The Detroit Cobras (Pt.2): Doing right by rock ‘n’ roll
If you’ve heard The Detroit Cobras even once, you know you’ve hit upon something utterly unique — regardless of the fact they’re covering someone else’s songs. And without knowing a thing about her, just one listen will tell you that singer Rachel Nagy, with her powerhouse voice, dangling cigarette and high-heeled boots, is a woman...
The Detroit Cobras (Pt.1): Truly great rock? They got it covered
R&B Revival. Garage Soul. Punk Blues. You could throw any one of these descriptors at The Detroit Cobras and hit the truth, but what you could never accurately call them (despite an entire discography built on other people’s songs) is an unimaginative, one-trick cover band. Cranking out raw, vintage tunes with unpracticed swagger, smokey-voiced Rachel...
Louise Burns (pt 2): Getting back in touch with her musical roots
British Columbia’s Louise Burns was just 11 years old when her band Tigerlily was signed to Madonna’s Maverick Records in 2003. Renamed Lillix and meticulously repackaged, Burns found that she’d assumed a role that had little to do with her true love of rock, and eventually quit in 2006. Studying at university by day and...
