Articles by Brent Hagerman
Caitlin Cary
I'm Staying Out
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003
Ryan Adams may have blazed the path for Whiskeytown violinist Caitlin Cary to embark on her solo career, but two albums in it has become cl...
David Francey
Skating Rink
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003
David Francey's Juno win for his last album, Far End of Summer, was a well deserved accolade and one that would be equally fitting if besto...
Mike Marshall & Chris Thile
Into the Cauldron
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003
What's in the cauldron? Hmmm, what isn't? Bach, fiddle tunes, Charlie Parker, heroic improvisational expeditions the list is exhausting...
Evalyn Parry
Unreasonable
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003
There should be a fine levied from every Canadian songwriter who waxes longingly about California in verse. Finally, in "Canada Dreams Abou...
Jesse Harris & The Ferdinandos
The Secret Sun
PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003
Nora Jones's cup runneth over right into Jesse Harris's lap. The Brooklyn songwriter behind much of Jones's Grammy-winning Come Away With M...
John Scofield Band
Up All Night
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003
This rambunctious follow-up to the Grammy-nominated Überjam makes it known at the outset that adventurous real time electronic improv is th...
Horace Andy
Mek It Bun
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003
Horace Andy's work with Massive Attack may have introduced him to a larger audience but this roots reggae legend has been around a long tim...
Hassouna Bangladish
Music From Sudan
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2003
Hassouna Bangladish is a six-piece band with both traditional and contemporary instrumentation (tabla, doholla, bass, guitar, accordion, vi...