By Divine Right asks: What is the formula to make a great rock record?

“What is the formula to make a great rock record? Cover a synth-pop record from 1981!” (laughter)
José Contreras, guitarist composer vocalist etc. for By Divine Right, is very clear about the latest release they’re bringing to this year’s (2016) Sled Island Music & Arts Festival, Speak & Spell US … Continue Reading >By Divine Right asks: What is the formula to make a great rock record?

Dancing with a piano Pt. 2: Trios, quartets & quintets of the Fire & Water exploration

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 … Continue Reading >Dancing with a piano Pt. 2: Trios, quartets & quintets of the Fire & Water exploration

Mariel Buckley is Driving in the Dark: Her Country Family Helps her Steer

Some accidents are not only happy, they are positively confounding. Witness MUSICAlive! popping down to a Stampede breakfast to Hear a Calgary country favourite of ours, Tim Buckley, play on the mall, and meeting the similarly talented Mariel Buckley (his sister), also singing and playing some sweet alt-country guitar. … Continue Reading >Mariel Buckley is Driving in the Dark: Her Country Family Helps her Steer