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Canadian Rockers Sven Gali Return With Celebratory New Live Album
By Jim Barber In order to really experience the essence of a band, you’ve gotta see them live. Although the [,,,]
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The Stars Come Out to Honour Triumph on New Tribute Album
By Jim Barber Canadian rock legends Triumph have seen a resurgence in their public profile in recent years, receiving armfuls [,,,]
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Digging Deep into the Heart and Mind of an Artist: Rik Emmett’s TEN TELECASTER TALES
By Jim Barber Creators gotta create! A person’s age, level of ability, medium, genre, socioeconomic or cultural background is irrelevant. [,,,]
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Swedish Rockers Mad Invasion Return With Powerhouse Second Album – CRACK IN THE SKY
By Jim Barber Mad Invasion is what happens when a group of long-time musician pals, each one with an impressive [,,,]
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Crystal Viper Unleashes New Live Album – THE LIVE QUEST
By Jim Barber Capitalizing on the raw, intense, visceral energy shared between the band and hundreds of thousands of excitable [,,,]
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Amanda Rheaume’s New Album, THE TRUTH WE HOLD: Telling The Stories That Need To Be Told
By Jim Barber Sometimes a work of art is more than just something to aesthetically admire or be entertained by. [,,,]
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Suzie Ungerleider Digs Deep into the Detailed Heart of Familial Relationships on New Album: AMONG THE EVERGREENS
By Jim Barber There has always been a deep wellspring of authenticity, reality and strikingly honest self-exposition in the [,,,]
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Casper Skulls Hitting Their Creative Stride with new album KIT-CAT
By Jim Barber Sometimes it takes a while for a band to find its voice – the essence of what [,,,]
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Barrie’s AAWKS Return With Powerful Psychedelic-Doom Metal Masterwork – ON THROUGH THE SKY MAZE
By Jim Barber Steeped in mythology, drawing on influences that harken back to the late 1970s heavy, doom-laden musical tomes [,,,]
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An Epically Tumultuous 2023 Leads to BE KIND. REWIND. – A Creative Highpoint for The Royal Foundry
By Jim Barber With a house filled with visiting family, enjoying the warmth of a northern Alberta July, all seemed [,,,]
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TERRIBLE HUMAN Sees Vivienne Wilder Exploring Life’s Complexity Through A Cast Of Cool Characters
By Jim Barber An exercise in critical self-examination coupled with a keen observer’s exposition of the human condition at street [,,,]
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Foreigner Raising Funds to Help Their Devoted Crew Through Tough Pandemic Times
If you’ve been to see legendary classic rock band Foreigner over the past 16 or so years, you know that [,,,]
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Iron Maiden’s Adrian Smith Has Readers ‘Hooked’ With Fascinating, Fishing-oriented Autobiography
Full of intricate dissertations about the best gear, the best locations to perform, and joyful annunciations of successful treks to [,,,]
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Peck says newest Death Dealer album, Conquered Lands, The Tip of the Creative Iceberg for Metal Band
Metal music is a wonderful way to blast away the Covid-19 blues, and the newest album by heavy metal supergroup [,,,]
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Loverboy Marks 40th Anniversary of Smash Hit Debut with Vinyl Re-release
They knew they had amazing on-stage chemistry, amazing musicianship and songs that resonated with all who heard them. But like [,,,]
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Lee Aaron Gives the Gift of Music for Christmas Present and Future With ‘Almost Christmas’
Lee Aaron has launched herself into the Christmas music arena, with a palpably positive, highly entertaining new album, loaded with [,,,]
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Jeff Scott Soto Returns with Dynamic New Solo Album – Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)
One of the most versatile and recognizable voices in rock music today, the prodigiously talented, prolific and highly productive American [,,,]
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Lawrence Gowan Teams with Stuck on Planet Earth for Timely New Christmas Tune
One of Canada’s most respected and beloved rock singer/songwriter/piano playing Strange Animals has teamed up with up-and-coming rock sensations, Stuck [,,,]
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Martin Barre Offers Tull Fans His Uniquely Compelling Take on Band’s Repertoire with 50th Anniversary Album
As a way of not only commemorating the music of legendary British band Jethro Tull, but also to solidify his [,,,]
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Riley-led L.A. Guns Release Gritty New Album – Renegades
Renegades is a gritty, blazing, ballsy return to rock and roll glory for L.A. Guns. The quintessential Los Angeles band [,,,]
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Reb Beach Digs Deep for New Solo Instrumental Album – A View From the Inside
A co-founder and axe man supreme for melodic rock band Winger, Reb Beach carved out his guitar hero bona fides [,,,]
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Inspired by Her Dad, Emm Gryner Releases Evocative, Celebratory First Jazz Album – Just For You
A rocker at heart. Canadian singer/songwriter Emm Gryner has nonetheless consistently demonstrated an amazing ability to craft songs that draw [,,,]
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Black Stone Cherry Release Insistently Compelling New Album – The Human Condition
Although they have been labelled by some within the music industry as a modern version of a southern rock band, [,,,]
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Leaves’ Eyes Release Epic Norse Story of ‘The Last Viking’
Who needs fictional television shows or movies about Vikings when the real-life tales and the characters that inhabit the annals [,,,]
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Cuban-American Rockers Sweet Lizzy Project Release Upbeat Single – Sticky Situations
Like all musicians and bands, Sweet Lizzy Project’s plans were completely derailed by the onset of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. [,,,]
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Canadian Rockers Coney Hatch Play Online Show at Revitalized El Mocambo in Toronto Oct. 3
A stalwart band of the Canadian rock scene of the 1980s is doing its part to try and blow away [,,,]
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Talented Texan Whitmore Takes On Important Issues On Powerful New Album – Last Will & Testament
Best described as a roots or Americana artist, Austin, Texas’ Bonnie Whitmore is a veteran musician who has trod the [,,,]
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Frontman/Songwriter Clay Rose Doesn’t Hold Back on New Gasoline Lollipops Album – All The Misery Money Can Buy
It’s the perfect album for our times. All The Misery Money Can Buy, released Sept. 11 from Boulder, Colorado-based quintet [,,,]
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Janet Gardner and Justin James Bring ‘Synergy’ To Their Lives and Their Music on New Album
It’s melodic hard rock at its memorable and infections best. Synergy, the new album by Gardner/James was released to great [,,,]
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‘Abyss’ Sees Canada’s Unleash the Archers Return With Epic Conclusion To The Immortal/Matriarch War
Melding the best elements of a host of different metal styles, British Columbia metal quintet Unleash The Archers is hitting [,,,]