Live Music Is A Once In A Lifetime Experience
After Rose and MUSICAlive! get through the naming of guitars and cats and other home furnishings (Shakespearean & Marvel Universe, to be exact), we finally settle down to actually talking about MUSIC (sometimes our conversations have to be reined in like a running mare who’s escaped from the pen). The good news is, to maintain the metaphor, this isn’t the songwriter’s first rodeo! …
MUSICAlive! starts our conversation with Laura Hickli with the 2 of us giggling like idiots, which is rather strange given the somber topics she is addressing in the dark secrets EP: near death occurrences, questioning relevance and purpose. You know, lighthearted stuff! …
when first we spoke with the artist nobuka about his latest release, Monologues Int´rieur, we asked him if we should use his pseudonym for our interview. He confirmed that different musical agendas were released under that name and his own, Michel van COLLENBURG, so we might as well go with “Michel”. …
Early on in our conversation with Catherine McLelland & Amanda Smith of the Honens International Piano Competition (Director of Artistic Planning, and President and CEO respectively) about how the competitors progress from auditions to the Finale, I pause to …
As happens with many musicians of his ilk (whatever he may consider his “ilk” to be), talking with a roots-centred singer songwriter like Noah Zacharin becomes a history lesson at several different points, whether it’s the genre definition of one of his influences,Guy …
The Women From Space Festival, happening in Toronto 3400 km away from our envious ears, has got a tiger by the tail with Myra Melford! We’re ostensibly talking with her before that adventurous musical event to highlight her most recent efforts with a group of colleagues who have become the Fire & Water quintet, on the Hear the Light Singing album, released in …
