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Foreigner’s Bruce Watson Talks Busy 2026, Band Legacy and Working With O.G. Lou Gramm
By Jim Barber When the music you create and perform becomes iconic; when it becomes the soundtrack of one, two, [,,,]
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Big Sugar Hits the Road to Mark 30th Anniversary of Landmark Album – Hemi-Vision
By Jim Barber If you’re looking to get a little warm, a little heated, or even hot like a hemi [,,,]
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More Documentary Screenings and New Video Announced by Bif Naked
By Jim Barber Champion is the name of Bif Naked’s latest studio album. Released in early 2025, it is an [,,,]
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Sarah Smith Brings Songs of Light, Love and Life To the World With New Album – SO BRAND NEW
By Jim Barber Author’s Note: This interview was originally conducted late last year, but I took a couple of months [,,,]
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PODCAST: Shane Christopher Neal – Industry 45 Podcast Show – From the Drum Throne featuring Jelly Roll Drummer Cody Ash
CLICK TO LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE. In this latest episode of Industry 45 – From the Drum Throne [,,,]
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Seattle’s Baby And The Nobodies Return With Insistently Raucous New Album – READY OR NOT
By Jim Barber The pandemic upended the lives of hundreds of millions of people all over the world. It made [,,,]
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Detroit Guitar Wizard Sammy Boller Releases Powerhouse New EP – Midnight Garden
By Jim Barber A guitar virtuoso possessing a profound level of personal spirituality and a desire to make music that [,,,]
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PART 1 of 2: Lighthouse Stalwart Hoffert Looks Back on ONE FINE MORNING As Anniversary Edition Released
First of a two-part article featuring Paul Hoffert, founding and continuing member of Lighthouse, who talked to Music Life Magazine [,,,]
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PART 2 of 2: A Chance New York City Encounter Leads to A Legacy of Musical Excellence for Lighthouse
Second of a two-part article featuring Paul Hoffert, founding and continuing member of Lighthouse, who talked to Music Life Magazine [,,,]
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Legendary Canadian Guitarist Liona Boyd Releases Compelling New Album – This Thing Called Love
By Jim Barber Liona Boyd doesn’t NEED to put out a new album. The legendary Canadian classical guitar icon, who [,,,]
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Arkells Release New Single “Money” feat. Portugal. The Man; Announced as Performers at 2026 JUNO Awards + New Album & 2026 Tour News
Nine-time JUNO Award winners Arkells have released their new single, “Money,” featuring Portugal. The Man, out today via Universal Music [,,,]
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PODCAST: Shane Christopher Neal – Industry 45 Podcast Show – From the Drum Throne featuring Rick Hughes
CLICK TO LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE. In this latest episode the of Industry 45 Podcast Show – From [,,,]
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Graham Bonnet Continues to Rock on New Live Album – Lost In Hollywood Again
By Jim Barber In case the general rock and roll public needed a reminder, veteran vocalist/frontman/songwriter Graham Bonnet decided to [,,,]
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Susan Aglukark Wishes to Inspire and Educate with Revelatory New Memoir – ‘Kihiani’
By Jim Barber Susan Aglukark has lived a life, of this there is no doubt. Hers is a story of [,,,]
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Collaboration with The Glorious Sons Pals Leads to Powerful New Album By The Trews – The Bloody Light
By Jim Barber It goes without saying, even though I’m about to say it, that it’s good to have friends. [,,,]
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Swiss Singer/Songwriter Seraina Telli Releases Evocative New Album – Green
By Jim Barber When one thinks of Switzerland, the bright white snowcapped peaks are the images that often come first [,,,]
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Miss Emily has ‘The Medicine’ You Need With Stellar, Sublimely Soulful New Album
By Jim Barber There was a moment, captured on video, when the brilliantly inimitable, multi-award-winning vocalist/songwriter Emily Fennell, aka Miss [,,,]
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Mimi O’Bonsawin Celebrates The Beauty and Significance of Her Abenaki Culture in Compelling New Single – ‘P8GWAS’
By Jim Barber One doesn’t have to be a cultural anthropologist to understand the importance of language to humans. It [,,,]
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PODCAST: Shane Christopher Neal – Industry 45 Podcast Show – From the Drum Throne featuring Andy Curran of Coney Hatch
CLICK TO LISTEN TO THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE. In a recent conversation with Shane Christopher Neal, Coney Hatch bassist Andy [,,,]
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Revitalized, Recharged Finger Eleven Return With First New Album in 10 Years – LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
By Jim Barber It actually took a second to realize the truth of the situation. But yes indeed, it has [,,,]
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The Pairs Talk Connection, Inspiration and Emotion In Wake of Release of Powerful New Album – TOGETHER ON A ROCK
By Jim Barber When you have a musical enterprise that is comprised of two identical twin sisters and a third [,,,]
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Foghat Original Roger Earl Celebrates 50 Years of FOOL FOR THE CITY and Legendary Hit ‘Slow Ride’
By Jim Barber It’s one of the most recognizable riffs in all of rock and roll music. There are few [,,,]
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Envy of None’s Maiah Wynne Talks 3-Track Charity Release, Alex Lifeson and More
By Jim Barber As a way to give fans a cool new gift, as well as raising some needed funds [,,,]
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Rick Hughes Celebrates His Love of Music With New Album – REDEMPTION
By Jim Barber Rick Hughes has carved a remarkably diverse, dynamic and eventful career as a vocalist/frontman/songwriter over the past [,,,]
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Brimming With Confidence and Sense of Purpose, Wolf Van Halen Continues to Evolve with 3rd Mammoth Album – THE END
By Jim Barber We’re way past the point of measuring the ability, the passion for creation, the quality of musicianship [,,,]
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A Transistor Radio And a Dream: Andy Kim’s Remarkable Songwriting Story
Final installment of a series of five Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of [,,,]
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Jane Siberry Follows Up Polaris Heritage Prize Win With Induction Into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Fourth in a series of five Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. [,,,]
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Ian Thomas Talks About The Kinks, The Diversity of Canadian Music and ‘The Unmerited Grace’ of Creative Inspiration
Third in a series of five Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. [,,,]
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Triumph’s Rik Emmett Talks About Band’s Legacy of Positivity, Longevity and Songcraft
Second in a series of Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. The [,,,]
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Gino Vannelli To Take His Rightful Place in Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
First in a series of five Music Life Magazine interviews with 2025 Inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. [,,,]