John Shand | Music & Other Spheres Posts

March 13, 2016 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Camelot Lounge, March 6 8/10 George Xylouris’s is a voice in which you could imagine Homer intoning The Illiad 3,000 years ago, and part of the fascination of the music of Xylouris White is that it is a collision between two worlds. Xylouris champions the music of his native Crete,…

March 12, 2016 / Album Reviews - Archive

THE SILVER LINING (Columbia) 8/10 Tony Bennett occupies a unique place in music. Not only is he still singing at 89, he is generating some of his best work, and meanwhile is still considered sufficiently cool to hold appeal for four generations of listeners simultaneously. Of course his upper range…

March 9, 2016 / Features - Archive

Bryce Rohde and Jack Brokensha arrived in Canada in 1953 filled with optimism about pursuing their musical careers in the Americas. The first music they heard, however, was the sound of a cell door slamming, having been jailed for landing with neither funds nor means of support. They were bailed…