Michael Bublé announces Canadian tour dates

Michael Bublé, who launches his 2010 Crazy Love tour March 10th in Florida has finally announced a handful of Canadian dates this August. You’d think that following a lengthy U.S. and European tour, Bublé would give his home-country fans a bit more of an extended run but thus far only eight dates have been announced, [...]

Michael Bublé: Crooner or Comedian?

Last night Mrs. Side Two and I had the opportunity to attend a taping of an episode of “At the Concert Hall” which airs on Bravo! If you’ve never seen it, the series features an intimate performance and interview with a (usually) Canadian performer in front of an audience at the legendary Masonic Temple in [...]

Happy Canada Day!

Canadian music kicks a**, doesn’t it? In honour of our collective birthday, everyone should listen to some homegrown music today. Whether you prefer rock or jazz, rap or country or anything in between, the Canadian music scene has something to offer everyone, and it keeps getting better every year. So many of our artists have [...]

The Best of Both Worlds

So it’s Sunday night, and the weekend’s winding down. I was relaxing, doing a little channel surfing on the ol’ Aquos when I landed on an episode of the Simpsons from 2002 called “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”. It’s one of my favourites. It’s the episode when Homer goes to a rock and roll [...]

Welcome to Side Two

Welcome to Side Two. What’s this all about? Well, it’s basically a place for me to share my thoughts about the music I enjoy. That’s it, pure and simple. Ok wait…maybe not so pure and simple. Let me give you some background. That way you can decide (a) I’ve just wasted two minutes of your [...]