Articles by Michael Barclay

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  Dottie Cormier

  Oh Happy Day

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2002

  Ex-Heartbreak Hill bluegrass sweetheart Dottie Cormier steps up with her solo debut, warmly produced by Don Kerr and featuring the finest p...

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  Justin Bird

  Glatisant

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2002

  Former singer with Kingston live favourites Shine, Justin Bird has crafted a fine pop/soul debut with the help of many local lights. He sta...

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  B-Sides

  Yes, Indeed, Quite!

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  Aw, shucks. These North Carolinians are so cute that they even have their own theme song ("Meet the B-Sides! Won't you come out and play?")...

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  Clark

  Terra Incognita: By Land, Sea and Air

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  John Tielli is successfully stepping out of the shadows of his family pedigree (Rheostatics, People From Earth, the Silt) and doing so with...

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  Countdown Quartet

  Party With!

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  Chapel Hill or New Orleans? The Countdown Quartet (actually a sextet) are as horny as a brass band with the rhythm section of a vintage R&B...

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  Natalie Merchant

  Motherland

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  For the past decade, Merchant seemed destined to be another Sting, leaving a good band only to make boring music for massage parlours and w...

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  Pedestrian Status

  Drifter

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  Bryce Clifford and his Torontonian indie rock quartet conjure an era of so-called alternative music somewhere in between '70s CBGB punk and...

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  Portastatic featuring Ken Vandermark & Tim Mulvenna

  Mulvenna

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2002

  Chicago's improv sax/clarinet wizard Ken Vandermark isn't exactly hurting for collaborators; he's one of the most prolific performers of an...