Articles by Michael Barclay

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  Susan Crowe

  A Pilgrim’s Mirror

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  This is an exemplary modern folk album, mellow enough for all ages without ever delving into maudlin clichés. Crowe has a powerfully subtle...

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  Tom Fidgen

  Human by Trade

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  Fidgen, who was the singer/songwriter at the core of East Coast folk-pop band Sunfish, is a much better singer than songwriter. His husky v...

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  Supers

  Spklanng!

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  With Odds on hiatus and the Killjoys MIA, there is a hole in Canadian power-pop waiting to be filled. Along come the Supers, with impeccabl...

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  Various

  The World According to Popguru

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  This compilation of new Canadian pop bears the subtitle “a soundtrack in search of a film.” That phrase has entered the realm o...

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  Jim Guthrie

  A Thousand Songs (Three Gut)

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 1999

  The first CD release from Guelph’s young scientist of sound compiles tracks from his home rock cassettes over the last five years, as...

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  Tom Waits

  In Dreams

  PUBLISHED May 1, 1999

  Tom Waits thinks I'm a cop.   Less than 30 seconds into a discussion about his first album in six years, Mule Variations, I ask an ice-brea...