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Lewis Thrilled to be Back Alongside Guns in L.A. Guns – Band Coming to Canada This Month
Fresh off a hit studio album and a well-regarded and well-received live album, California rockers L.A. Guns are feeding off [,,,]
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David Clayton-Thomas As Powerfully Prolific as He’s Ever Been in Legendary Career: New Album Mobius Now Out
David Clayton-Thomas has one of those voices that is unmistakable, inimitable, and instantly takes you back to a certain place [,,,]
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Graham Bonnet Band Returns with Rockin’ New Release – Meanwhile, Back In The Garage
Possessor of one of the greatest set of vocal chords in rock music over the past 40 years, veteran British [,,,]
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Garric and Cooper Discuss Beasto Blanco’s Music, Visceral Live Show and Alice
If you like your hard rock and metal music infused with a relentless intensity, insistent theatricality, and pulse-pounding passion, look [,,,]
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Ben Kunder Mines the Depths of Emotion on Revelatory New Album – Better Human
Ben Kunder’s upbringing may have made his vocation as a singer/songwriter of compelling compositions inevitable. His parents were both deeply [,,,]
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New Zealand’s Like A Storm Unearth Scintillating New Album – Catacombs
Hauntingly powerful, truly heavy and evocative, yet with an insistent melodic sensibility that stills in the hears and minds of [,,,]
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Castronovo Thrilled to Be Part of the Dead Daisies – Band Coming to Canada for Four Shows in Late August
It’s one of the most well-worn of clichés, but in the case of rock drummer/vocalist/songwriter Deen Castronovo, the clouds that [,,,]
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Legendary Rocker Paul Rodgers Celebrates Legacy of Free on New Live Album. Co-headlining Tour with Jeff Beck
He possesses one of the most recognized, most respected and most powerfully evocative voices in the history of rock and [,,,]
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A Flock of Seagulls Enjoying A Renaissance: Bigger Tours, Reunited Lineup Records New Album and Canadian Content
Over the past five years, demand to see 1980s synth-pop sensations A Flock of Seagulls has been as high as [,,,]
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Gus G Takes Power Trio Approach to New Album – Fearless
One of the most talented, engaging and versatile musicians in the world of hard rock and metal music, Gus G [,,,]
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Will Turpin Talks Inspiration Behind New Solo Album, Collective Soul Tour and 25th Anniversary
Itching to write, record and release some new songs, long-time Collective Soul bassist Will Turpin found time in between touring [,,,]
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Metal Veterans Lizzy Borden Back with First Album in 11 Years – My Midnight Things
A mainstay of the rock wars for more than three decades, Lizzy Borden has carved out a niche as one [,,,]
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Vancouver Pop Rock Artist JP Maurice Releases Insightful and Inspired New Album ‘Boys’
JP Maurice scoured the depths of his heart, mind and soul to come up with not one, but two collections [,,,]
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Dee Snider Making Appearance at London’s Rock ‘n Con, New Solo Album Coming in July
He has one of the most recognizable faces, voices and songs in the history of hard rock and metal music. [,,,]
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Blues Master Carvin Jones Performing First Eastern Canadian Dates on Current World Tour
Canadian audiences in a few select cities are going to have the privilege of experiencing a rocking version of blues [,,,]
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Long-time Beck Collaborator Roger Joseph Manning Jr. Releases New EP ‘Glamping’
A veteran session musician, with an extensive and versatile career, Roger Joseph Manning Jr. has led a unique and eminently [,,,]
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The Young Novelists Release Insightful and Entertaining New Album – In City & Country
It is the task of the troubadour to tell us stories of ourselves, our neighbours, our community and our lives. [,,,]
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Sassy, Sultry, Supremely Talented Canadian Singer/Songwriter Neilson Launching Bid for Musical Domination from New Zealand with ‘Sassafrass!’
Tami Neilson has been immersed in music for her entire life. During her youth she was a member of a [,,,]
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Lee Aaron’s Diamond Baby Blues is a Sparkling Gem of a Record
It’s safe to say that Canadian rock legend Lee Aaron is more than just back, she’s back and creating the [,,,]
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Sc Mira Release New Collection of Powerful Evocative Songs on Pair of Mournfully Resplendent EPs
Mesmerizing, engrossing, emotionally enveloping, occasionally disconcerting, but eminently thought provoking are just a few of the adjectives one could use [,,,]
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Little Caesar Returns with ‘Eight’ – Continues Rockin’ On Own Terms
It’s an interesting and telling twist of rock and roll fate that Los Angeles-based rock band Little Caesar has now [,,,]
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MonkeyJunk Hit the Road to Celebrate 10th Anniversary and Latest Juno Win
After a decade as one of Canada’s most acclaimed, successful and prolific blues/roots bands, the trio of talented Ottawa-based musicians [,,,]
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ISSA Returns With Potently Melodic New Album – Run With the Pack
Norwegian rock songstress ISSA recently released her fifth, and arguably most compelling album, Run With the Pack, through Frontiers Music. [,,,]
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Poison’s Bobby Dall Talks Longevity, Fans and Summer Tour with Cheap Trick and Pop Evil
For the second consecutive summer, arenas, concert bowls and stadiums across North America will be the centre of a massive [,,,]
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New Album ‘From Out of the Skies’ Sees Revitalized BulletBoys At Their Best
BulletBoys are back with their 11th studio album, and seventh since reforming in 1998 after a short hiatus. The band [,,,]
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Songwriter Megan Bonnell Tackles Tough Topics with Powerful New Album ‘Separate Rooms’
Toronto-based singer/songwriter Megan Bonnell is an artist who is unafraid to be open, honest and vulnerable about what is troubling [,,,]
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Leather Leone Returns with Powerhouse New Album – Touring with Grim Reaper This Fall
Leather Leone is back with a visceral and powerful new solo album, Leather II. Released through Divebomb Records on April [,,,]
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D.O.A. Mark 40th Anniversary with Politically Charged New Album – Fight Back
For four decades there has always been a mandate and mission behind the music of legendary Canadian punk band D.O.A. [,,,]
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Stryper Returns with Heaviest Album in their Career – God Damn Evil
Far from mellowing with the passage of time, a rejuvenated Stryper is back with their 10th and most incendiary and [,,,]
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The Story of Pompeii – Long Lost Corky Laing Supergroup Recordings to Be Released on Record Store Day
Accurately billed in the promotional material as ‘the supergroup that never was,’ as a special treat for the 2018 edition [,,,]