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Johnny Favourite: Troubadour - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Troubadour Artist: Johnny Favourite Label: Curve Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 663431000058 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2010 05 18 Number of Discs: 1 You may know Johnny Favourite from the hit CD Holiday Romance that garnered a Juno award, a dozen East Coast Music Award nominations and a Gold album, countless television and media appearances. Johnny Favourite was signed to Universal Music by then A&R Director Brian Hetherman, through a
Title: TroubadourArtist: Johnny Favourite
Label: Curve Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 663431000058
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2010-05-18
Number of Discs: 1
You may know Johnny Favourite from the hit CD Holiday Romance that garnered a Juno award, a dozen East Coast Music Award nominations and a Gold album, countless television and media appearances. Johnny Favourite was signed to Universal Music by then A&R Director Brian Hetherman, through a mutual love of Big Band and Swing music, after a few late night cocktails the two recruited Mavericks guitar player Nick Kane to Produce Holiday Romance along with Engineer Jeff Wolpert at the legendary Le Studio in Morin Heights. The international success of Holiday Romance allowed the band to tour non-stop for 5 years: from New Orleans, Louisiana to St. John's Newfoundland and from Los Angeles, California to Nassau, Bahamas, over 300 shows a year generating a hip and happening event at each and every venue. Selling out the world famous SUPPER CLUB in Manhattan repeatedly, and doing the same from the Roxy in Boston to the Derby in L.A. Having the word 'swing' in one's moniker, however, became a dirty word in the fickle and cynical world of pop culture. After much heartache and reflection Johnny left the Orchestra determined to explore the possibilities of pop music from, as he says, 'Tommy Dorsey to David Bowie, from Bobby Darin to Morrissey.' Shortly thereafter Hetherman left Universal Music and Johnny ventured into the pop music world with the creation of The Tonight Album, a departure for Johnny that garnered 3 ECMA nominations, shows with Duran Duran, Natalie Merchant and 2 top 10 Canadian singles. Eventually, being a fat bastard (note Johnny insisted that the fat part be in the Bio), too much touring, too many cocktail parties and opportunities outside North America drove Johnny Favourite to Singapore then Portugal and the sea, not as a sailor but on a Cruise ship, as an art dealer and auctioneer. Where he trimmed way down and got his focus back. After he tired of life on the water Johnny holed up in Portugal selling Art and occasionally singing from Marbella Spain to Gibraltar on private yachts and Villas. A chance encounter in Lisbon with Hetherman his old A&R man and a steady stream of Michael Buble on European radio made Johnny realize it was time to get back to Music. "On one trip alone I saw Buble on the KLM inflight videos, then over the sound system in the Shipol casino, then in the airport cafe in Faro. After getting back to my village, I went to dinner at my favourite Bodega, guess who they had on? My waiter even said, 'hey Johnny, I think this Buble guy is Canadian, ever hear of him?'... I knew I had to get my ass back to a microphone" says Favourite Now that he has returned to his first love, American popular song. Johnny is armed with 6 years of jazz trio singing, and a deft musicality and approach honed by countless nights of 'shedding' as well as the original Sinatra charts. Johnny is a fresh and original entertainer, never relying on old 'gags'. Johnny cut his teeth trying to play swing to 20, 000 kids looking to mosh and held the bar sales record at the legendary Horseshoe for a long long time. With the original team of Favourite and Hetherman, Johnny is preparing to take back his crown with less swing, more verve and jazz and a voice that is sweeter than ever.
Tracks:
1.1 What a Difference a Day Makes
1.2 Careless Love - Johnny Favourite and Jill Barber
1.3 I Came So Far for Beauty
1.4 Look for the Silver Lining
1.5 Cry Me a River
1.6 It Hurts Me
1.7 22 Steps
1.8 I'll Never Smile Again
1.9 The Fever
1.10 When You and I Were Young Maggie - Johnny Favourite and Ashley MacIssac
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★★★★★ 5
A thoroughly-researched, thoughtful, and nuanced work about the 1692 Salem withcraft panic.
Format: Paperback
This graphic novel recounts the 1692 Salem (Massachusetts) witchcraft panic that engulfed Salem, Salem Village (now Danvers), and adjacent communities. About two dozen men and women were convicted and hanged, one was pressed to death (tortured) to try to force him to acknowledge the Court’s authority. That man was Giles Corey, aged 80. The book focuses on him, but it covers others among the accused and executed as well as on the judges, politicians, and other involved. (No so much on the accusers and their motives.). The narrative plays out chronologically with interstitial vignettes in which 19th Century literary figures Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wander around Salem during the 1800s discussing the trials and their legacy. (Hawthorne lived in Salem for a time and was a descendant or the Court of Oyer and Terminer Judge Hathorne.). The work concludes with a chapter, More Wonders of the Invisible World, that follows how Salem developed economically up to the present day in which witchcraft-related Halloween tourism turns Salem town into arguably the least attractive “tourist attraction” on Cape Ann. (Do not skip this chapter, it is engrossing.) An extensive series of endnotes provide scholarly references and background information.
The artwork veers back and forth between caricatures (the 17th century events) and realism (19th century and onwards). In both cases the line art is exquisite. The text includes quotes from transcripts of the trials and other contemporary documents as well as fictional dialog.
Wickey worked on this book for more than a decade, and it shows in his thorough scholarship. This is, in all seriousness, Pulitzer/Eisner-level work. Wickey was born in Beverly and resides on Cape Ann. Most of us born and raised on the “North Shore” learn about the Salem witchcraft panic in high school -often as a cautionary tale about politics, spectral evidence, and what we would today call “lawfare.” I thought I knew a fair amount about the 1692 panic, but I learned something new with nearly every other page. I was especially glad to see Wickey cover now-debunked ergot-poisoning theory and that he dismissed the vile slander that some among the convicted and executed were actually witches. There’s nothing really “missing” from the book, though one wishes one could learn more about the fates of the accusers other than Ann Putnam. That their motives appear to have been “sport” is bone-chilling fully three centuries later. Read her "apology" years later and try not to think, "psychopath."
At 500 plus pages, it's too long to read at one setting, but it is a pleasure to read at shorter intervals.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Masterpiece
Format: Kindle
It has been said that any work of literature should be gauged upon how much the work makes the reader think. Ben Wickey has certainly achieved this - in spades - as one of the “civilised” world’s most frightening episodes is revisited with respect and thoughtfulness on the human condition.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2026
★★★★★ 5
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Format: Paperback
I bought this book for my husband as a Christmas present and he enjoyed the book!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2026
★★★★★ 4
The Tale of Salem
Format: Paperback
If you’re not familiar with the history of Salem and its witch trials, this graphic novel is a solid entry point. The author, while not a historian, clearly put in the work—spending time in Salem, connecting with residents, and striving to honor both the historical record and the modern-day sentiments of those who live with that legacy. His goal was to get the facts right while also capturing how the people of Salem view their own history, and I think he succeeded in that respect.
The artwork fits the subject matter well. We often imagine people of that time as living hard, joyless lives, and the art conveys that sense of austerity. The mix of black-and-white and color panels is sometimes striking—there are moments where the color really enhances the impact of a scene—but other times I wasn’t sure what it added. Still, the black-and-white aesthetic ties neatly into the grim tone of the era.
That said, the book is quite long, and if you’re already well-versed in the Salem Witch Trials, you may not learn much new in terms of facts. But if you enjoy studying the trials or want to explore the story through a different medium, this graphic novel is definitely worth picking up.
For me, it landed at a 3.5 stars, which I’ll round up to 4 (since I usually do that when posting on review sites).
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Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Salem's a Lot
Format: Paperback
Great comic that deserves to be at the top end of best of 2025 lists. Intensively researched with multiple art approaches to the varied settings. It also made me want to take a trip to Salem in the off-season. A virtuosic undertaking!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2026