The Happiness Project

Happiness Project's Live Triumph

If you've heard Charles Spearin's Happiness Project, you already know it's unlike anything you've listened to before. Now picture the project brought to life. It's something only super-musical humans can do, and Spearin and his band did it. The results were astounding. If you haven't heard the album, you'll be downloading that sucker faster than...
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Charles Spearin

I Read The News Today... For July 19, 2011

Ohbijou are going to spend the early part of the fall touring eastern Canada in support of their upcoming Metal Meets album. There will probably be nothing metal about any of the songs they'll play at the gigs, but hey. Camp Radio, a supergroup of sorts featuring producer Dave Draves (Kathleen Edwards, Gentleman Reg), are set to release their...
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Ohbijou

Meet The Juno Nominees: Charles Spearin

It's hard to imagine any Canadian music award from here-on in not having at least one member of Broken Social Scene on the nominees list. Even jazz isn't safe from the reach of BSS-ers ever-evolving experiments it seems, as Charles Spearin's The Happiness Project landed him in the category of contemporary jazz album of the year. The unique...
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Charles Spearin (Photo by John Papamarko)

Charles Spearin Hears Things Differently

When a musician takes a break from their band and produces a solo side project, it's usually a thinly veiled attempt to show off acoustic songs they've been secretly recording in their bedroom. Charles Spearin isn't that sort of musician. Do Make Say Think — Spearin's primary gig — is anything but a conventional band, so it's not surprising his...
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