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Swedish band Killer Bee has key Canadian component; new album out now
Brian Frank has been working for his entire adult life as professional hard rock singer and songwriter, but it seems [,,,]
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New Paint Album and Accompanying Video a Colourful Feast for the Senses
Vocalist/songwriter Robb Johannes has always had a vision for his band Paint that went beyond simply creating music. He has [,,,]
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David Usher Charts Bold Creative Course with New Album Let It Play
David Usher has spent many years proving that creative thought can be a powerful vehicle for a life without limits [,,,]
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Shawna Caspi wraps up 2016 with Tour Stop in Napanee; new album due spring 2017
Toronto-based singer/songwriter Shawna Caspi hearkens back to a time when those known as folk artists used not only their words, [,,,]
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Sarah Smith Releases Powerful, Passionate, Deeply Personal New Album – 11
Already known for her deeply personal, impactfully passionate music, Sarah Smith has truly laid bare her heart and spirit with [,,,]
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New Neal Morse Album, Similitude of a Dream, Is An Epic Piece of Musical Collaboration
Neal Morse has never been afraid to take bold musical steps. Over the years the veteran progressive rock musician/vocalist/songwriter has [,,,]
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Roger Hodgson Rekindles His Canadian Love Affair with November Tour
Over the past four decades, Canada has had a love affair with the music created by Roger Hodgson. From his [,,,]
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Canadian Pop Band New Electric Release Debut EP, Tour Canada with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter
Coming from a home where music was an integral part of everyday life, it should come as little surprise that [,,,]
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Former Rainbow, Alcatrazz Frontman Bonnet back with new band, new album and new energy
There’s a point toward the end of the night that everyone in the audience and onstage knows is coming. It’s [,,,]
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Joe Lynn Turner Revisits Some of His Classic Rock Influences on New Album
A number of years ago former Rainbow, Deep Purple and Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist Joe Lynn Turner recorded a bunch of [,,,]
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Myles Kennedy Discusses Alter Bridge’s Heroic New Album, Canadian Rockers And More
While the talented quartet comprising the hard rock phenomena that is Alter Bridge, the band did not set out to [,,,]
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Montreal’s Slaves on Dope Return with Powerful New Album – Horse
When Montreal residents Kevin Jardine and Jason Rockman decided to relaunch their band Slaves on Dope in 2011, it was [,,,]
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Dave Dunlop Soars as Solo Artist With Powerful, Poignant Debut – Monarch Girl
It’s hard to separate a work of art from the circumstances that inspired its creation, and the circumstances that have [,,,]
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Cherone Talks About 25th Anniversary of Extreme’s Breakthrough Pornograffitti Album and New Live DVD
There was a very prescient observation made by Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone part-way through his interview with Music Life Magazine [,,,]
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Rik Emmett: A Conversation About His New Label, New Album and Some Old Friends
It’s fair to say Rik Emmett is back – in a big, rockin’ way. Emmett and his rebranded solo [,,,]
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Swick Making Music on His Own Terms: Releases Powerful New Album – The Yukon Motel
The best storytellers and songwriters are able to take the real life trials, travails, tribulations and triumphs in their own [,,,]
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Cornish Joins Other Rock Luminaries as Part of Platinum Rock All Stars for Oct. 19 Toronto Show
The term ‘super group’ seems to be thrown around with impunity these days. But it’s not out of line [,,,]
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Pat Travers Set to Rock Through Ontario This Week
He saw Hendrix perform and it changed his life. He was scouted by none other than Ronnie Hawkins, and he [,,,]
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Peter Eldridge’s New Album a Feast for the Ears
The songs created and performed by American vocalist/composer Peter Eldridge are sometimes hard to categorize. In a world where art [,,,]
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Glenn Hughes Bares His Soul on Powerful New Solo Album, Resonate
Art is a way for the one who creates it, someone who is in tune with the passions and pitfalls [,,,]
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Tate releases second Operation: Mindcrime Album, Will Tour with Ripper and Blaze
Former long-time Queensryche frontman/songwriter Geoff Tate’s latest musical projects seem to come in threes. First, he has just released the [,,,]
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Twisted Sister DVD and Tour a Tribute to Their Fallen Brother
What was originally meant to be a spectacular live concert DVD featuring one of the best in-concert hard rock acts [,,,]
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Country Legend Charlie Daniels Reflects on His Career, Hall of Fame Induction and The State of Music Today
With a storied and varied career that has lasted nearly six decades of songwriting and performance excellence and generated legions [,,,]
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Sloan’s Murphy Talks about Anniversaries, Supergroups and Democracy
For 25 years, the Canadian quartet Sloan has been entertaining fans throughout North America with its unique blend of memorable, [,,,]
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Trews’ Colin MacDonald Reflects on The Hip, Greatest Hits Collection and New Music
Even Colin MacDonald wasn’t completely sold on the idea of issuing a so-called ‘greatest hits’ album for his band The [,,,]
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Rocker Jim Crean Recruits Impressive Roster of Guests for Latest Album – Insatiable
To paraphrase a well-worn, but eminently true adage, sometimes you can judge the mettle of an individual by the company [,,,]
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West Coast Songwriter Kendall Patrick Explores the Peaks and Valleys of Life on Forthcoming EP
There is a searing honesty in the words and music created by Kendall Patrick. The heartache, the frustration, the pain, [,,,]
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Reunited I Mother Earth Continues Cross-Canada Tour, Readies For Road Trip with Our Lady Peace
The music business is seemingly one place that proves there is no such thing as the impossible. That Slash and [,,,]
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See Spot Run release fifth studio album – Pretty Holiday
See Spot Run was an independent recording act before the term ‘indie’ became embedded in our modern linguistic lexicon. For [,,,]
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Chicago Metallers Chains Over Razors Thrilled with Carmine Appice-Produced Debut Album
Sometimes you just need to have the right person in your corner at a pivotal time in one’s career to [,,,]