmaid

WHILE I HAVE been a music reviewer since 1981, it is certainly true that I was singularly unqualified to review children’s albums until the birth

A DECADE AND A HALF ago, Bruce Hornsby brought back to contemporary music a niche – a brand of pop rock with piano as a

SOMETIMES, ONE almost gets the impression that the music of New Brunswick singer/songwriter Brent Mason is just a bit too good for mass consumption. There

DURING THE 1990s, the motion picture soundtrack has evolved to become a major market force. There are countless examples of high-powered star and single filled

One of the most common storylines for a song is the shattered loverelationship, and this tendency is even more prevalent in country music. Fewdo it

SINCE 1974, American musician Chip Davis has released an eclectic blend of instrumental music on his American Gramaphone label. The front act for this label

A GROUP OF Ottawa-based musicians have collaborated with a variety of embassies and the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral on Sparks Street to release an album

WHEN SHE WAS the lyricist, vocalist and focal point of 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant was known for topical lyrics and social awareness. With her second

HAVING SETTLED into a comfortable niche as a guitarist, songwriter, producer and wide-ranging collaborator, Colin Linden has become an elder statesman of Canadian rock music.

IN 1996, the Minneapolis-based trio Semisonic served notice that they had a future in pop music with their debut album Great Divide. Among the attention

NO FINER MUSIC of clear, honest spiritual reflection came out in the 1980s than that of The Waterboys. Their songwriter, frontman, and focal point was

THE MUSICAL GROUP, YES, was one of the standard bearers of the ’70s genre of musical excess known as progressive rock. Neo-classical song structures and