Daniel Cainer and Bob Bossin are performing together in several cities in the province Oct. 18-25. Cainer is a British singer-songwriter, described as “the Comic Bard of Anglo-Jewry,” and Bossin is the founder of Canada’s renowned 1970s and ’80s folk…
Bob Bossin as Davy in Davy and the Punk. (photo by Derek Kilbourn) For legendary Canadian folksinger Bob Bossin, who has called Gabriola Island home since 1991, it all started with “The King.” “It was Elvis,” he told the Independent…
Bob Bossin (photo by Suzanne Kimpan) Bob Bossin, a well-known Canadian folk musician, recently released a book about his father, Davy the Punk: A Story of Bookies, Toronto the Good, the Mob and My Dad. The book is a compilation…
Children rarely pay much attention to what their parents are doing. Children of parents on the wrong side of the law are no different. They may overhear conversations around the house, they may see headlines in the media but they…
Since last year’s Chutzpah! Festival, the Jewish Independent has been waiting to see Noah Drew’s Tiny Music. The read-through in 2013 was a unique experience of a work-in-progress, and it will be fun to compare that “teaser” with the production…
