The article can be found in the November 2011 issue on page 6. To view it, simply copy and paste the following link http://issuu.com/muziketc/docs/muziketc_v23-n6

92.9FM KISM in Bellingham, WA played 5 tunes on Aug 28th 2011, in an interview and archived it on their site. It will probably be archived until about February 2012. Here's the link http://www.kism.com/pages/3455858.php

DINO DiNicolo is a one-man show, and he likes it that way. The North Vancouver bassist has been a mainstay of several bands over the last two decades, in particular Breathe Underwater and Supertonic (or, even further back, Mr. And Mrs. Smith), but recently has been finding solace in solitude, and getting to know himself in the process. 'It took me realizing I have to give everything I had, and realizing why I'm doing this,' he says, having just returned from a fiveweek tour in support of his third solo CD, I've Seen the Devil. It helps that DiNicolo has a few other talents hidden up his sleeve aside from his bass playing. He combines the Tuvan throat singing tradition from Mongolia with mouth percussion, stomp box and his bass to form catchy, jazz-infused songs, and it's easy to see that he doesn't hold anything back. 'People didn't let the other bands I had into their heart as readily, and then I started doing these jam nights by myself when I hung out with friends having a drink, and I'd do this, and people would say 'Hey, have you got that recorded?' he says. His solo work feels more authentic, he adds. 'It seems people let it into their hearts more if I do this.' Which also brings DiNicolo around to why he does what he does. 'Two reasons,' he begins. 'One, some people go to therapists, I play music.' But the other reason is, as a lifelong music fan himself, DiNicolo wants to be able to give people that sensation where they can't help but feel good when they hear a song, and find themselves humming the tune for the rest of the day. 'I get a kick out of it. Every one of these tunes does it to me. It never used to do it with the band, but this it does do it to me,' he said. DiNicolo's writing in I've Seen the Devil explores his own spiritual side, but not in the traditional language of religion. Instead, he talks simply of people's choices to be either a positive force or negative force in the world, in particular through talking about the dark side of life, personified in the devil. 'Talking about the devil is a lot easier than talking about the other side, which nobody wants to use the words to describe: God, Allah, Buddha, whatever word you want to use,' he said, eschewing any sort of label and adding he's not trying to be preachy. 'Having seen the devil, I've seen that we all get to choose those choices.' But what really sets DiNicolo apart is the gravelly throat singing he uses in his songs, borrowed from a long tradition practiced by ethnic Tuvans in parts of Mongolia and Russia. Oddly enough, he learned the style trying to imitate Froggy from The Little Rascals as a child. Only later in life, after watching films that featured Tuvan singing, did he realize it had another purpose. In it, he sings a low, gravelly voice deep in his throat that sounds almost other-worldly. 'As soon as I do something that has that, as soon as I go into that, everyone who's talking will suddenly go '...what?' They want to know, what the hell was that?' he said. 'We all do it. Say you ever exaggeratively got someone's attention, and you went 'ahem!' You're actually doing it. We all can, it's in there.' But being unusual has its advantages, as one fan in Toronto dryly expressed it. 'I got off stage and he looks at me straight in the face and says 'Dude, of all the bass-playing, solo-singing, mouthdrumming Tuvan guys I've ever seen, you're the best,'says DiNicolo. 'I understood the sarcasm he was getting at.' tholloway@nsnews.com

It was a one man tour, but I wasn’t just one man. It sure looks like I’m alone when I’m on stage doing my thing, but the fact is that the only reason this tour happened is because of the support of the many friends, fans and venues that helped out and gave so much. In short, thank you all. You know who you are, we’ve shared the memories, sunshine, tequila, music, food, lakes, cottages, baseball, barstools, beers, sweat, wine, laughter, dancing, bocci balls, sangria, late night dinners, hugs, rum, and long conversations solving all the problems of the world late into evenings. In my eyes, you’ve all become a piece of my family. An datsa nice. A short list of specific folks and places that played a key role in this tour: Alex Macleod and family and James Mackenzie, 1000 Islands Jazz Festival, Duane Forrest, Paul Etherington, Claude and Suzanne Clement and the Cornwall and District Chapter of M.S. Society, A.J. Scarcella and Bassline for bookings and vehicle sponsorship for 3 whole weeks (awesome!), Pete’s Music Exchange, Brighton Sound, Martin Sluimers, Sean Frewer and Lea Marin, Heather and Brett Sahrle and Family, Robin and Mike Spencer, Joe Sheehy and Leslie Knipe at Azure Hill Winery, all the venues, Record Archive and WRUR Rochester radio station for having me out, and all the friends and fans. If I’ve forgotten anyone, please accept my apologies. My memory has taken a bit of a toll on this tour, like all tours. I’ve learned that tequila is a Mexican word that when truly translated properly, means “ahh forget about it”. Love

The 3rd solo CD 'I've Seen The Devil' is complete. A CD release party has been planned for July 30th at Falconetti's in Vancouver B.C. Thank you to all the folks who worked on this 3rd CD, it's turned out awesome. It's awesomeness can be attributed directly to the all the awesome people who gave their energy and time to make it so. That's a lot of awesomeness.

I'm pleased to announce that the recording process has begun for the 3rd CD. We went into the world of groove this week (March 13, 2011) with Ben Kaplan at his studio. I want to say thanks to all the family, friends and fans who have been so supportive with this solo project. It all began as a lark in the winter of 2007, as something I needed to get out of my system. I'm happy to say I've had enough inside me to get 3 CDs worth of music out of my system. I've taken all the advice I've been receiving over the years and applied some of it in this recent recording. I'd rather not explain what I did and instead, just let the project speak for itself. After all, I believe art is not meant to come with an instruction manual. I'm looking forward to bringing this music to the world. Love.

I began pre-production of the next CD in the fall of 2010. As soon as Benny is ready in his new studio, we'll start grooving to the sound of get down.

I haven't verified it yet - but I may have achieved a first for the Vancouver Venue, 'The Commodore Ballroom'. I was invited to perform at The Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, February 12, 2011 for a fundraiser for the Special Olympics hosted by 6 Degrees, A Motion Ball Event. The 'first' being, that I played my solo show with my bass, mouth and feet for two sets - this is not the norm for The Commodore. I'm still asking around and googling, looking for any other show that's had one guy with a bass do a couple of sets in the historic Commodore Ballroom. The night was awesome, and the crowd was festive. Thanks Mike for asking me to play, and thanks Paul for inviting me to do it in Toronto Feb03, 2012.

The tour was awesome and the thank you list is long. I'll try to keep this short. If I forget anyone, please feel free to email me and remind me. That last three days in NY really did a dance on my memory or lack there of. Thank you to: -Duane Forrest and his whole crew. You're a gem of a man Duane, and a magnet for good people. It was a pleasure. You can call on me anytime brother. - Sean and Lea. Fantastic to hang with you guys. More Paella than one man can eat. Thanks for having me in your home. - Phil Rushworth and family. You're a good soul Phil and your who family is awesome. Thanks for having me in your home letting me devour your strawberry jam. - Bassline Station and the whole crew. You treated me so well. Whenever you need to induce another pregnancy Anthony, just give me a call brother . - 1000 Islands Jazz Fest, Alex, John at Taits and the whole crew. You treated me like a king. I'd love to come back again. And thanks to Carol and Berne in Brockville for Casa Picollo and the fine food and beverages. Truly a week of decadence. I still wonder if I'm worthy. And to James and Steve and the all the kids, thanks for having me over. And to the girls across from the haunted house, more cheezies next time please. - Heather, Brett and Family for having me over once again. This all started because of you guys with a simple hockey championship long ago. I know, I know, I still have to make you some of my mama's pasta sauce. - WRUR and Scot Reghan for having me for a visit. That was a cool moment in time my brother. You're the only DJ I know that has ever gotten up to hug me after the interview. - Record Archive, Alayna, the originator (I forgot your name, I'm sorry brother) and the whole staff. I've never seen a record store like that. It was an experience not a store. - UBIB, Craig, Jim, Jo and the whole staff, those who were working and those who just jumped into the festivities to help out. That was some damn fine ravioli. - Murphy's Woodhouse, Matt and the whole staff for treating me so well, and for the special visit from the Quervo girls. - Lloyd's, Bob and the whole staff. I'll be sure to call Quervo and let them know I'm coming next time, just to make sure there's plenty of stock in house. Perhaps I'll tip you guys off the next time I'm doing a NY state tour and we can all buy shares in Quervo before hand. - The Waterfront Restaurant, Be, MJ and the whole staff. Thanks for taking care of me and making sure the sun came out literally and figuratively. Damn fine prime rib right when I needed it. - Azure Hill Winery, Leslie and Joe. Never enough time for wine, food and friends. We'll just have to do it again. THERE WILL BE BUTTER!!!

Wow, life has exceeded my expectations. The tour has gone great so far. Many thanks to give already, I’ll do all of those all at once when I’m back home in Vancouver. Toronto and Ottawa have been very good to me. The friends, fans and venues have rocked. Some odd challenges to share - the day before the tour, right before a show in Vancouver to kick off the tour, my bass was having none of it. I had to open up the back of my bass on stage and see what was going on. As it turned out, I needed a quick masterful soldering job on a cable as thin as a needle. So, thanks to James and Laura’s quick thinking, off to Rona to get some tools. I ended up spending the first set of the kick off show for the tour on stage with a quick commando soldering job on my bass. It worked out. - and- I experienced a version of that episode on Seinfeld about the car rental. In my case I had specified on three different occasions that I wanted a hatchback. On the rental day, I said ‘so what kind of hatchbacks do we have going on’, the rental guy was very nice, smiled and reassured me with a slight hint of a giggle…’ oh no we don’t have any hatchbacks, but we’ll arrange something that works for you’. I wondered if a candid camera was watching or something. As it turns out, I’m a bit out of touch. All these wonderful new cute cars have back seats that go down to make more space. As it turns out, my Suzuki SX4 has almost the same amount of space as a hatchback. That’s cool. It’s still no replacement for my Chevy Short box van with the 350, but the SX4 will do in a pinch. At the moment I have a few days off in a beautiful house on the St. Lawrence River. I feel like I’m in France or something. It’s beautiful here and the owners, Carol and Berne are as charming as the décor.

5 weeks ago on October 25th, I was invited down to Bellingham WA to do an interview with Pooner Clark on KISM 92.9 for his show 'Locals Only'. It went great. Pooner and I had a few laughs on air and he played 5 songs off the CD 'New Day Baby'. Well tonight was a pleasant, very pleasant surprise. Pooner had given me the heads up that he had taken it upon himself to get my CD featured on 'Midnight Snack' with Bob Carter. And so it was - the whole CD. Very cool. .... and so I sat this hour with my parents listening to the radio. My dad having just recently recovered from a mini stroke with a big smile, my mom beaming and myself in shock as song after song, the entire CD got played. Beyond the coolness that 'New Day Baby' was aired, is the fact that I've had the chance to realize some of my dream and share it with my parents while they're still alive and cognitive enough to feel a sense of pride. This hour was priceless. Thank you Pooner Clark, Bob Carter and KISM - you've given my Italian parents a memory I've been wanting them to have since I first told them '... ma, pa... I want to play music for a living.'

Very cool moment in time. I had the chance to meet and chat with Stephen Quinn the host of the CBC radio show 'On The Coast' at a fund raiser for Friends For Life tonight (November 14, 2009). In the midst of the evenings events, Stephen took the time to tell me ...'Yeah, we've been playing your music in rotation. The only problem is no one know how to pronounce your last name.' That was followed by Stephen correctly pronouncing my last name. Well done Stephen.... and thanks again for airing my music on CBC.

I just got a cool email from a buddy (insert name here that remains untyped to protect the innocent :). CKUA Radio out of Edmonton Albert has spun the tune 'Boogeyman' off of 'New Day Baby'. Another great moment in time for the independents of the world. Thank you CKUA for opening up your doors to music for the sake of music. Much Love in your general direction.

On October 25, 2009, Pooner Clark invited me into the KISM 92.9fm radio station in Bellingham for an interview. He's a good guy. Fits the description Tom Petty sings about in 'The Last DJ' - ...'he plays what he wants to play'... Pooner kindly played 5 tracks off the CD 'New Day Baby' and we chatted along in between songs. It was a cool moment in time.

I wish to thank quite a few people for making this tour a success. For making this tour even possible for that matter. In no specific order, but with much love and appreciation. Thank you Heather and Bret Sahrle and Family, for rest, lodging, food, booze, dogs and pretzels a plenty. Thank you to Loving Cup, Johnny and Johnny's, Bob at Lloyd's Limited and Martha Clara for venues to get down in. Thank you to Mike and Robin and Amelia for a restful hangover recovery, steak and eggs, cookies, and chocolate coffee treats yum. Thank you to Sudsy for just being Sudsy, a warm house when the furnace is on, and not bringing out the 151 this time - perhaps next time. Thank you to Rose, your generosity goes over and beyond. Thank you to Joe and Leslie (and Leslie's parents), for last minute Long Island Lodging, late night steak and prawns, the rum of Pyrats, too much booze and giving Advil a reason to exist. And thank you to all the friends and fans who came to the shows and brought the love, this is why we are alive. Hugs all around.

The 2nd CD 'New Day Baby' is complete. Though it is a solo CD, it was not a solo effort. Many thanks are to be listed for the completion of this 14 song recording. The short list: Ben Kaplan - engineering, Chris Potter - mastering, Doug Cuthbert - graphics, Kevin Hall - photography, The Farm and Greenhouse Studios, ,A and A DiNicolo - Wardrobe and Stomp Box Design, All the fans who opened their hearts and ears to this crazy bass project in the first place. The list goes on and is included on the liner notes of the CD. The evening of September 17th will include performances of most of this CD. Followed by plenty of time to do what we all love to do at a party - have a few celebratory drinks and just talk about stuff. So simple and so right.

There will be a video shoot this evening in the first set. A camera crew will come in to shoot some video of the title track for the next CD 'New Day Baby'. The shoot will be between 7:30 and 8:30. This will then be followed by a few more sets of music for the remainder of the evening.

Yes the writing is writen, the recording is done, the photos are taken, the graphics all arranged, and the champagne is on ice. I've sent the material to the manufacturer earlier this week. I'm excited!!! Woooo Hoooo!!! ... and yes a CD release party is brewing. I've yet to nail down the final spot and time for this one, but it's brewing.

The song “Beautiful” was played in the middle of the afternoon, April 07, 2009 on CBC Radio on a show called "On The Coast". I'm glad to hear a radio station out there was willing to break the norm. Way to go CBC, very cool.

Big thank you to Heather Sahrle for booking me to entertain at the Easton National Women's Hockey Championships. This show was the impetus for making this last tour happen in the first place. As well, Heather and her family made sure I had comfortable accommodations, a van and dogs to cuddle with on the couch on my off days. Thank you to Johnny at Johnny's, Deb at The Snooty Pig, and Bob at Lloyd's Limited for taking a chance on me, booking me in their venues and making sure my liver was well exercised. Thank you to Sudsy (Dan Mitchel), for suppling additional accommodations, more dogs to cuddle with, and 151 proof rum at 5am. And most importantly, thank you to all the friends and fans who made the trip fun and came out to hang. I want to do it all again.

Yes, in addition to booking more shows, festival hunting, writing various ideas into songs, honing the live show, practicing in general and keeping the suits clean and sharp, work on the next CD is well underway. Those fans in Vancouver are getting a sneak preview each time Dino plays a live show in his home town. Each new song is being tested out live to see if the universe thinks each audio creation is ready to be recorded for future generations. .... the whole motorcycle riding thing is on hold while Vancouver pretends to have an actual winter with snow and everything.

.... The bassist's album, Beautiful, has thoughtful, topical songs and geature his inventive bass technique prominently. However, his crooning vocal style might be a revelation. Although DiNicolo won the 'Ultimate Vocalist' competition that was staged in a couple of Lower Mainland pubs as a kind of American / Canadian Idol variation, the album is the first lengthy showcase of a highly stylized music. Newspaper scan to come.