Arts

Charbonneau / Amato Synth Works Vol. 2 (Backward Music) 3.5/5 Montreal-based synth duo Charbonneau / Amato is back with their second LP, following 2018’s Synth Works Vol. 1. Synth Works Vol. 2 was recorded organically in 2020 as Mathieu Charbonneau and Pietro Amato sat on their studio floor with synths, organs, and pedals facing one […]

Kyle Morgan Younger at Most Everything (Team Love) 4.5/5 Queens-based alt-country musician Kyle Morgan is back with his fourth album, Younger at Most Everything. The songs on the record are moving, and it’s obvious Morgan has a deep connection with his music. The first time I heard his music I felt inspired. It motivated me […]

Eamon McGrath Bells of Hope (Saved by Vinyl) 3/5  Toronto-based singer/songwriter Eamon McGrath’s latest album, Bells of Hope, is worth a listen for those into mellow indie rock. Bells of Hope is a continuation of the significant body of work McGrath has built up on his previous albums: it’s a blend of rock and Canadiana, […]

Whether we’re talking movie, play, or book, one of the most interesting pieces of fiction that arguably gets better every time it’s adapted is Bram Stoker’s classic Gothic horror Dracula. And on February 26 Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre artistic director Brian Richmond will debut his new play adaptation of Stoker’s Dracula. Richmond describes his version […]

In the spring of 1958, John Guzzwell became known as “the man who came back from the dead” after circumnavigating the globe in a 20-foot sailboat and surviving gales and a cyclone that other, larger, boats had been destroyed in. Guzzwell had launched Trekka from Victoria in 1954, after building it by hand in a […]