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Parlour games

December 22, 2005

SUNPARLOUR PLAYERS with Run With the Kittens at the Tranzac, December 15. Tickets: $7. Attendance: 75. Rating: NNNN Rating: NNNNWe got the snowstorm we were...

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The Sunparlour Players

December 15, 2005

Rating: NNNNA two-man outfit who eerily resemble Garth Hudson and Rick Danko of the Band circa Music From Big Pink, with a sound that's not...

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Moment In Time

December 15, 2005

Rating: NNNNIt's hard to believe this follow-up to his 2003 Juno winner, Tales From The Blue Lounge, is only Underhill's second solo album. As a...

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DD/MM/YYYY

December 8, 2005

Rating: NNNNWhen a band can redeem titles like Cancer Boy On Hash and Welcome To The Fortress Of The Fluffy Love Cloud, you know you're...

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Diana Krall

November 17, 2005

Rating: NNNN Traditionally, Christmas albums are sappy outings that record companies push on the big stars in order to put some extra cash in their...

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Mark Bragg

November 17, 2005

Rating: NNNN The gut-wrenching urgency of Bragg's nervous-twitch vocal delivery here is as affecting as it was on 03's superlative The Reckless Kind, and it's...

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Bonnie Raitt

November 17, 2005

Rating: NNN Her distinctive, gritty voice is at its smouldering best 30 years into her career, and her sultry slide work still rings with the...

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Dire Straits

November 17, 2005

Rating: NN Considering Brothers In Arms was such a monster hit in the 80s, it's no surprise that this best-of features three songs from that...

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Ray Charles

November 17, 2005

Rating: NN Now that he's gone, let's hope those in charge don't keep putting out "new" Ray Charles albums every year à la 2Pac's posthumous...

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Legends: Live At Montreux 1997

November 17, 2005

Rating: NN Featuring Eric Clapton (guitar), Steve Gadd (drums), Marcus Miller (bass), David Sanborn (sax) and Joe Sample (piano), this concert could have been one...

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The Last Great Traffic Jam

November 17, 2005

Rating: NN If this DVD release proves anything about this 60s band, it's that their folksy psychedelic tunes don't hold up that well 25 years...

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Frank Zappa

November 17, 2005

Rating: NN Originally meant to be a TV special, this admittedly crude video features the usual suspects: George Duke, Tom Fowler, Napoleon Murphy Brock and...

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