Category Archives: High Fidelity

About five years ago, I bought an album called “If You Were For Me” by Rose Cousins, on the basis of her performance on a CBC Radio 1 show I half-listened to while recovering from a night shift. It didn’t … Continue reading →

I have no idea where this came from. It has apparently been in my music collection for quite a long time; it seems to have come from iTunes, but I have no recollection of downloading it, and there isn’t anything … Continue reading →

So there’s this Hawaiian dude who is, like, really good at the ukulele. See?

“About as helpful as you can be without being any help at all”:

Please don’t judge Katie Herzig’s music by the fact that it has made it into a great many shows that you like making fun of. (“Private Practice,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” etc.) And it’s really OK if that’s where you found her. … Continue reading →

“Who?” This guy: I first encountered Oliver Swain this past summer. Stephen Quinn was talking about CBC Vancouver’s series of lunchtime concerts — at which Swain played sometime in July — and played this track by way of introducing his … Continue reading →

The title track from the latest studio album (2006). One of the things I love dearly about Colvin is that she’s only inclined to record when she actually feels like she has something to say. This can be frustrating sometimes … Continue reading →

So it turns out we’re going to do a pair of tracks from “A Few Small Repairs.” This one’s been in my mind since last week, when we went out to Alberta (my first time back in two years) for … Continue reading →

It turns out there’s no video for this song. You don’t need one. I recently stumbled upon a (very small) poem by the Jodo Shinshu poet Asahara Saichi: 84,000 delusions 84,000 lights 84,000 joys abounding I have no idea if … Continue reading →

If late August was the time of The Northern Pikes, September seems to be the month of Shawn Colvin (and Paula Cole, but that’s a Soundcheck for another week). We’re fast approaching what is easily my favorite time of year … Continue reading →