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Their awk­ward to pro­nounce name — it’s “The Do-U — r — b — e — r — villes” — from Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles presents a beguil­ing front for this Cana­dian band. By nam­ing them­selves after … Con­tinue read­ing →

Before this decade, only Cana­dian artists who had explo­sive pop­u­lar appeal — like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Ala­nis Moris­sette, Celine Dion and the rest — would make it in the States, their suc­cess hav­ing less to do with a home­grown … Con­tinue read­ing →

Ashraya Gupta is a voice out of another era — though exactly what era is up for debate. She most imme­di­ately recalls the sweet, del­i­cate voices of 60s and 70s folk singers like Vashti Bun­yan, but she sings with the … Con­tinue read­ing →