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Head Traffic Reviews

Cherelle Jardine shows on her latest effort Head Traffic that she's a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll and does both genres very well. That being said, I tend to favour the more country rock flavoured songs as this is where she really shines.

Particularly songs like the opener Bed Of Nails, Key To My Heart and my personal favourite Maybe Tonight, a fantastic ballad featuring appearances by Bazil Donovan and Bob Egan of Blue Rodeo fame. Egan's mandolin and dobro playing nicely complements the best vocal performance on the album.

If you're a fan of Sheryl Crow, you'll really enjoy this album and songs like Start A Party and Don't Wanna Go To Work are songs that if recorded by someone like Shania Twain with major label backing and super producer hubby Mutt Lange would be all over the radio. Being an independent, here's hoping local radio gives these songs a chance.

As mentioned, I like the more country flavoured songs best, but a couple of listens to rocker Head Traffic and it'll be stuck in your head. Jardine also shows a real flair for storytelling on tracks like Son Of A Gun and Hollywood.

Best Track. definitely Maybe Tonight and the above mentioned title track with honourable mention going to Key To My Heart, another song that deserves radio exposure on local country radio.

Marty Sills
Richmond News, 2006

Maybe a conclusion can be reached this way;the title track is reminiscent of Creams "Tales of Brave Ulusses" while the best sung track is a cover of Hearts "Magic Man". Produced in the main by Ray Roper of Stonebolt, Head Traffic has humour and personality with a strong West coast flavour.

Tom Harrison

The Province 2006

Head Traffic

Latest Release

HEAD TRAFFIC
Released March 25, 2006

Head Traffic is the fourth CD release in Jardine's body of work. Partially recorded at The Woodshed in Toronto, ON, with Blue Rodeo, and at Roper Recordings in Port Coquitlam, BC. Head Traffic is produced by Ray Roper and David Wills of Stonebolt fame. Players on this project include Ray Roper, David Wills, Bob Egan, Bazil Donovan, James Gray, Peter Von Allen, Charlie Hase, Karl Watt, Jerry Adolphe and Lewis Nitikman.

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Saturday July 5

6:30pm

Swank

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Swank inhabits the lawless borderlands between Americana, Punk and Rock & Roll. It is gospel perverted by hillbillies, the blues pointing and laughing at existential dread, and country wrought from the rat-infested back alleys on the wrong side of the tracks of as west as one can go.

Saturday July 19th

6:30pm

Bocephus King

Bocephus King, with his signature musical style, has always been impossible to pigeonhole. With songs ranging from vaudeville to Nashville, blues-rock to gospel, orchestrating visions of 1950’s Hollywood heartbreakers and poor, lost souls.

Saturday Aug 2

6:30pm

RZR

RZR is the regrouping of Stonebolt singer/guitar player, Ray Roper and his old friend and original drummer for the Ray Roper Band, Jo "Ziggy" Ziccardo. Back with a new album entitled "Thunder in a bottle", as the title suggests, these boys have some pent up energy waiting to unleash on some unsuspecting audiences. Not all thunder has to be deafening though, as the tracks on the album are well crafted, melodic rock songs reminiscent of Springsteen, Huey Lewis and maybe Supertramp. Enlisting the help of Steve Hilliam (Colin James) on sax has given the album a flavour all of its own. Along with some good ol' fun rock and roll, there are some production numbers with a slightly darker tone and thick instrumentation. Did someone say Floyd? And of course the signature Ray Roper ballads will be there for those who remember "I Will Still Love You", Stonebolts biggest hit. RZR is back to basics, grass roots, intelligent rock played with the RaZoRs edge! Bring a fresh set of ears and let your hair down.

Saturday August 16

6:30pm

Tom Lewis

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in conjunction with the Maritime Festival

"The Springsteen of Sea Chanteys" ... Tom's repertoire - from traditional shanties to songs fashioned out of his own seafaring background - recruits his audience for a voyage by turns reflective, dramatic and humorous.

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