22Nov 2010 by R&O No Comments
Lynn Canyon Band

Lynn Canyon Band

Arts, Music, Of Interest
The Lynn Canyon Band visited our home a few weeks ago to record a few demo tracks and the results are below for your aural stimulation. Keep in mind that these tunes were recorded on only 8 tracks and we didn't have the luxury of a soundproof room or any of the other accoutrement associated with a modern recording studio. But I have to say that the results were better than we expected but you be the judge by clicking the play buttons below to listen. Deny, Deny: [audio src="http://www.aprilroad.com/files/denydeny.mp3"] No Damn Love Song: [audio src="http://www.aprilroad.com/files/nodamnlovesong.mp3"] Straighten The Curves [audio src="http://www.aprilroad.com/files/straightenthecurves.mp3"]
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08Jul 2010 by R&O No Comments
When Queen was King

When Queen was King

Events, Music, Of Interest, People
Way back in December of 1979 and again in June of 1980, Doug Bower, a friend and fellow employee, went to see Queen perform at The Pacific Coliseum here in Vancouver. Back in these days of festival seating and lax security, a young aspiring photographer like Doug could bring his camera along to take photos of the band while standing a few rows back from the stage. (Yes, those were the days when we could get close to our rock idols without guard rails and security personnel. We refer to them as the good old days of rock.) Doug mentioned the photos he had taken back then as we discussed our favourite bands from the 70's and I asked him to dig them out and let me have a look.…
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29Apr 2010 by R&O No Comments

The sorry state of pop music

Entertainment, Music, Observations, Rants
Pop music officially entered the 'complete shit' phase of it's existence with the recent appearance of The Black Eyed Peas on the American Idol Gives Back broadcast. Don't believe me? Take a gander at the video below but be sure to have a small bucket handy while you watch this piece of visual and aural excrement. The Black Eyed Peas also appear on the cover of the April 29 edition of Rolling Stone magazine with the tagline Black Eyed Peas - The Science Of Global Pop Domination. THIS is what it takes to dominate pop music in the 21st century? Bad costumes à la Earth Wind & Fire during their metallic spandex period and off-key, teeth-gritting vocals? Ridiculous and utterly goofy. But at least Earth Wind & Fire could write…
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05Apr 2010 by R&O No Comments

Nouveau Flamenco at its best

Arts, Music, Of Interest, People
I was poking around on Youtube the other day looking for videos about the Boss RC-2 loop station pedal and stumbled across nouveau flamenco guitarist John Gilliat. Mr. Gilliat won the Roland company's loop station competition in 2009, and for good reason. This guy kicks ass. I purchased the 2001 album Peace directly from his web site (why don't more artists do that?!?) and was amazed that he's producing top quality music from his home studio in Langley, B.C. and that I've never had the pleasure of listening to any of it. If you're looking for Jesse Cook without the snobbery or Gipsy Kings without the tight polyester pants this is the music for you. I only wish he offered embedded cover art, higher bitrate and meta data with his…
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