home of the footbag (hackey sack) masters!!
a great site about Squash
Andy's Sherbrooke Ultimate Frisbee place

For anyone interested in Canada?s music scene in the late 80?s and early 90?s (including early BNL days) there?s a splendid book (released Sept. 2001) about it called --Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance by Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider...I?ve read bits of it and was very impressed with its breadth covering all sorts of popular music movements at that time...(little warning: subjective material and these guys don't particularly love BNL methinks). more info

Here's a page all about Ian McLauchlan, the incredible man who sings and plays drums/percussion in the band.

Canada World Youth : the cultural youth exchange Andy participated in (1990-91)



Artists the Bros have dug lately and their websites (only a beginning and no special order):

Guster one of Jim's and recently Andy`s fave bands.

David Matheson, a great singer and musician whose album is accompanying my life these days...lovely (he also played in Moxy Fruvous.)

The Be Good Tanyas, a fantastic mellow but bluegrassish group out of Vancouver. Just bought their Chinatown album and really love it, great singing, musical music, good relaxed grooves! Little disappointed with the newer one, hasn`t sunk in like Chinatown.

Tryo, ...great singing, neat acoustic approach to reggae, really great melodies/lyrics and an amazing musician on lead guitar. Their latest album (3rd) is fantastic! Andy is a huge fan. Looks like they've gone their separate ways. Thanks for the memories guys. The talent remains however and let's hope they continue feeding us.


What? We're such a dunce. No list is complete without Sarah Harmer. Hers is the voice you can hear on Anna on the Moon (track 2 on Sleepyhead). She is the one who is a fantastic songwriter and singer. Well known, yes! worth it and wonderful.

and while on the subject of Sarahs, this is one you ALL know but we think she deserves a nod, because she is a hero and is many many good things all packed into one: Sarah McLachlan


Lorraine Bowen "suburban exoticist" and a nutty English lady whose cookies do NOT crumble.

Bill Frisell No list of musicians would be complete without a link to Bill, who is Andy's hero of music these days. Simple and understated yet able to sustain a groove and mood effortlessly. He can go many directions and you can feel it.

Daniel Lanois is a wonderful musician, producer and hero of ours.

Gas CD Various artists got together led by captain Chris Brown (of Chris Brown and Kate Fenner fame) to raise funds for prosecuted G8 summit protestors' legal fees. There's lots of good about Chris Brown-a huge soul on this guy, you can hear it in his songs, his clav. and organ playing, and see it in his passion for the gas cd project...long live Chris.

Jim White Jim loves this Southern US songster.

Dr. Tom's Leather a nifty band from Montréal whose debut album, Everything We Make, was produced by A. Creeg. Bear Left: another group of fine young musicians from the same Montreal community.

Jane Siberry -the godmother of our trio: the bros met Ian while supporting Jane at the 1994 Kumbaya festival in Toronto...plus the trumpet player in this group turned out to be David Travers-Smith who co-produced and engineered Trunks and Sleepyhead.

Mike Evin, a Montrealer with a lovely voice with lovely songs who loves to make love and has a great first album called January Muse. His follow up, I'll Bring the Stereo is fantastic. We produced it! He has a new EP in the works. A sneak peak revealed some lovely stuff.

Rheostatics, along with the Tragically Hip, the guts and balls of Canadian Rock. We have a lot of good to say about these guys...from Martin Tielli's quirky and wonderful musicality, to Tim Vesley's thoughtful and humble musical offerings to Dave Bidini's full on righteousness these guys inspire us and many around us...(fave album is Whale Music--containing a fail safe musical shiver during the outro of the song King of the Past)

Martin Tielli's page.

Julie Doiron, some of the most touching, personal, fearless, intimate,intense, beautiful, challenging and inspiring songs I know

Kurt Swinghammer, the quintessential multitalented artist of many colours...Kurt is a captain of inspiration and one of the first downtown cats we ever came across...his concept album Vostok 6 is a real joy...

Kevin Hearn, perhaps needs no intro for you BNL freaks but Kevin's output is magical, charming, quirky and the cusp of wonderfulness

Gord Downie, another captain of Canadian music...his solo effort (away from his regular Tragically Hip gig) is really endearing

Ron Sexsmith, a man who writes beautiful songs and has a special set of vocal chords to sing them.