January 1, 2002 Dylan album may jolt listeners

IN A 40-year career as a recording artist, Bob Dylan changed contemporary music forever. His landmark works of the 1960s alone make him a legend. Since that time, though, he has been prolific. Some of those albums have been true...

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December 1, 2001 Christmas album has lots of treats

ARTISTS AND managers recognize a Christmas album as a great marketing tool. It only makes sense. Consumers purchase albums during the Christmas season at a higher-than-normal rate, and the combination of name recognition and...

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March 1, 2001 Classic album by George Harrison charts 'quiet Beatle's' spiritual quest

There are many artists who toss spiritual points of reference into their work. Rarer is the artist for whom the spiritual quest is the lifeblood of the work. The re-release of George Harrison's 1970 boxed set All Things Must Pass...

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January 1, 2001 A primer to power and grace

ONE OF this column's perennial subjects in the past eight years has been the work of Canadian guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer Colin Linden. The pre-Christmas release of a "best-of" collection entitled Sad &...

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December 1, 2000 A secular Christmas

THE SPECIAL Olympics have been part of the North American landscape for more than 30 years. For more than a decade, the achievements of the athletes have been celebrated in a series of Christmas albums under the banner A Very...

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November 1, 2000 God seems the object of singer's quest

FIVE YEARS AGO, Joan Osborne burst on to the music scene with her major label debut, Relish. The success of her hit, One Of Us, and subsequent Grammy nominations were followed by the sort of lull that takes many first time stars...

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October 1, 2000 Marriage breakdown the focus of new Everclear release

ONE OF THE realities of contemporary culture is the prevalence of marriage breakdown. For the past two generations, the church has taken steps to deal pastorally with this reality. If one good thing has come out of the...

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September 1, 2000 Johnny Cash tells simple tales of pilgrims

IT MAY WELL be that Johnny Cash will soon be going to meet his Lord. If that is the case, he wants his career legacy to be clearly stated. Cash, 68, is battling Shy-Drager syndrome, a degenerative nerve disease. He is,...

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June 1, 2000 Zevon is a fellow struggler

WARREN Zevon's 15 minutes of fame came more than 20 years ago, when his 1978 album Excitable Boy made him a star, buoyed by the top 10 hit, Werewolves of London. Only the most dedicated fans of his unique craft - often macabre,...

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June 1, 2000 Singing priest now Anglican

HE is known as Canada's singing priest and Rev. Mark J. Curtis has spent the past 20 years evolving his unique ministry. Now, he is doing so under the auspices of the Anglican Church. Married in January 1998, the...

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