CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Balconies dominate Ottawa Xpress' Best of Ottawa poll + new shows announced . MySpace Joel Plaskett, Deep Dark Woods , Catherine Maclellan & Jim Byrnes among Canadian Folk Music Award winners. folkawards.ca Merge Records to re-issue The Arcade Fire's Funeral on vinyl Dec. 15. via Twitter Ring in the New Year with Joel Plaskett in Halifiax. TicketAtlanta Spencer Krug releases solo Moonface...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Halifax singer/songwriter Joel Plaskett led a big night for East Coast musicians at the fifth annual Canadian Folk Music Awards on Saturday.
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The American-born Canadian actor/blues musician's songs are as textured as his vocals. Though he may be best known for his acting skills, Jim Byrnes is well worth checking out as a musician. Having played several recurring roles, including television show Highlander, Byrnes has a list of projects on IMDB that will keep the mouse button scrolling. In 1972, Byrnes lost both of his legs in a car accident....
Hambone's Blues Rumshack (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
A full on Chicago flavour of blues this week, paying homage to the past, present and future. Plus various shades of blues in between. Playlist Toronzo Cannon and the Cannonball Express - She's Gone from My Woman (TA Records) Toronzo Cannon and the Cannonball Express - Young A Little While (But Old A Long Time) from My Woman (TA Records) Jim Byrnes - Drown In My Own Tears from My Walking Stick (Black...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Sometimes I feel just like a pilgram. This is Jim Byrnes .
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
A warm and wonderful collection celebrating one of America’s almost-forgotten musical treasures
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
A DORMANT 75-hectare heritage village at Goulburn, complete with 77 buildings, cricket oval, clock tower, and bowling green has been listed for mortgagee sale with $5 million-plus hopes.
Tatterededge (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Today's Gratitude Week interview is with actor and blues musician, Jim Byrnes who talks about the mere six degrees of separation between each of us and the homeless. He puts it so beautifully-see for yourself. Today's words of gratitude come from my treasured friend Tina Abbott : "The timing of this is strange. I am grateful for so very much. Sometimes I forget how amazing and fabulous my life...
The Age (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell hasn't ruled out sacking the head of NSW's Planning Department if the coalition wins government in 2011.
Transbuddha.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
I’ve got a admission to make – I’m a bigger fan of the Highlander TV-show than the feature films. Part of it has to do with quality of the features dropping drastically after the first film, and part of it has to do with the willingness of the series to evolve, broaden out from the [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Helping to end homelessness and furthering the work of First United Church Mission in the city's troubled downtown eastside will be the focus of an upcoming benefit concert and CD launch at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church, on Wednesday, October 14th.
Herohill (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
It's not very often Shane or myself really wants to give anyone else the chance to talk - especially about music on our own blog - but after the countless hours of work required to get the Mississippi Sheiks tribute record out the door, Steve Dawson has earned a few moments of your time. Plus, with such an amazing collection of artists talking about music that influences them, well, it's better to...
EclipseMagazine.com (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Sometimes, when you watch a show you loved years ago, you wonder why you loved it so much in the first place. Wiseguy is not one of those shows. The Stephen J. Cannell series revolved around Vincenzo Terranova [Ken Wahl], an undercover member of the Organized Crime Bureau. Terranova had just come out of eighteen-months of [...]
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 15/09/2009
NSW Premier Nathan Rees has faced intense questioning over allegations of corruption within the state government.
(Cool) Shite on the Tube (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
Who knows if it will live up to its potential, but for now, lets look at some big tanks fighting some big tripods! Wheee!
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