Plugs!

We have dearly beloved musicians and artists in our lives, and we can't "review" their work for about 5 good reasons. But we can plug them, so here they are.

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The Clayton/Scott Group are Jim Clayton, my big brother, and Andy Scott whom you may remember from the acid-jazz group One Step Beyond in Toronto. Both guys decided a couple of years ago to get some of the smooth jazz money that's flying around, and they're doing it. Their first album, August, was widely reviewed and got plenty of radio play. Their second record, So Nice, is due out soon. Jim's first recording was with his band Greenhouse, in 1997, and was called Muskoka. It was also well-received. And it has a song inspired by me on it, called Somnia. MP3's available at their site.

Oh, and recently Jim was recognized by Lambton County as being "the shit". Check it out.

The Clayton/Scott Group win at the Canadian Urban Music Awards and the Smooth Jazz Awards!

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The good Reverend Fear plays guitar and writes for Poised For The Worm, whose first album was released in 2002 and featured "Parade," which recently charted # 2 on the world indie charts at MP3.com. Their record, With Baited Breath, is listenable at their site and for sale at GEMM.

badmonkeyx articles that refer to the Rev:
Funeral For a Tape

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If you live here in Toronto and you play the guitar (or want to) please do yourself a favour and check out the guitar shop on Queen East, one block east of Leslie. The guys in there are the real deal: they know their stuff, build their own guitars for fun, and they'll help you out in a way that the big shops (Long and McQuade, Steve's) never will. Drop in to get some strings and shoot the shit for an hour. They have iguanas too.

Seriously, check it out. Nobody paid me to advertise here; I just love this store.

1258 Queen Street East,
Toronto, Ontario
M4L 1C3
(416) 778-5100