Luke Doucet
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010In Tuesday’s National Post I sit down with Luke Doucet to talk about his new album Steel City Trawler, a collaboration with renowned cartoonist David Collier.
Polaris Music Prize
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010In Wednesday’s National Post I take a look at the short list for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.
Forest City Lovers
Friday, July 2nd, 2010In Friday’s National Post I sit down with the Forest City Lovers to talk about their new LP, Carriage.
Polaris Music Prize
Friday, June 18th, 2010Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall; Justin Rutledge; Benazir Bhutto
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010A million things in today’s paper. Okay, three: I sit down with Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall to talk about his debut novel, Ghosted; I sit down with Justin Rutledge to talk about his fourth record, The Early Widows; and I sit down with two of the men behind the new documentary film, Bhutto, which is screening at Hot Docs this week.
Douglas Coupland; Paul Quarrington
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010In today’s National Post, I chat with Douglas Coupland about his latest project, Speaking to the Past, and report from Tuesday night’s tribute to the late Paul Quarrington.
Old Man Luedecke; Kabul Dreams
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010In today’s National Post, I chat with Old Man Luedecke about his new record, My Hands are on Fire and other Love Songs, and take a look at Kabul Dreams, who call themselves Afghanistan’s first rock band.
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010In Tuesday’s National Post I chat with Max Raabe, who is in town tonight with his renowned Palast Orchester. I’d never heard of him until recently, but they are really good.
2010 Juno Awards
Thursday, March 4th, 2010The nominations were announced yesterday, and I was there.
Rabindranath Maharaj; Wavelength
Saturday, February 6th, 2010In today’s National Post I profile Rabindranath Maharaj, author of the new novel The Amazing Absorbing Boy. Also: an oral history of Wavelength, the Sunday night Toronto music series which comes to an end next week.