Barenaked Ladies grin themselves into complacency on their latest album.
Spin Cycle: Kevin Hearn’s “Cloud Maintenance”
Although best known as the keyboardist of Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Hearn is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who has recorded several albums outside of the BNL fold. Although many of these releases were recorded along with his band Thin Buckle, the just-released Cloud Maintenance is the second full-length to be released under his name alone. It’s a whimsical affair that falls in line with the rest of his solo work. For those who have never heard Hearn’s solo work (or […]
Barenaked Ladies Turn the Page with "All in Good Time"
If you’re a band, it goes without saying that losing a member will have an incredible impact on your band dynamic and sound, especially when that member is a founding member and one of your lead singers. That’s the position that Canadian pop/rock band Barenaked Ladies found themselves in when Steven Page abruptly left a year or so ago. While the band’s biggest hits were performed by co-founder/co-lead vocalist Ed Robertson, to me Page was the face and voice of […]