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A Time for New Beginnings
THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED SOON The mighty oak grows strong and tall The leaves reach for the sky Like matchsticks when the lightning strikes They burn and quickly die One hundred years of shadows Have locked the sun away It's A Time for New Beginnings A...
A Cynical Review by Gerald Van Waes
Brian Gladstone : A Time for New Beginnings June 2006 A Cynical Review by Gerald Van Waes - Brian Gladstone for me over his career has some elements which I consider a bit of wrong, but not in a (too) negative sense. First of all he has all qualities of being a hippie...
Country & Western Corner reports on ‘A Time For New Beginings’
Country & Western Corner Entertainment News Brian Gladstone's 'A Time for New Beginnings' CD album has 14 songs to remind us of our past, present and where we are headed. If you like Folk and ballads, this album is for you, and no one does it better...
Musician presents free roots, world-music concert
Reprinted from Canadian Jewish News, August 2006 - Brian Gladstone, along with his five siblings, inherited musical talent from the family patriarch. Growing up, the Gladstone kids all played well together – literally –...
Alive & Pickin’ Reviewed by Rocking the Blues
By Dianne Wells Reprinted From Rocking the Blues March 2006 This dizzying, dazzling display of country-flavoured, almost funky, folk music is a superb live recording of well-chosen tracks from his debut and follow-up CDs, Back...
Brian Gladstone Full Bio
At a time in history when it's difficult enough to be a standout in any one field, Brian Gladstone is proving to be a kind of Renaissance Man by excelling in four very different aspects of the music business. Not only is he a brilliant songwriter/guitarist whose songs...
Back To The Dirt Reviewed by Folkwax Magazine
Back to the Dirt by Brian Gladstone © 1999 Back To The Dirt Written and performed by Brian Gladstone Folkwax Magazine - Toronto singer/guitarist Brian Gladstone is a fingerpicking guitar master, a colourful storyteller and an intuitive performer. His debut CD, Back To...
A Time For New Beginnings” Reviewed by Acoustic Guitar Workshop ..
Singer-songwriter and fingerstyle supremo, Brian Gladstone's new album is a quirky collection of songs that display great lyric and narrative expertise. These thought-provoking, smile-inducing songs are underpinned by Brian's superb...
Psychedelic Folk Radio Talks about Brian Gladstone
"PSYCHE VAN HET FOLK" on www.radiocentraal.be Antwerp 106.7FM : live SA/2-WEEKLY : 800-1000 PM European Time http://streaming.radiocentraal.org/ Yes - There is actually is a Psychedelic Folk Songs Radio Program...
Canadian Musician Talks about Brian Gladstone
Canadian Musician Nov 2001- Although 1/2 of the CD contain percussion there's defiantly an acoustic feel to this album. Tree hugging Simon & Garfunkle unplugged hanging with Boxcar Willie can best sum up the sound. Sounds weird doesn't it, but it really isn't....
As Printed in Online Rock, 2004
Brian Gladstone is a finger-picking guitar master, a prophetic lyricist, a philosophical story-teller and a colorful performer. The natural evolution beyond Brian Gladstone's first CD "Back to the Dirt" - debut effort released in 1999 which gained world...
Now Magazine Disc Reviews – BRIAN GLADSTONE – Psychedelic Pholk Psongs
Disc Reviews Now Magazine - BRIAN GLADSTONE - Psychedelic Pholk Psongs There's no pretense about Psychedelic Pholk Songs. It is what it is -- an aging hippie playing songs influenced by his life and times in tie-dye. Though upfront, honest and rich in...
The Nail Online – Psychedelic Pholk Psongs released on Silverwolf Records
Brian Gladstone - Psychedelic Pholk Psongs released on Silverwolf Records - Review By Marty Murray - Reprinted from The Nail Online Toronto guitar picker extraordinaire Brian Gladstone has come a long way in a very short time. Two years ago he recorded his...
Alive and Picking! – Brian Gladstone at His Very Best
by Gary Tate - Brian Gladstone continues to fascinate, not just from a musical standpoint, but also because he's become a role model by showing what can be accomplished through sheer force of will and determination....
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Alive and Picking Reviewed by Kindle Nation Daily
Brian Gladstone "Alive And Picking" - Recorded Live at Convocation Hall In Toronto (Self-Released 2003) Recorded live in February of 2003, Brian Gladstone's "Alive And Picking" is eight spirited and likable finger picking guitar tunes. With Gladstone in the forefront...
Reprinted From Skratch Magazine, Aug 2004
BRIAN GLADSTONE - PSYCHEDELIC PHOLK PSONGS - SILVERWOLF RECORDS - Canada's Brian Gladstone is doing some amazing finger picking on this funny, inventive album—maybe the best folk album that I ever heard. I grew up on folk music, and Brian Gladstone is in that room...
Plug in Music on Alive & Picking
Plug in Music on Alive & Picking Recorded live in February of 2003, Brian Gladstone’s “Alive And Picking” is eight spirited and likable finger picking guitar tunes. With Gladstone in the forefront with his sister, Bonnie, the two resemble almost...
Pholkie and Phingerpicker Extraordinaire from Canada
Reprinted from Folkwax Magazine - March 2004 - Toronto singer/guitarist Brian Gladstone is a fingerpicking guitar master, a colourful storyteller and an intuitive performer. His debut CD, Back To The Dirt, is an all-acoustic offering on which he plays all the...
Rambles Reviews Alive & Picking
Alive & Picking opens at a run, with Brian Gladstone and Tony Quarrington detailing the desperado life of an "Asphalt Cowboy." Fast picking and playful cameos by a cheerful female vocalist detail the exploits of a would-be...
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March 1 at the Swan
Another great afternoon of music at the Swan - Saturday Sessions ... We had quite a few artists drop in to play, including Shawn Sean Peever , Steve Sher, Bella Ray , Jim Amar , Peter Matheson, Harpin Norm Lucien, Axe, Andy Griffiths , Paul Cross, David McLachlan,...
Feb 28, 2014 See Ya At The Swan!
How spoiled we have become – it’s going up to 0 degrees C on Saturday – we are all excited that thing are finally warming up. Well they are.
Folk’s Changing Face – Toronto Globe & Mail by Li Robbins
What in the world does the word folk mean in 2004, LI ROBBINS asks. The answer, my friend, is blowing in the prevailing winds of change. Includes Interview with Brian Gladstone. By LI ROBBINS - Saturday, January 31, 2004 - Other peoples'...
Culture Raven writes about ‘Alive & Pickin’
Pleasant enough finger-picked acoustic guitar. Odd home brewed CD. Liner notes go on and on about the magnetic devices he designs for his brother’s company. Sample title: “I like me.” Does that mean I have to? I do remember...
Psychedelic Pholk Psongs Reviewed by Blues On Stage
June 3, 2003 by Joe Curtis Brian Gladstone has released a 'phine', new folk/blues CD entitled Psychedelic Pholk Psongs. The very quirkiness of the title suggests something weird and different. This CD isn't the average rehash, culled from other...
Gladstone will go Back To The Dirt for Earthday Tues. April 23 at Tranzac
For the third year in a row, Folk artist Brian Gladstone is organizing a "Back To The Dirt for Earthday" concert, to be held at Tranzac Club this coming Tuesday, April 23. And once again Gladstone, whose own Back To The Dirt and Psychedelic Pholk Psongs...
Gladstone Gets 5 Stars from ICMA
International Country Music Association News Letter, January 18, 2002 - by Colonel Bobbie Patterson, President, ICMA - Canada, Brian Gladstone, "Psychedelic Pholk Psongs" 19 sides, Bluegrassy, and groovy at the same time, it's so cool you need gloves to...
Joe Vincent’s top 101 for 2001 Includes Brian Gladstone’s Psychedelic Pholk Psongs at # 2 !
Joe Vincent's top 101 for 2001 Includes Brian Gladstone's Psychedelic PholkPsongs at # 2 ! - From Jolly Roger Pirate Radio Joe Vincent is the founder of the JRRI radio network - pirate radio broadcast into 7 continents via short wave radio at 6235...
The Brian Gladstone Interview in Outer Shell
THE BRIAN GLADSTONE INTERVIEW - by Roy Harper June 2002 Brian Gladstone hails from Canada and his current CD is titled 'Back To The Dirt'. RH - Your music is 'folk-rock’. What drew you to that genre of music?...
‘Country Inverviews Online’ Interviews Brian Gladstone
Interview with Brian Gladstone - By: Kenita Vanderslice Reprinted from Country Interviews Online, December 2002. Talking to Brian was an exciting adventure discussing music before it included much electronic music. His music is very "back to the dirt"...
Psychedelic Fanzine Interviews Brian Gladstone
Double Issue # 11 / 12 - September 2002. - Forward by Hedegus Mark, Editor, Psychedelic Fanzine Toronto singer-guitarist Brian Gladstone is an inspired finger-picking guitar player, a colourful performer and a passionate songwriter. A true original who forges his own...
Basement Demo to Record Deal and Worldwide Airplay – In Three Years
Cover Story, Folk Wax Magazine, Sept 2002 By L.H. McLachlan - Just three years ago, Brian Gladstone was an unknown folk artist who had just recorded his first album, Back to the Dirt. Like many indie artists, he had been working in a vacuum, recording his original...