Teenage Top 10

As a rule, I tend not to participate in Facebook memes and chains unless it’s about music and then I am in with both feet. I enjoyed the lists — and variations on this list — that recently made the rounds. Some played by the rules, listing the Top 10 albums they loved as a teen AND ONLY 10 AND ONLY…

Favourite Spins: Temple of the Dog S/T

“I never wanted to write these words down for you
With the pages of phrases of things we’ll…

In my backyard: Elliott BROOD

You could say Santa has made an early visit to Fredericton, because there is no shortage of live music…

Welcome to The Bee Side!

In a former life, I worked in radio: everything from DJing to copywriting to remote broadcasts to freaking switchboard. Eventually, I was a music director for a medium market radio station. It was fun for a while. Then I became a parent and priorities changed. So I left radio and…

Sound Investment: Rose Cousins and her 2016 project

Four live Foo songs: Better Than Nothing?

Recently I started feeling like I was the only person I knew who wasn’t going to see the Foo Fighters on their “Sonic Highways/Dave’s Broken Leg” tour. Quebec City would have been the most accessible for me, and I did consider planning my vacation around…

Today in Guilty Pleasures: “One Night Love Affair”

When you’re driving home in the dark after a long day of fun with the kidlets, and the iPhone is on shuffle, you perk up when certain tracks pop up. And if you were 11 years old when this album was released, you don’t even apologize for…