Magic in the City

Quarrington is, among other things, an extremely amateur magician. (This interest arose out of a novel he wrote, The Spirit Cabinet, which features a couple of Las Vegas style showmen, not unlike his beloved Siegfried and Roy). Recently, on the advice of his friend Baldini (himself a prestidigitator of considerable talent), he attended a performance at Toronto’s Tranzac Club. First there was a display of mentalism by Mysterion (and then some metal music, during which Quarrington drank in the back room which featured a pleasantly whuss singer/songwriter) and then Steve Santini performed some terrifically terrifying escapes. I mean, how often do you see an escapist here in Toronto? I myself want more, more, more!!Here’s a picture of a Golden Lion Tamarin (I was in Brazil this summer, working on a movie, from which I was fired) because I had nothing better to illustrate this magical theme:  

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Congrats To Colin Linden

We understand that Colin Linden, whose stunning slide guitar solos on Gladstone Hotel and Hemingway enhanced our “Way Past Midnight” release, has joined Emmylou Harris’s band.

We are big fans of Emmylou, and her music has been a continuing influence. (We’ve also admired her guitarists: Ricky Skaggs, James Burton, Albert Lee, Daniel Lanois, Buddy Miller and now Colin. Whew!)

We therefore feel a special connection to both Colin and Emmylou as well as to blues singing sensation Roxanne Potvin who guests on our new CD and has a impressive new release of her own, produced by… Colin Linden.

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