by Angélique Davies
From 1987 to ’93, Jonathan held various positions in the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission. Around 1989, while training to be a case presenting officer, he met Chris Cook, who lived in Jon’s neighbourhood.
Continue reading Life in Shadow: Finding New Artistic Direction with Groovy Julia
by Angélique Davies
In 1979, drummer Jonathan Davies’ musical path took a fortuitous turn. Guitarist Jean-Claude (JC) Chambers describes how their band Kinetic Ideals got its start:
Continue reading Life in Shadow: Kinetic Ideals and Breeding Ground
by Angélique Davies
“stepping in the sunlight
might be blinding if you try it
reality is frightening
to the uninitia-hated”
– Kinetic Ideals (Life in Shadow, 1981)
Continue reading Life in Shadow: A Drummer’s Story Comes to Light
Everyone who has ever worked with Prodigy seems to have something to say about his passing. The words of these music industry colleagues and friends give us a glimpse of the man and the artist, who was skilled at turning social injustice into lyrical poetry.
Continue reading Prodigy’s Lyrical Legacy Will Impact the Culture Forever – Havoc, Mobb Deep
According to the music festival’s director and partner Ben Turner, Bestival got its start as a series of parties created by BBC Radio DJ Rob Da Bank called Sunday Best, which took place at a tea shop in London, UK. Da Bank would invite “legends of our nightlife world and DJs to play for nothing” and the audience would pay a mere 99p (.99 cents) per person to get in, says Turner.
Continue reading Explore the Roots of Bestival from Sunday Best to Common People
Actor Riley Smith, best known for his starring role on the popular TV show Nashville, not only plays a singer-songwriter on TV, he is also one in real life too. Smith releases a new single called I’m on Fire, which he co-wrote with Matthew Perryman Jones and Tim Lauer (Hank Williams, Shawn Mendes, and Blake Shelton), from his upcoming EP. Listen to I’m on Fire:
Continue reading Nashville Actor Riley Smith is on Fire with the Release of his New Single
The flight path of an urban city centre is a deadly obstacle course for migratory birds.
UPDATE – “Families and many young people were out to enjoy a concert and have lost their lives,” said Chief Constable Ian Hopkins, referring to the many young fans of Ariana Grande who died in an explosion in the Manchester Arena last night shortly after the singer completed her last set and left the stage.
The death count has risen to 22 and the number of injuries along with it; some 59 people are spread among eight hospitals in the Greater Manchester area. There may be more to come and more too, may succumb to their injuries.
Popular journalist Desmond Cole posted a letter to his followers on Facebook about his recent release from his columnist position at the Toronto Star. Cole takes an activist stance on racial issues in his bi-monthly column in the newspaper, writing on “anti-Black racism and white supremacy in Canada.”
Continue reading Popular Journalist, Documentary Host Desmond Cole Released from Toronto Star for ‘Political Disruption’
