Articles by Michael Barclay

Gospel Workshop

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

In a month where WWIII loomed, in an idyllic environment surrounded by newborns and generational interaction, it was hearing Gregory Hoskin...

Hidden Cameras

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

This was a two-part performance, the first being an informal on-stage rehearsal where audience members were invited to join the band. Said...

Holy Fuck

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

Hands down the most ecstatic set of the weekend, this performance astounded even the band, who were visibly overwhelmed by the thousand-str...

Torngat

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2007

By Sunday afternoon of such a dense festival, one can only take so many guitars and traditional song formats. Torngat weren’t interested in...

Flags Of Our Fathers

Clint Eastwood

PUBLISHED May 25, 2007

This is entirely indicative of how Hollywood inevitably screws up historical epics. By telling the WWII tale of Iwo Jima and the American s...

Benni Hemm Hemm

Kajak

PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

Benni ho hum is more like it. It’s painful to admit, considering how this Icelandic band’s self-titled 2006 debut was such a breath of fres...

The Cinematic Orchestra

Ma Fleur

PUBLISHED May 22, 2007

Though still true to their evocative moniker, Ma Fleur doesn’t sound anything like the Cinematic Orchestra you remember. Gone are the jazz...

Great Lake Swimmers Dive In

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2007

Like Neil Diamond and Johnny Cash before him, Tony Dekker was once a solitary man. His band, Great Lake Swimmers, personified loneliness wi...