PHOTOS TORI AMOS + SKYE WALLACE live in Toronto at Meridian HallPhotos by Orest Dorosh – Tori Amos was never going to enjoy a lockdown. She’s been playing live since she was thirteen years old. She splits her life between Cornwall, Florida and the road – and her songs are … Read More
PHOTOS MOTHER MOTHER and MONOWHALES at History in TorontoPhotos by Orest Dorosh – When the world prevents you from going outside there’s no other choice but to lean inward. The old adage “It starts from within” takes on a whole new meaning during a global pandemic, a … Read More
PHOTOS BLACK PISTOL FIRE & KADEEMA at The Opera House in TorontoPhotos by Alitzia Tyminski – Black Pistol Fire is a high-octane rock duo based out of Austin, Texas by way of Toronto, Canada; composed of Kevin McKeown on guitar/lead vocals and Eric Owen on drums. Drawing inspiration from blues, … Read More
PHOTOS VALERIE JUNE at the Danforth Music Hall in TorontoValerie June, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Her sound encompasses a mixture of folk, blues, gospel, soul, country, Appalachian and bluegrass. She is signed to Fantasy Records, and its parent company, Concord … Read More
PHOTOS JERRY CANTRELL at the Moore Theater in SeattlePhotos by Salome Solomon – Jerry Cantrell is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to international … Read More
PHOTOS JAMES TAYLOR AND JACKSON BROWNE at ScotiaBank Arena TorontoJames Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and musician. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold … Read More
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have sold over 50 million copies of their albums, and are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an … Read More
Photos by Salome Solomon – Pinegrove is an American rock band formed in Montclair, New Jersey in 2010. The band’s lineup is variable, with singer-songwriter Evan Stephens Hall and drummer Zack Levine representing its core members. The two met … Read More
With her spellbinding voice and time-bending sensibilities, Sierra Ferrell makes music that’s as fantastically vagabond as the artist herself. Growing up in small-town West Virginia, the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist left home in her early 20s to journey across the country with … Read More
Carly Pearce is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her material contains elements of both traditional and contemporary country-pop music. Pearce began performing professionally in her teens, appearing on several albums of bluegrass material in the 2000s. After … Read More
The definition of a rebel is someone who goes against the grain. For close to thirty years now, Blue Rodeo has taken the road less travelled – and succeeded far beyond anyone’s expectations. The band emerged in the early … Read More
Mt. Joy started off as a rekindling of shared musical ambitions between Philadelphia high school friends Matt Quinn (vocals, guitar) and Sam Cooper (guitar). Reunited in Los Angeles thanks to the ebbs and flows of adult life, the pair … Read More
Photos by Salome Solomon – Clairo rose to prominence following the viral success of the music video for her lo-fi single “Pretty Girl” in 2017.[8][9] She subsequently signed a record deal, releasing her debut EP Diary 001 (2018) with … Read More
Porches is a solo alias of synth-centric indie singer/songwriter Aaron Maine, though at times Porches has functioned as a band. The project emerged in the early 2010s with a ’90s alt-rock-derived sound that was centered on guitars and … Read More
Best friends since the age of 4, Luke Gruntz and Ian Fraser are cleopatrick. And while they are from (and still based) in the tiny town of Cobourg, Ontario, their sound is anything but small. The core of their … Read More
Photography by Lucy Sky – The Glorious Sons are a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario. Formed in 2011, the band signed with Black Box in 2013. Since then, The Glorious Sons have released one EP, Shapeless Art… Read More
July Talk is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 2012 in Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of singers Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay, guitarist Ian Docherty, bassist Josh Warburton, and drummer Danny Miles. With a reputation for explosive … Read More
Big Wreck is a Canadian-American rock band formed by Ian Thornley and Brian Doherty in Boston, Massachusetts in 1994. The band was rounded out with David Henning and Forrest Williams. They disbanded in 2003 and Ian Thornley pursued a … Read More
PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUCY SKY. Swallow the Sun is a Finnish band founded in 2000 by Juha Raivio. Their death-doom style emphasizes melody and atmosphere, and occasionally steps into gothic and black metal territory. They have released seven full-length albums, … Read More
In the spring, Crown Lands—Comeau (guitar, bass and keys) and Cody Bowles (vocals and drums)—broke through with two songs that returned them to their prog-rock roots and pointed the way to a limitless future. “Context: Fearless Pt. 1” and … Read More