
steve newton
@earofnewt
freelance music-writer and journalist for 40 years; author of the 2018 beer-table book Gord Downie; check out my interviews with rock legends on my Patreon page
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just posted the audio of my 2021 interview with Vancouver soul singer #KrystleDosSantos, who performed four times at the #VancouverFolkMusicFestival today that lady can sing! patreon.com/posts/krystle-… Orchard Sky Vancouver Folk Music Festival Teresa Trovato Guilt & Co. Firehall Arts Centre


my list of cool stuff to do in #Vancouver this week earofnewt.com/2025/07/20/new… Brit Floyd Palladium Entertainment Vancouver Civic Theatres Rickshaw Theatre #TheSadies Blue Frog Studios Art Bergmann #BillyHopeless Celebration of Light MP City of Vancouver Gouge Away #BabeCorner #YoungFriend


happy 78th birthday to the one-and-only #CarlosSantana. When I interviewed him back in 2001 I asked him who his favourite guitar player was earofnewt.com/2020/01/18/tha… Carlos Santana #OtisRush Jimi Hendrix B.B. King Museum Guitar World Guitarist Magazine #BBKing #JimiHendrix #guitar

remembering #ChrisCornell, born on this day in 1964 in #Seattle I really enjoyed talking to him back in 2008 earofnewt.com/2020/07/20/tha… Chris Cornell ChrisCornellFanpage ChrisCornell Forever Tom Morello Soundgarden Vicky Cornell Jeffgarden.com The Grunge Scene Pearl Jam Timbaland Audioslave




looking forward to seeing #BritFloyd for the first time in #Vancouver this Thursday (July 24) Here's the full audio of the interview I did with guitarist-vocalist #DamianDarlington the last time the band came through town patreon.com/posts/damian-o… Brit Floyd Palladium Entertainment

it was cool to see #BuddyGuy at the very end of the vampires-in-a-juke-joint flick #Sinners last night His appearance is set in 1992 Here's the interview I did with him the year before that patreon.com/posts/buddy-gu… PROXIMITY MEDIA SinnersMovie Buddy Guy Michael B. Jordan

for all you #RandyRhoads fans, a couple of audio excerpts from my 1983 interview with his friend and bandmate #RudySarzo earofnewt.com/2016/04/02/rud… Rudy Sarzo #BlizzardOfOzz David Wight Riffology: Iconic Rock Albums Podcast #QuietRiot #DiaryOfAMadman Rock-n-Roll Autopsy Podcast Forever Rockin'🎸🎸🎸 𝐌𝐲𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧


remembering #JohnMayall, who passed away a year ago today at the age of 90 “I never hired anyone who wasn’t outstanding. You can’t compare them, though. Each had his way to play, his own distinctive sound.” earofnewt.com/2018/12/22/joh… Walter Trout #CocoMontoya #Bluesbreakers

remembering #Ozzy and my interviews with him earofnewt.com/2025/07/22/rem… #OzzyOsbourne THIS DAY IN METAL Rudy Sarzo Tony Iommi David Wight Classic Rock Magazine BLABBERMOUTH.NET


my interview with #Ozzy from 1984: "People get this impression that I’m some sort of f***ing warlock that wants to go around changing people into satanists. Those aren’t my intentions at all." earofnewt.com/2014/03/22/ozz… Rudy Sarzo THIS DAY IN METAL #OzzyOsbourne #OzzyForever


audio excerpt from my 1984 interview with #OzzyOsbourne: "I don’t go out and sorta turn people into Satanists or anything." earofnewt.com/2017/01/14/tha… David Wight Rudy Sarzo #BarkAtTheMoonTour THIS DAY IN METAL #OzzySpeaks #OzzyForever Classic Rock Magazine BLABBERMOUTH.NET

sad to hear that #GoldenEarring guitarist #GeorgeKooymans died today at the age of 77 Here's the interview I did with his bandmate #BarryHay back in '84 earofnewt.com/2014/04/20/gol… Golden Earring News 🎸Return of Rock🎸 Mitch Lafon Classic Rock Magazine BLABBERMOUTH.NET BraveWords - Where Metal Lives!

happy 60th birthday to #Slash. Here's the interview I did with him when he was 28: "It’s a great lineup that we have, but I’m not gonna say anything against the lineup that we had before when it was rocking." earofnewt.com/2014/01/27/sla… Slash Slash News Todd Dammit Kerns