Events
Oasis at Rogers Stadium (Concert Review): Good To Be Back
Years from now, when people look back on this long, hot Toronto summer, what will they remember? Perhaps they’ll think […]
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Music
Linkin Park at Scotiabank Arena (Concert Review): Somewhere We Belong
It’s a classic conundrum: what to do when a band loses its lead singer? For some, the answer is to […]
Music
Barenaked Ladies at Budweiser Stage (Concert Review): Hide Out Under There
The Barenaked Ladies are worth well over $1,000,000 these days. If that wasn’t already true after their runaway smash hit […]
Music
Our Lady Peace at Budweiser Stage (Concert Review): We Are All Innocent
“Being kind is punk rock,” protests the delightfully earnest Superman of James Gunn’s new Superman movie, released earlier this month. […]
Music
Metric / Sam Roberts Band at Budweiser Stage (Concert Review): Get Hot
There’s a decent argument to be made that Emily Haines is, in fact, the coolest woman in Canada. Metric frontwoman, […]
Music
Judy Collins at Hugh’s Room (Concert Review): Both Sides, Once More
It has been 57 years since Judy Collins’s recording of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” reached number 8 on the […]
Classical
An Evening with Itzhak Perlman: A Maestro’s Timeless Charm and Mastery
Itzhak Perlman hardly needs an introduction. (Though the six page(!) biography in the programme of his recent recital at Roy […]
Classical
Brentano String Quartet (Concert Review): The Trout Shines at Koerner
The Juilliard-affiliated Brentano String Quartet – so named after Antonie Brentano, the rumoured “Immortal Beloved” of Beethoven – recently brought […]
Classical
Kissin / Goerne (Concert Review): A Poet’s Love
North American audiences can consider themselves lucky that Evgeny Kissin, one of the finest concert pianists of his day, is […]
Classical
Hélène Grimaud shines with Brahms, Beethoven, Bach Program (Koerner Hall Review)
I recently watched a youth orchestra recital by a particularly talented group of young musicians. While the players were all […]