What Else Was Donald Listening to in 2020?

What have I been listening to in 2020? Over the next few weeks, I’ll share my favourite roots albums of the year. I thought it interesting, if a bit self-indulgent, in this brutal year when we couldn’t see live music, that I also consider albums I discovered during lockdown and while under restrictions. I listened…

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Nancy Cassidy- River’s Rising review

Nancy Cassidy River’s Rising NancyCassidyMusic It is hard to write about music: I prove that with every review. Sometimes the right words just don’t come, even when you are attempting to write about a project you quite like. I am fortunate to receive unsolicited CDs in the mail: I know how tight PR budgets are,…

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The Albums That Shaped Me, August 2018

Over at Fervor Coulee Twitter  I am spending August exploring my music roots with Thirty-Two Albums That Shaped Me/Thirty-One Days Inspired by a summer of sorting (not that you would notice) and tidying (again, obvious only if you knew what it looked like before) I am going to try to explain my music journey in…

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Fervor Coulee’s Favourite Roots & Bluegrass Albums since 2000

I’ve been writing about music since 2000. Naturally, I’ve heard a lot of great music, have written about much of it, and have often put together a list of favourite roots and bluegrass albums of the year. And, I will do the same again this year. For perspective and to sprinkle some flavourful anticipation, here…

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Bruce Springsteen’s albums- Stereogum rates worst to best

Not that Stereogum needs me to post a link to their site (I’m sure they get more hits in half an hour than I do in two months) but I came across an extensive piece written by Ryan Leas. I love lists, and I love disagreeing with them. What is rare is finding an essay,…

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Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball Examined

This is a brilliant piece of writing- it captures everything I was thinking about the album last night as I listened to it while walking on the treadmill. And much more, things I could never say as a non-American, things I may never have considered. Over at No Depression, they’ve posted Ryan Mifflin’s deep and…

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Kitten covers

So, I’m the last blogger to discover the wonderfulness of these: Kasey Anderson led me to them. The Clash, Smiths, and especially the Dylan covers work better than Darkness, but it’s bleeding Darkness. http://thekittencovers.tumblr.com/ Thanks for visiting Fervor Coulee. Donald  

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5 Things, November 27, 2010

The Red Deer Advocate newspaper has a regular Saturday feature that has area residents responding to a question or topic- 5 favourite places to hear live music, 5 favourite places for a winter walk… This week I was asked to contribute 5 albums I’ve recently added to my iPod. Being a Luddite, I don’t have…

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Fairly Random Links for today

As we all are, I’ve been quite busy these last weeks. What with watching (too much) Olympic action- after vowing not to watch any, but come on- how can you not watch more skicross or snowboard cross once you see it- and trying to keep up with my real job and life, writing sometimes has to…

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My Favourite Albums of the Aughts- Part Three of Four

As this project has continued, I’m finding that I’m writing and reflecting more about the albums. Maybe not a bad thing, but it takes up more space. As a result, I’ve adjusted the postings to include four parts. I’ll get the final five up tomorrow morning. Yesterday was the busiest day ever on Fervor Coulee,…

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