I’ve just accepted an invitation to write an essay on Bruce Cockburn for a book on Canadian pop-music responses to American politics and culture. Inspired by a conference that took place last spring at Sophia University in Tokyo (which boasts a research centre for Canadian and American studies), the book project sounds like a lot of […]
Now that I’ve put the snow tires on my car — snow begins to fall early in these parts — I’m getting ready for two autumn conference trips. First, in mid-October, I’ll be heading to the University of Seattle to participate in the annual meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), for which I’ve […]
We’ve just completed our 3rd day of recording at The Drive Shed, and the project is moving ahead nicely. On days 1 and 2, we recorded live bed tracks for 11 of the album’s 12 songs. Though his gorgeous Graf is always nearby, Jason has been playing a lot on an old dead-stringed Gibson that he borrowed from a friend, lending the songs […]
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Kevin Hutchings
