Ray d'Entremont

A boy soprano, lifelong music lover, and serial starter of things, Ray has worn more hats than most people have ever owned. Music has been a constant companion. His playlists are an eclectic mix of genres accessed by mood and time. Over the years, he variously played in mostly rock and electric blues bands, but jazz and country too, in the Runic Stones, X-Men of Note, Purple Splintered Night, Broken Vessel, Country Gold, Eddy & The Hubcaps, ORCA, Hardscratch Road 2.0, and several others. His wife of 57 years (high school sweetheart) doesn’t agree that he needs 25 guitars!

Most Recent Articles by Ray d'Entremont:

Bonds & Banners … September 16, 2026

I assume the titles that follow belong under this banner and their inclusion needs no apology. Yes, a few are a tad maple syrupy, but I am Canadian, eh! They run the gamut from intimate bonds to group affiliation to the standards that bind;

Before Country Was Cool … September 9, 2026

Welcome to Ray D's Liner Notes: Grandpa Jones, George Jones, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Red Foley, Hal Lone Pine, Mickey Gilley, Leroy Van Dyke, Roger Miller, Eddy Arnold, Brenda Lee, Barbara Mandrell

Swing and or Swagger … September 6, 2026

Welcome to Ray D's Liner Notes: Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Chick Webb, Erskine Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters, Sammy Davis Jr. Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Oscar Peterson

Our Better Angels … September 3, 2026

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Neon Broadway … August 28, 2026

Welcome to Ray D's Liner Notes: I’ve grown to think Rodgers and Hammerstein were the best, but only by a nose, and it killed me not to include songs by the likes of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter or Jerome Kern;

Shamrocks & Shillelaghs … August 22, 2026

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Here to Stay… August 14, 2026

Welcome to Ray D's Liner Notes: These liner notes are for an imaginary album that features some of those iconic high-energy tunes that paved the new way

Cigar Box Banjo August 2, 2026

The cigar box banjo honours those whose music insists, the folks that turn a metal pipe into a bugle, cat gut into a pluckable string, and who seem to extract music from the rhythm of life itself

Longhair Shorts… July 30, 2026

Setting the Vibe with Ray d’Entremont's Liner Notes: Maurice Ravel, Tchaikovsky, JS Bach, Vivaldi, Puccini, Strauss, Brahms, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, Schubert;

X Chromosomes Only July 28, 2026

Setting the Vibe with Ray d’Entremont's Liner Notes: Artists; Rosemary Clooney, Cleo Laine, Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy, Billie Holiday, Linda Ronstadt, Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston, Patti Page, Joni Mitchell"

Songs of the Sagebrush… July 25, 2026

Setting the Vibe with Ray d’Entremont's Liner Notes: Hits and songs From The Highwaymen, Sons of the Pioneers, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Marty Robbins, Diana Krall, Suzy Bogguss, Gogi Grant and Roy Rogers;

DOO-WOP POP July 15, 2026

Setting the Vibe with Ray d’Entremont's Liner Notes;

Setting the Vibe with Ray d’Entremont’s Liner Notes July 13, 2026

I trust you will forgive the self-indulgence of these 21st century editions of liner notes. Piecing this together has been an absolute blast, and if it rekindles a memory or introduces you to a new gem, then it will have been well worth it;