"The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing," the embodiment of a leader of the big-band era, was actually a temperamental martinet of the age, says music biographer Levinson (September in the Rain, 2001… By ...

Earlier this year, songwriter Mike Feuerstack released his latest Snailhouse album Sentimental Gentleman. Now, the Montreal-based musician is getting ready to take his project out for some more ...

Mike Feuerstack has quietly worked away at his Snailhouse project in Ottawa and Montreal for nearly two decades. On his sixth album, the singer/songwriter and Wooden Sky guitarist continues to display ...

"I tell people I have the greatest job in the world. I just go 'one, two, one-two-three-four,' and get out of the way," Myers said from his home near Orlando, Fla. Myers is the latest in a line of ...

In 1940, I was 15 and my jazz record collection included the popular big dance band of Tommy Dorsey because "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" -- as the trombonist-leader was called -- had such ...

When it comes to great pop songwriters, fans of Michael Feuerstack are quick to champion him as a true original. For close to 20 years, he's been an underground favourite, dedicating himself to ...