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Been Around the Block? He is the Block

Brooklyn rock'n'roll/soul man Garland Jeffreys on just about anything - from Jackie Robinson to Lou Reed to Sonny Rollins - you ever wanted to know about everything

by Shayne Gryn
17.11.2011

Garland Jeffreys isn’t known for pulling his punches. The Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter, who’s been recording since the late ’60s, made a name for himself by painting honest, and sometimes bleak, portraits of the world around him. From the anthemic Wild in the Streets to the intimate and personal Spanish Town, Jeffreys has sung about murder, racial [...]

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MUSIC

Peek Experience

Winnipeg indie-soul outfit Imaginary Cities rise to unexpected heights while on tour with the Pixies

by Jamie O'Meara
08.11.2011

It seems that ascendant soul-pop rockers Imaginary Cities reached their ceiling recently while on tour with iconic indie-rock band the Pixies. “We were in Detroit, playing the Fox Theatre,” explains vocalist Marti Sarbit, “and somehow our drummer found out how to get into the ceiling of the venue. We climbed up and kind of peeked [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

Calling all “Ego” maniacs

Toronto indie-soul-folk phenoms Freedom Or Death touch down at Osheaga before taking their new release on a trip to the “Vaterland”

by Jamie O'Meara
29.07.2011

Speaking from experience, three indispensible tips for first-timers when it comes to touring Germany with your band: 1) Train your body to survive on bread and cheese alone (there will be an abundance of this, the only alternative to the leaden, cardboard-flavoured cabbage and potato concoctions that seem to be a staple of German rock’n’roll [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

What Could Have Been, and What Was

REVIEW: Lee Fields and The Expressions take Club Soda concertgoers to soul school at their 2011 Jazz Festival appearance

by Jamie O'Meara
01.07.2011

Despite giving a shout-out to all womankind via the women in attendance at Club Soda on Wednesday night – observing that without their unique birthing abilities, none of us would be around (hardly Pulitzer-prize winning science, but hey…) – when Lee Fields started singing about all the “lovely ladies, beautiful ladies, you’re so fine,” I [...]

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