For four decades, Bob has written commentary and reviewed music, painting, film, theatre, and other arts for local, regional, and national Canadian media. Since 1996, he’s written Sound Bytes music reviews online. A working artist in a variety of forms and media, Bob’s latest album with Poem de Terre is War & Love (July 1, 2006). With broad knowledge of the arts, Bob often takes an off-centre, quirky view, offering new insights to an artist's work.
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The Mingus Big Band gives this music a powerful, evocative voice that speaks not just to America but to the world.
There's a comfort level here that will bring in the hometown fans but may not be enough to hook the national audience.
As retrospective compilations go, Wake is exceptional in its depth and quality.
“Tenor Madness” alone makes this a release worth owning. The others are the icing on the cake and the sweet cherries on top.
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Have no doubt, Multi-National doesn't mean International and it doesn't in any sense presuppose fair play. Colonialism by any other name is still colonialism.
Christmas music for the person who delights in the bizarre and unconventional...
If you think of the ukulele as a toy or simple instrument , the playing of Jake Shimabukuro will shatter that illusion.
Darker and with less humour than the original television series, this tale still captures Michael Mann's unique vision of Miami.
On his own, Jerry Garcia is far more eclectic and perhaps even more eccentric than was his most famous band, even at its most extreme.