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De La Soul’s major label debut, produced by Prince Paul and released on Tommy Boy Records in 1989 is on my list of albums everyone cool should own. De La’s groundbreaking use of samples, socially aware lyrics and fresh (if a bit childish) sense of humor makes this not only an entertaining listen but a […]

It takes something special to make a hip-hop album that’s intersting to listen to these days. So much of hip-hop is derivitive that sometimes it seems as though there is just nothing _new_ out there. Outkast would be a fantastic example of what happens when hip-hop gets new inspiration, the entire crunked sound springs forth […]

It’s been almost exactly one year since the release of North, Elvis Costello’s soul searching piano jazz album. I had the rare opportunity to see him play the Ryman Auditorium and meet him face to face in Nashville, Tennessee earlier this year. After listening to his music for the better part of 18 years, […]

The beloved Canadian comedy troop Kids In The Hall once did a sketch where Dave Foley playing the part of a music teacher broke the news to Bruce McColough playing the rock and roll teenager that Rock n’ Roll was in fact dead. He placed the time of Rock’s demise sqarely in 1974, the year […]

It’s fall. I love fall. Fall for me always means some sort of renewal. New clothes, new shoes, new classes, new moods. It seems every year I pick up on one new artist that becomes the backbone of my personal soundtrack. Last year it was The Postal Service, this year it has to be Kings […]