ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS Bob Dylan (Columbia) **** I haven’t always had the easiest relationship with Dylan’s music, finding some songs and albums inspiring and...

THE REMEDY Too Slim & The Taildraggers (Vizztone/Underworld Records) ***** As much of a fan I am of their last album, 2018’s High Desert Heat...

SOUL SERVICE Tony Holiday (VizzTone) *** ½   Tony Holiday has done it again.  He follows up last year’s Porch Sessions with Soul Service, a...

BRAVE Dani Wilde (single) (VizzTone) **** A new digital single from this British blues Award winner, scarcely a month after her last one, Howling At...

HERMITAGE Ron Sexsmith (Warner Music Canada) *** ½   A new album here from one of Elton John’s favourite songwriters.  Moving from Toronto to Stratford,...

FIREWIND Firewind (AFM) **** In a 20 year career this is the band’s 9th studio album, and Firewind introduces new vocalist Herbie Langhan to the...

In these days of social isolation and staying home I spend a lot of time online, mainly on Facebook- I’m not that adventurous.  A...

GIGATON Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench/ Republic) **** This makes album #11 for these Seattleites.  Surprising in its varied textures, Gigaton is a dynamic record. Well- maybe...

SLEEPER Chickenbone Slim (Lo-Fi Mob Records) *****+ With a name like that you’d expect an old black guy with a tattered amp bent over a...

NIGHT WITHOUT LOVE Webb Wilder (Landslide Records) ***** When Webb Wilder puts out a new record, you can be sure he’s going to show you...