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In Conversation With . . . Thought Beneath Film, Part II

Thought Beneath Film is a five-piece alternative rock band based in Hamilton, Ontario. The band has recently released its debut EP, Detours, and is now touring Canada’s East Coast. Recently vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist Brent Wirth took the time to talk to Wanda Waterman about Carl Jung, feeding the muse, and managing writer’s block. Read… Read more »

Gregor’s Bed – Laborintus II

Album: Luciano Berio, Laborintus II (Ipecac Recordings 2012) Artists: Ictus Ensemble with Mike Patton ?But follow me but see the babies, chattering as they dream but follow me at this point, but see the mud at our backs and the sun and the sun between the trees and the babies asleep dreaming chattering as they… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . Thought Beneath Film, Part I

Thought Beneath Film is a five-piece alternative rock band based in Hamilton, Ontario. The band has recently released its debut EP, Detours, and is now touring Canada’s East Coast. Recently vocalist and guitarist Brent Wirth took the time to talk to Wanda Waterman about small towns, musical influences, and the Emily Dickinson poem behind the… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Part II

To Make a Living Song The Carolina Chocolate Drops is an American acoustic band playing in a traditional string band style. The band’s instruments include four and five-string banjo, guitar, jug, harmonica, kazoo, snare drum, bones, quills, fiddle, beatbox, tambourine, mandolin, and cello. They use a mix of both traditional and original arrangements and perform… Read more »

Maghreb Voices – Autumn in Tunisia, Part III

A Seam of Gold at the Horizon ?I know, and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backward.? William Henry Seward In Part II of this series, I asked whether Tunisians have what it takes to battle uphill against the economic adversity, corruption, and religious extremism that have lingered in the wake of the… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Part I

A Crush on History, a Love of Change The Carolina Chocolate Drops is an American acoustic band playing in a traditional string band style. Their instruments include four-string banjo, five-string banjo, guitar, jug, harmonica, kazoo, snare drum, bones, quills, fiddle, beatbox, tambourine, mandolin, and cello. They use a mix of both traditional arrangements and their… Read more »

Maghreb Voices – Autumn in Tunisia

Part II: Hearing from Tunisians ?In all forms of Government the people is the true legislator.? Edmund Burke ?Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.” Winston Churchill Read Part I of this series here. The Arab Spring’s weighty and far-reaching developments and repercussions have… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . John Hollenbeck

The Global Reach of an American Skins Phenomenon ?It’s traditional, when paying compliment to drummers, to draw comparisons with the octopus, implying agility beyond the means of a paltry pair of human hands. But when considering John Hollenbeck, the multi-limbed creature that seems most appropriate to invoke is the mythical hydra; for while Hollenbeck is… Read more »

Maghreb Voices – Autumn in Tunisia, Part I

?All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.? Albert Einstein ?Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.” George… Read more »

Gregor’s Bed – The Revolution Will Be Jazz

Album: Giacomo Gates, The Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron ?Basie was never really commonplace?he was always measures ahead. Ellington was more than number one for the music and things that he said. Bird was the word back when tenors were heard from Kansas right up to the pres (Lester Young) Billie… Read more »