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P op I Dreamed a Dream Susan Boyle Columbia/Sony ** The dream is that you don't have to be a pretty young thing or a professional singer to become a big star. It came true for Susan Boyle, and for millions who got a huge vicarious thrill from her ...

From ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN, BRAD WHEELER AND ELISSA POOLE, Globe and Mail,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Susan Boyle,  Sony,  Madonna

Harrison Kennedy

O ne Dog Barkin’ Harrison Kennedy Electro-Fi To me, Harrison Kennedy sounds like someone who respects traditional blues too much to simply repeat them. The Hamilton-based artist uses his roughened soul-moan and unique, nuanced textures (often ...

From BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Essential tracks

T eeth by Lady Gaga, from The Fame Monster (Interscope/ Universal) “Take a bite of my bad-girl meat,” commands a protein-rich diva who is bold like Annie Lennox amidst flaring horns and some bluesy field-chant razzle-dazzle. Delicious. We'll Make Time ...

From BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hawksley Workman,  Annie Lennox,  James Taylor,  Joni Mitchell,  Phil Ochs

COMEDY

I t's Always Something in Toronto. This evening's gala is not a boozy night of gags at Snickers or Slap Happy's or the Chuckle Hut. No, comics Dave Thomas, the brilliantly bent Sean Cullen and host Russell Peters play a great room (the glam Princess of ...

From BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gilda Radner,  Divine Brown

You say party? Well, we say give it another try

Y ou Say Party! We Say Die! At the Phoenix Concert Theatre In Toronto on Friday *** These excitable British Columbians have a reputation for thrash-and-sweat live shows that their studio efforts so far hadn't matched. But the new album from the ...

From BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Karen O,  Emily Haines

Meanwhile, at the Horseshoe ...

A ndre Williams at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on Thursday While the Buffett bunch were still shaking the beach from their sandals, Andre Williams and the Sadies shook the 'Shoe a few blocks away. It was about midnight when the sleaze-rocking "Mr. ...

From BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Andre Williams

Jimmy Buffet's Parrot Heads hail their antihero

J immy Buffett At the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Thursday If Warren Buffett is a master of investment, Jimmy Buffett (no relation) is a master of time well wasted. Here's a man who has parlayed a modest talent for laid-back singing and simple ...

From BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jimmy Buffett,  Air Canada,  Warren Buffett,  Van Morrison,  Andre Williams

Bruce Cockburn and Michael Ondaatje blow their horns

W hen Bruce Cockburn and Michael Ondaatje chat onstage Thursday, they will speak on the “joys and challenges of the creative life,” according to the press release from Pen Canada, the champion of free expression that the discussion is to benefit. The ...

From BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bruce Cockburn,  Michael Ondaatje,  Buddy Bolden,  CBC

Arden entering B.C. showbiz Hall of Fame

U ndoubtedly, at Jann Arden's concert this evening at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre, a fan of the singer-songwriter will bawl out a welcome, something along the lines of "We love you, Jann!" Tonight, however, that sentiment will be formalized with ...

From BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jann Arden,  British National Party,  B B King

MUSIC / NEW RELEASES

P OP/ROCK The Fall Norah Jones Blue Note/EMI *** Norah Jones got famous in New York, but she grew up in Texas. Her Lone Star colours have been on subtle display since her debut disc, but they really show through on this free-range tour of all the kinds ...

From ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN AND BRAD WHEELER, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Norah Jones,  Rickie Lee Jones,  The Fall (musician),  Bonnie Raitt,  Barack Obama

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