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![MATT ANDERSEN’S SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS IS THE REAL THING
On of the nicest surprises to arrive in our mailbox.
No less an authority than Canadian icon Stuart MacLean of the CBC”s Vinyl Cafe has likened New Brunswick’s Matt Andersen’s powerful blues voice to that of Pavarotti.
And certainly Matt uses that much lauded voice in many [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/MATTandersen-115x88.jpg "Matt Anderson’s Spirit of Christmas is the Real Thing")
Matt Anderson’s Spirit of Christmas is the Real Thing
Posted on December 1, 2010 | No CommentsMATT ANDERSEN’S SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS IS THE REAL THING On of the nicest surprises to arrive in our mailbox. No less an authority than Canadian icon Stuart MacLean of the CBC”s Vinyl Cafe has likened New Brunswick’s Matt Andersen’s powerful blues voice to that of Pavarotti. And certainly Matt uses that much lauded voice in many [...] -
![BERNIE & EDDY INVITE YOU TO ENJOY THE CUP OF TEA.
I don't think it's tea!
A picture on a CD, from Moncton, ten years ago I would have been sure was trick photography!
It’s a picture of New Brunswick’s veteran king of the bluegrass fiddle, Eddy Poirier, sitting across a circular table from a leading senior folk [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bernieEddy09-115x115.jpg "Bernie Houlahan and Eddy Poirier")
Bernie Houlahan and Eddy Poirier
Posted on February 2, 2010 | No CommentsBERNIE & EDDY INVITE YOU TO ENJOY THE CUP OF TEA. I don't think it's tea! A picture on a CD, from Moncton, ten years ago I would have been sure was trick photography! It’s a picture of New Brunswick’s veteran king of the bluegrass fiddle, Eddy Poirier, sitting across a circular table from a leading senior folk [...] -
Utah Phillip Tribute CD up for Grammys
Posted on January 18, 2010 | No Commentsa review of a 40 person tribute to Utah Phillips featuring songs he has written or loved. -
![George Hector’s Son Jim Amazed by Jackie Washington
Jackie Washington CD cover
I called Jim Hector in November about a matter not music related but found him still excited by a TV concert he’d seen days before. Jim is one of the late George Hector’s sons, NB’s legendary banjo man, “Had I heard of Jackie Washington?” he [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/jackiecd1-115x115.jpg "Jackie Washington, Mose Scarlett and Ken Whitely")
Jackie Washington, Mose Scarlett and Ken Whitely
Posted on February 15, 2009 | No CommentsGeorge Hector’s Son Jim Amazed by Jackie Washington Jackie Washington CD cover I called Jim Hector in November about a matter not music related but found him still excited by a TV concert he’d seen days before. Jim is one of the late George Hector’s sons, NB’s legendary banjo man, “Had I heard of Jackie Washington?” he [...]
I have been a writer/columnist for oveer thirty years. My focus have been folk and country music in the Maritimes, but I have also been involved in writing for the Atlantic Advocate, Canada Folk Bulletin, Canadian Bluegrass Review magazine ![Sean Eyre just called from Rocklands Entertainment in Peterborough to say that Gerry’s column about Charlie Pride and “THE ROCK” portraying him in Charlie Pride’s life story has been picked up by 150 newspapers and radio station across North America and as far away as Australia. His column [...]](http://gerrytaylor.thedrawlyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CharliePride1-36x36.jpg "DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON TO PLAY CHARLIE PRIDE"){kind=small}
