The eerie soundscapes created by Julianna Raye and producer Ethan Jones are superficially reminiscent of the collaboration of Julee Cruise…
Books & CDs
Although she has been a fixture on the Canadian musical theatre scene for many years (with roles in Piaf, Jacques…
Robert W. Norris’s Looking for the Summer is a graceful autobiographical novel that breathes fresh life into a perennial genre:…
Courtenay Day sounds a like a world weary Liz Callaway – clear and pure but slightly cracked around the edges….
A couple of recent releases feature benefit concerts devoted to two of the greatest theatre composers of the twentieth century….
The key word here is ‘unofficial’. Tom O’Neil is an American film critic and commentator and he’s been around long…
Be careful what you wish for. When I reviewed Lisa Richard’s first CD, Born To Entertain, I suggested that, since…
Electronic music seems to have one specific, defining characteristic: it must be made on keyboard- or computer-based instruments, not with…
Five albums – released between 1972 and 1982 – represent the years between Springfield’s critical peak with Dusty in Memphis…
It is has taken more than four years for Bernadette Peters to follow up her Sondheim, Etc album and some…
Don’t be misled by the cover to Mike Magnuson’s disarming memoir about growing up in Wisconsin, Lummox: The Evolution of…
Science fiction may have a narrow appeal, and is not always respected by advocators of “serious” literature. Strangely enough, however,…
When you are one of the most famous rock vocalists in the world ever, and you’ve been a star since…
“I’m not out to change the world,” advises Steely to the world via her website – just as well on…