Books

The Ox: The Authorized Biography of The Who’s John Entwistle by Paul Rees (Hachette, $38)

“Entwistle’s contemporary and fellow bassist, the former Rolling Stone, Bill Wyman, once dubbed him ‘the Jimi Hendrix of the bass guitar’. This was meant as the highest compliment but, with it, Wyman also inadvertently conjured the very demon that would haunt Entwistle throughout his professional life. Indisputably, he was a virtuoso musician, easily the most […]

Arts and Entertainment featured

Must-See Montreal Events in September 2018

Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for September 2018: MUSIC Many top touring acts are headlining various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include hip hop superstar Drake (Sept. 4 and 5), Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Chicago (Sept. 13) and pop icon Paul McCartney (Sept. 20) – who launches his 22-date […]

Music

Ukulele Night on The Main

Not long ago I found myself upstairs at McKibbin’s pub selling books as part of Montreal’s Bloomsday festivities.  Seated to my left was Wayne, a musician trying to establish ProSpec Strings, his new guitar accessories business; an assortment of his wares was spread out before him on his small exhibitor’s table.

Music

Meet the Hi-Fins!

  By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up It was an evening reminiscent of what it must have been like to have been part of some of the hottest live music venues of the 1960s in London, England – the audience unable to keep themselves from getting up off their seats and dancing the night away […]