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New Metal Combo Wolf Chamber Release First Song – Forest of Darkness
While the internet has been the bane of many a record label, band and musical artist, slashing opportunities to make [,,,]
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Triumph Secures Legacy with Revamped ‘Classics’ Package, Major Awards and Forthcoming Documentary
Jokingly, Triumph co-founder and bassist Mike Levine suggested that fans of the legendary Canadian rock power trio might want to [,,,]
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Southern Rock Survivors Molly Hatchet Rock Into The New Decade
Like the wiliest of hardscrabble cats, it appears that the rough-rockin’ veteran Florida veteran Molly Hatchet have at least nine [,,,]
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New Skydiggers Album Influenced by Trials of Life and The Tragically Hip
Music can help and heal and broken heart – this much is true. And it’s not just for the listening [,,,]
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Tami Neilson Strips Down Sound for Raucous and Revelatory ‘Chicka Boom!’ – Coming in February
To the delight of her legions of fans in her adopted homeland of New Zealand, to her followers, friends and [,,,]
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Goodwyn Continues His Passionate Pursuit of the Blues on ‘Friends of the Blues 2’ Release
Sometimes the phone lines can’t convey subtleties in emotion, even to the most experienced of interviewers and conversationalists. For Myles [,,,]
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Wide Mouth Mason Dig Deep Into Blues Roots for New Album ‘I Wanna Go With You’
Oct. 25 saw the release of the first Wide Mouth Mason album in almost nine years. A captivating, compelling and [,,,]
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Good Lovelies Return to Holiday Music Roots with ‘Evergreen’ – Touring Ontario Until Dec. 22
A decade ago, the holiday season in Canada was enlivened by the delightful, charming and harmonious unveiling of Under the [,,,]
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Kris + Dee Dig Deep on Powerful and Compelling New Album – Browse Line
As the oft-used expression states, the best things in life are worth waiting for. Fans of Kingston, Ontario-based singer/songwriter duo [,,,]
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Prong Release Two New Tracks on Special Five-Song EP – Age of Defiance
Through the ups and downs of the minefield that is the modern music industry, New York City metal veterans Prong [,,,]
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Lynne Hanson Talks Inspiration for Single True Blue Moon, Adventurous New Mindset for Forthcoming Album
Never one to allow herself to be pigeonholed, categorized or classified by the minions of the music business infrastructure, Ottawa [,,,]
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Charm City Devils Continue to Derive Inspiration From the Tribulations and Perseverance of their Hometown
Drawing on a love for their plucky city, and sharing in its sense of solidarity and overcoming, Baltimore’s Charm City [,,,]
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Dark Station Release Intense, Delightfully Enigmatic Debut Album – Down in the Dark
A new wave of hard rock bands is starting to arise in the musically fertile and fast moving region of [,,,]
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Samantha Martin Talks The Future of Blues, Challenges Within the Music Industry And More!!
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar are bringing the blues to life in a wonderful inventive and unique way. With incomparable [,,,]
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‘Unveiling’ Sees Sarah Smith Shed The Skin of Her Old Life in Anticipation of A Bright, Beautiful New Future
It may be hard for audience members to tell that Sarah Smith is anything but the passionately expressive, high energy, [,,,]
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The Wardens Capture Unique Spirit of Canadian West on Tour and on Record
Canada is blessed with a veritable cornucopia of geographically, philosophically, ecumenically, and culturally-based forms of folk music, representing the diversity [,,,]
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‘Morning Light’ Sees Dayna Manning Reach New Level of Creative Excellence
As successful and admired as singer/songwriter/producer Dayna Manning has been over her quarter century career navigating through the sometimes harsh [,,,]
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Dillon and Headstones Give No ****s on New Album – Peopleskills
Hugh Dillon is refreshingly no-nonsense in everything he does. He does not suffer fools lightly and is delightful devoid of [,,,]
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New Miranda Mulholland album Radiates Old World Charm
In the right hands, with that rare combination of talent, time, serendipity, and the appropriate songs, music has the power [,,,]
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Frantic Amber Honours Legendary Women Warriors on Explosive and Intense ‘Bellatrix’
Bellatrix is a bold, adventurous new album by Stockholm-based metal quintet Frantic Amber – a collection of songs based on [,,,]
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Colorado Punk-Pop Quartet The BRKN To Unleash Debut EP in early 2020
With the release of a pair of infectiously melodic, lyrically dynamic and highly memorable songs – Your Existence and The [,,,]
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Kennedy Road Brings together Carabine and MacMillan For Delightful New Musical Partnership
Sheila Carabine and Brian MacMillan had known each other and of each other for a number of years as regulars [,,,]
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‘Burning Sermons’ is the Powerful Next Step in the Evolution of Swedish Metallers Liv Sin
Swedish metal quintet Liv Sin have stormed back into the metal lover’s consciousness with an epically lush, cinematic and devilishly [,,,]
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Catherine MacLellan Deals With Love, Loss and The Wisdom In Between on Powerful New Album – Coyote
Like a gentle but insistent breeze coming in from the east, Catherine MacLellan’s new album Coyote is a delightfully immersive [,,,]
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White Flags Sees American Tears/Mark Mangold Riding the Crest of a Creative Wave
To call Mark Mangold a successful musician and songwriter is a bit of an understatement. Although the subject of this [,,,]
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Michael Sweet Discusses New Solo Album ‘Ten,’ Importance of Full Albums and State of Rock and Metal
Over his 35 years in the music industry, Michael Sweet has demonstrated his ability to dextrously morph in and out [,,,]
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New Classic Rock-Inspired Power Trio Silverthorne Release First Music
If not for Jeff Gutt, the new powerhouse rock trio known as Silverthorne may never have come into being, and [,,,]
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New Additions Rejuvenated Black Star Riders for ‘Another State of Grace’
Although not as well known in North America as they are in Europe and the United Kingdom, hard rockers Black [,,,]
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Tom Keifer and #KEIFERBAND Celebrate the Power of Perseverance on New Album, Rise
After a few years out on the road with his band, road testing new songs, becoming a tighter, creatively dynamic [,,,]
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‘Moving East’ a Love Letter to Jimmy Rankin’s East Coast Roots
Music and the unique heritage and culture of Canada’s east coast has infused the creative output of Jimmy Rankin for [,,,]