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THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
As you read this, Zac Crouse is in transit. He plans to be so for the next several weeks, as the Halifax-based musician makes his watery way home by kayak. And the trip starts now, with a brief stopover for a show at Raw Sugar Thursday evening.
TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
It can hardly be counted as an overly ambitious North American tour. Indeed, Nicolas Golaz’s (you can call him Nak) first visit to the continent as Zéro Absolu barely qualifies as a tour. A show in Montreal last weekend; another, in Ottawa tonight.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Shawn Jam Hill
Metal dudes do it for the extremity. Belting it out on stages night after night is a grueling existence fraught with messed-up sleep patterns, erratic and lengthy drives to the four corners of the Earth fueled on gas station sandwiches and, if you’re lucky, free beer — the manna that flows from heaven into the gullet of the leather-clad rocker.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
He may voice dissatisfaction with his record label. He may lament that his latest work is misunderstood. He may speak of growing weary of life on the road, of having to play the same hits night after night, of a lack of privacy and the evils of piracy. But your average rock star is not about to go back to his dayjob.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Steve Baylin
“I’m definitely not a gearhead,” claims the soft-spoken Charlie Hunter, chuckling over the phone from the road as he makes his way from Boston into New Hampshire. “I went through that. And I don’t collect guitars. I have three: one six-string that my son and daughter play on, and two of my own instruments. And I’m happy with that.”
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Holly Gordon
Tim Crabtree’s solo project, Paper Beat Scissors, began as a musical mask. The British-born Crabtree was playing with band Sitting Still in York, England, and felt the need for another artistic outlet.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
James Brummel reports we will soon have another opportunity to observe several of his cool drumhead paintings of local musicians, previously exhibited at Shanghai Restaurant and at The Branch in Kemptville. “I still have most of them,” he says with a laugh “That’s the good thing about not selling many.”
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
John Aaron Cockburn admits he is the only member of the local sextet Dry River Caravan whose heritage speaks to the Balkan and Eastern European influences at the heart of his band’s original music. And even that connection, he adds, is somewhat distant.
TODAY'S SURE THING, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
Russell Moore has been playing professionally for nearly 30 years and has for the last 20 fronted one of America’s favourite bluegrass bands. Along the way, he has served a proud stint with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, recorded over a dozen albums with his own group and tallied scores of international awards.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
The songs on Monobrow’s full-length debut bear titles that would make Marc Bolan proud. Troubled Apostle in the Chamber. Swan of the Superplanet. Man Without a Watch, Man. And members of the local instrumental power trio do not hesitate to label their dense sonic stimulants, stoner rock.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, MUSIC>>by Allan Wigney
“Dug it much! Big time!”
That’s Mike Watt’s emphatic take on his first visit to our area, 27 years ago, for a gig in “the French part called Hull.” Watt laughs as he recalls the name of the opening band, local legend Porcelain Forehead — “a wild band that I dug very much!”
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet uses video projection design to send its dancers down the rabbit hole.
Local photographer Joy Kardish preserves, and reveals, all-but-forgotten spaces.
The 2011 visual and media arts laureates speak for themselves at the National Gallery group exhibition.
The renowned Japanese percussion ensemble, celebrating its 30th year, comes to the NAC March 7.
