It’s relatively quiet as I make my way into Lee’s Palace about a quarter after 8, though every seat in the club is already taken by those eager and wise enough to get in before me. A low murmur wafts through the empty space as friends catch up about their day and their upcoming holiday plans and I make my way over to glance at … Continue reading Ben Caplan Brought The Flood to Lee’s Palace And It Was… Biblical
After spending as much time as I could with Dakota and reassuring him I’d be back in no time (leaving him is always really tough, I’ve only ever done it a handful of times in his 9 years), I was off to the airport. It’s a nice change flying within Canada since I didn’t have to be at the airport as early as usual, although … Continue reading CF Goes To Seattle (Part 2: What Sara Said)
Canada is no stranger to great country music and has bred undeniable talent all across its vast land, but it’s a little more rare to stumble upon a voice with such power and prowess as we have with Lynne Taylor Donovan. From the Okanagon in British Columbia, Donovan has been performing and perfecting her sound since she was a young girl and her latest album … Continue reading Ready or Not, We’re Movin’ On with Lynne Taylor Donovan
They’re coming in about as close to the wire you can get to make a play for best release of 2023 with the unveiling of their debut LP Weather Permitting (streaming today). The band announced the record earlier today on their Instagram page and we hopped right over to give it a listen. We were 3 songs deep into the record before we solidified the … Continue reading Sun’s out, Funzo. The Get Alongs Release Their Debut LP ‘Weather Permitting’
Welcome back for another episode of Casual Conversation! If you missed the memo, Casual Conversation is our new video interview show showcasing musicians and independent artists, conducted over Zoom and hosted on our new YouTube channel CrookedForestTV. This time we’re chatting with lead singer and songwriter for Toronto-based rock outfit Elephants and Stars’ Manfred Sittman. We talk about Elephants and Stars’ recent 6-song EP Get … Continue reading A Casual Conversation with Manfred Sittmann (Elephants and Stars)
Carrying on from our track by track of Lie To Me, today I’m moving right along to track 8: Asleep/Dead. If you haven’t heard the record yet, check it out on YouTube Music or my own YouTube Channel below. About the Track Asleep/Dead is one of the only tracks on this record that isn’t really based on any sort of true story, rather it’s more … Continue reading The Clearing Track By Track: Asleep/Dead
This is a multi-series blog post. Table of Contents at the bottom of the page. Yesterday I announced the release date of my upcoming EP, “Jestem Krzywym Lasem” which is the debut solo EP I’m presenting as myself, Jaimee Jakobczak. Now, if you’ve frequented these trails before you might be saying, “but Jaimee, you’ve released like, 4 other EP’s already as a solo artist” and … Continue reading What’s “Jestem Krzywym Lasem” All About Anyways?
I’d been meaning to get around to a post like this for a while, sorry for the epic delay on it. I’ll do my best to be brief here in the blog because I’ve otherwise also recorded an introduction video that ended up being like 2 hours almost for some reason. You can watch that here: What I talk about in the video: Getting started … Continue reading By Ways of Introduction; Hi, I’m CF!
From the interview archive. Vancouver actor Torrance Coombs is perhaps most well known for his role in The Tudors and more recently Reign. VULKAN caught up with Torrance to talk about his departure from Reign and joining the cast of The Originals for its final season, as well as his upcoming film Drawing Home. It was a bummer to hear you were leaving Reign, would … Continue reading Interview: Torrance Coombs
From the interview archives. Canadian actor Finn Wolfhard became a household name after being cast as the quiet, contemplative Mike Wheeler in Netflix’s Stranger Things. If you can believe it, Finn got the role after auditioning via video while sick in bed after coming across an open casting call, proving that nothing can keep this budding actor from pursuing his passions. The highly anticipated Stranger … Continue reading Interview: Finn Wolfhard
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