"A sinister cabal of superior writers."
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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Music Review: Wise and Otherwise - Harry Manx
Manx blends a dozen styles at the intersection of East and West so subtly that their concurrence seems perfectly natural.
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Music Review: Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Various Artists)
Listening to the performances, you can feel the love, the deep and enduring respect these artists have for Leonard Cohen.
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Music Review: Live! - Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings
Rogers, a highly talented all-around musician, has clearly earned the acclaim and respect he receives from fans and peers.
Interpreting each song in her own manner, Baker brings interest, consistency, and even a sort of grace to this set.
Am I against Socialist art? Absolutely not. I'm just not convinced it often achieves its intended goals.
Solomon's music resembles most the compositions of Aaron Copeland or Ferde Grofé, blending modern styles with a folk music ambience.
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Music Review: Pretty Blues - Antoinette Montague
If this is the future of Jazz, Blues or even Rock & Roll, the music is in very good hands.
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Music Review: The Toronto Sessions - Archie Edwards
As teacher, mentor, and caretaker of tradition, Archie Edwards was very influential and important to the preservation of blues music.
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Music Review: Not Life Threatening - Solomon
This band is clearly the creature of Lenny Solomon, a folk and country musician with the soul of a poet.
Formed in Boston in 2002, Sun5 has a wealth of potential it's never realized outside the regional New England market.
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