Checking up on Big Wreck live in Ottawa
[Another concert report from Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey. – AC] If you thought there was nothing fun to do in Ottawa this Friday night in February, since the Rideau Canal has yet
Read More[Another concert report from Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey. – AC] If you thought there was nothing fun to do in Ottawa this Friday night in February, since the Rideau Canal has yet
Read More[Big Wreck has managed to play a couple of socially-distant gigs over the last couple of weeks. Ian Thornley and his crew were the first to play the newly-reopened El Mocambo earlier in
Read MoreAfter six years, $30 million, and a pandemic that threatened to derail everything, Toronto’s El Mocambo reopened with its first public gig (September 10). Here’s what it looked like. Upon entering, you take
Read MoreThe problem I have with so many interviews is that they’re conducted like interrogations. It’s as if the person conducting the interview has a list of question that he/she must get through or
Read MoreJust before the pandemic hit, I was able to get Ian Thornely into a studio talk about his career from his days as a precocious keyboard player in a synth pop band through
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