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Amelia Curran Should be on Your Playlist

By oneoverphi

There is this qual­ity that runs through Cana­dian music that I would sum up as being lyri­cally dense. When you lis­ten to likes of The Weak­erthans, or Joni Mitchell or Gord Downie, we don’t shy away from the com­pli­cated turns of phrase. When it comes to writ­ing songs that have some­thing to say, Amelia Cur­ran... »

The Baroness Redecorates … Herself

By oneoverphi

Sarah Slean has been on my radar for years, but never enough to pur­sue. Well, let me tell you that this sit­u­a­tion has been tossed on its head. With her lat­est release ‘The Baroness Redec­o­rates’, CBC has been busy pro­motng. When  I heard ‘Par­sol’ my ears pricked up.  Some­how Sarah sounds dif­fer­ent. She has this... »

We’re All Going to Hell

By oneoverphi

The Burn­ing Hell. They’ve popped up on my radar and it’s won­der­ful. Their music is fun and witty. The nar­ra­tives in Math­ias Kom’s lyrics are a mad­cap romp through a world gone glee­fully wrong … or right, depend­ing on your view. Glock­en­spiel and ukulele, trum­pet and cello are among the ensem­ble, giv­ing a play­ful sound to music.... »

Trying Out Ribbon Wound Strings

By oneoverphi

Okay, it’s rec­om­men­da­tion time. Last night I restrung my gui­tar. It was sorely needed and I thought it would be the per­fect time to try out rib­bon wound strings as I’m cur­rently play­ing around with a new gui­tar slide. For those that don’t know, rib­bon wound, or flat wound strings, are strings whose over­wind­ings are made with... »

Give Me a Beat

By oneoverphi

I’ve tried all sorts of metronome soft­ware. Frankly, much of it is dreck, expen­sive dreck. I hate it when some­one wants to charge as much for a metronome pro­gram as an actual metronome would be. Let’s be hon­est, hav­ing to have boot up my com­puter just to get a rhyth­mic click-click is a pain. If you’re charg­ing $30... »

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