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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: DAVID MYLES - THAT TALL DISTANCE

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You've certainly never heard David Myles like this before. In fact, you won't hear him at all. Sing, that is. This all-instrumental ...
Monday, August 30, 2021

MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: MARSHALL CRENSHAW - THE WILD, EXCITING SOUNDS OF MARSHALL CRENSHAW: LIVE IN THE 20th and 21st CENTURY

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On the surface of it, Crenshaw's a one-hit wonder who peaked with his first album, and didn't live up to the hype. 1982's self-t...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: NATHAN WILEY - MODERN MAGIC

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As more tentative reopening steps take place in the music world, one of Atlantic Canada's best festivals is back with a smaller but stil...
Monday, August 16, 2021

MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: SUZIE UNGERLEIDER - MY NAME IS SUZIE UNGERLEIDER

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No longer Oh Susanna, the singer-songwriter has stripped down to the essentials, with concise and clear portraits of friends, family and lov...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: PAUL RANDY MINGO - COUNTRYFIED REDNECK LOVESONG

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More unabashed redneck country from Nova Scotia's Mingo. Of course, that's the genre, not the politics, and I'd say Mingo has mo...
Sunday, August 8, 2021

MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: HOT MONDY (E.P.)

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This new Halifax quintet recorded with high-end producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda way back in early 2020, and then had to sit on everything ...
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Thursday, August 5, 2021

MUSIC REVIEW OF THE DAY: PATRICK BALLANTYNE - LOVE/SHADOW/DUST

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Ballantyne's penned killer-catchy cuts for others, notably several for Big Sugar, including "If I Had My Way,", and The Trews...
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Bob Mersereau
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
A veteran Canadian broadcaster, Bob Mersereau specializes in popular music writing. He's been with CBC TV and Radio since 1982, and regularly reports on the arts. Bob is the author of the Top 100 Canadian Albums, a national best-seller published in 2007, and The Top 100 Canadian Singles, published in September 2010, both from Goose Lane Editions. His music column appears each week on CBC Radio 1 in New Brunswick, on the program Shift, and he has written music articles and reviews for such publications as The Coast Magazine, The Telegraph Journal, and The Globe and Mail. He's also the recipient of the 2014 Stompin' Tom Award from the East Coast Music Association.
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