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Jim Cuddy, Royal Wood and Oh Susanna @ NXNE 2009

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 19, 2009 3:23 pm
Background/ Composition: Six Shooter Records' Outlaws & Gunslingers Showcase featured a series of triple-threat rounds, with Blue Rodeo's Glenn Milchem and Bazil Donovan acting as backup band. The evening's first improvised trio was made up of another one-fifth of Blue Rodeo (Cuddy), a piano-tinkling crooner (Wood) and a darling indie folkster...
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Royal Wood — The Lost And Found EP

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) May 27, 2009 1:46 pm
Royal Wood's a masterful storyteller, and his lyrics are what make this six-song disc come together.  Opening track "Don't Fall Apart" is a plea to a couple to figure out their confused ways, while closer "All Of My Life" is a charming vow of a man to a woman as he sings, "Stone on stone and breaking bread/We build a...
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Sarah Slean Gets Festive

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) December 22, 2008 5:06 pm
Toronto might have been buried in snow this past weekend, but Sarah Slean's annual festive two-night stint at the Enwave Theatre warmed many hearts. Saturday evening saw Slean clad in a dazzling green dress (that her friend "the mermaid" gave her) performing with some of the cabaret chanteuse's closest musical friends. The Roaring...
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Royal Wood @ NXNE 2008

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By Erin Bell (CHARTattack) June 14, 2008 1:00 pm
BACKGROUND/COMPOSITION: iTunes Canada voted this talented singer/multi-instrumentalist one of the best songwriters of 2007, and the accolade is well deserved. He took turns on keyboard and acoustic guitar and was joined for this gig by a killer three-piece backing band. Grade: 100 Comment: Wood recently wrapped up a series of shows...
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Royal Wood — A Good Enough Day

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) January 30, 2007 2:57 pm
When your first album draws critical comparisons to heavyweights like Rufus Wainwright and Ron Sexsmith, you're in for an uphill battle when it comes to the follow-up. Royal Wood is a talented multi-instrumentalist who writes and plays (nearly) everything on this piano-heavy pop album. While the music is affecting, graceful and capable of...
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Royal Wood @ CMW 2006

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By Christine Estima (CHARTattack) March 6, 2006 12:30 pm
Hometown: Toronto,ON Background/Composition: Folk pop ballads by amulti-instrumentalist with supple melodies,ornate lyrics and boyish charm. Grade: 85 Comment: Like Hawksley and Rufus, he'sgot a weird name and a robust, fresh sound. Achievement of Rock 'n' RollExpectations 80-100: Exceeds skill and knowledge expectations, i.e...
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Official 2011 Juno Awards Drinking Game

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) March 25, 2011 10:31 am
Finally. After years of complaining that it's too expensive to fly all their artists out to places like St. John's or Saskatoon, or that there aren't enough limousines to rent in these towns, or that the available bars are too small to host proper after-parties, the Canadian music industry has finally gotten its wish and the 40th anniversary...
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Juno Songwriter's Circle Full Of Amusing, Adorable Moments

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 24, 2011 2:14 pm
"Every man's got a plan until he gets punched in the mouth," Sylvia Tyson sang on stage at Toronto's Massey Hall last night, prompting raucous laughter from the crowd at the annual Juno Awards Songwriter's Circle.In case you're wondering, that's not some rare, unreleased tune Tyson's been keeping from you all these years. Well, actually, it kind...
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I Read The News Today... For March 1, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 1, 2011 3:54 pm
Toronto alt.country singer/songwriter Royal Wood was nominated for a Juno Award last month, and to celebrate he's announced a Canadian tour that'll take place this month, April and May. He's out in support of last year's The Waiting, and will find out if he wins the songwriter of the year Juno later this month. —royalwood.ca Regina indie rockers...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 17, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 17, 2010 2:13 pm
There are some pretty bad tattoos out there. There are also some pretty awful tattoos covering some of your favourite (or not so favourite) musicians. My favourite? George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on Rick Ross'... um... pecks? MOG Music NetworkMethod Man was also attacked at last weekend's Gathering Of The Juggalos. He was hit with...
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) March 30, 2009 2:39 pm
Think of a slightly more earnest and fey Ron Sexsmith sitting behind a piano instead of strumming a guitar, and you'll get a pretty good picture of Royal Wood.
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Royal Wood And Beast Get Highest NXNE Marks

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 17, 2008 3:00 pm
ChartAttack reviewers thought Royal Wood and Beast's North By Northeast performances were so good that there was no need for them to do extra homework. Wood and Beast both got perfect scores on our NXNE report cards for their respective June 13 performances at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel and Supermarket. Israeli trio Monotonix came in third after...
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Royal Wood: On Optimism And A Glass That Never Empties

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) January 30, 2007 6:00 pm
Toronto-based singer/songwriter Royal Wood has been a patient man over the last year. After a postponement that's lasted for 13 months, his second full-length disc, A Good Enough Day, will finally see its release on Tuesday via Dead Daisy Records. "The record's been done since December '05," Wood explains. "We were going to put...
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Royal Wood Will Have A Good Enough Day On Jan. 30

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By Josh Finkelman (CHARTattack) January 8, 2007 6:30 pm
Toronto singer, songwriter, musician and former child piano prodigy Royal Wood's sophomore album will hit store shelves on Jan. 30. A Good Enough Day will be released by Emm Gryner's Dead Daisy label. Wood, fresh from touring with Sarah Harmer, was assisted on the disc by local luminaries Hawksley Workman, Kurt Swinghammer, Harmony Trowbridge...
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