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Maldonado Relishes Role as Hall of Fame Band Foreigner’s New Vocalist
By Jim Barber When 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Foreigner begin their cross-Canada tour in October, there [,,,]
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Billy Morrison Talks Creativity, Songwriting, THE MORRISON PROJECT And More!
By Jim Barber Author’s Note: This interview for this article was conducted shortly after the Back to the Beginning Concert, [,,,]
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Maddisun’s New Album THE PAGES Is An Open Book To Her Artistry, Authenticity and Humanity
By Jim Barber Mountains are spectacular. Mountains are inspirational. Thrust up by violent tectonic forces more powerful than anything we [,,,]
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Montreal’s Atomik Train Steaming Down the Tracks to Success with Forthcoming Debut Album
By Jim Barber Can you hear the chug, chug, chugging of the big iron wheels, the rumbling of the engine, [,,,]
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Lee Aaron Talks About Summer Shows, Forthcoming Memoir and New Reimagined Hits Collection
By Jim Barber A fixture, an irrepressible creative dynamo, a powerhouse performer and an important artist who has been a [,,,]
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Axe Slinger Extraordinaire Doug Aldrich Talks Dead Daisies’ New Blues Album, and Cancer Recovery
By Jim Barber Whether you want to call them a supergroup comprised of prodigiously talented, versatile and eminently successful rock [,,,]
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Connecting to the Land, Connecting With People: Mimi O’Bonsawin Lives to Create
By Jim Barber If music is medicine, as it most assuredly is, then those who practice this medicine are indeed [,,,]
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Ireland’s The Coronas Return to Canada for Shows in Vancouver and Toronto
By Jim Barber There are a lot of cliches and stereotypes about Ireland. But there is truth to those that [,,,]
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Sophie B. Hawkins To Tour Western Canada in the Fall To Mark 30th Anniversary of WHALER
By Jim Barber In the midst of the epoch-shaking Grunge movement and the ascent of hip hop on the charts, [,,,]
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Dizzy F’n Reed (Guns N’ Roses) Releases New Single “Falling Down 2gether” via 50q records
New Full Length Solo Album Rock ‘N’ Roll Chose Me Out August 22 on Vinyl — Digital Release Follows September [,,,]
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The Sheepdogs Hitting Summer Festivals Before Touring With Canadian Music Legend Bryan Adams This Fall
By Jim Barber Significant milestones should be celebrated. Whether it’s a big birthday, wedding anniversary, commemoration of an important historical [,,,]
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Edmonton’s Famous Strangers Making Metal Music that Matters – New Single ‘L.S.C.’ Out Now
By Jim Barber Metal is alive and well in western Canada – especially in the Alberta provincial capital city of [,,,]
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Men Without Hats Celebrate The 1980s With New Single – New Album Also On The Way
By Jim Barber ‘Iconic’ is a term tossed around hither and yon when describing almost anything in popular culture today [,,,]
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Honeymoon Suite On Tour This Summer – New Album Coming Out July 25
By Jim Barber It wouldn’t be summer in Canada without a bunch of hot, sweaty and super fun concerts from [,,,]
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‘Unstoppable’ More Than Just A Song But A Way of Living and Creating for Nova Scotia Sensation Elyse Aeryn
By Jim Barber There’s a creative storm brewing on Canada’s east coast. And it’s heading west, ready to bring with [,,,]
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Contemplative and Confident New King of Foxes Album – Hall of Shame – Sees Olivia Street Delve Into the Perception And Reality of Shame
By Jim Barber Art is meant to be a vehicle, or a conduit for the transmission of thought, spirit, information [,,,]
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Loving All Aspects of the Musical Creative Process: A Conversation with Kicksie About Life, Art, Future Ambitions and BIG SUCKER
By Jim Barber To paraphrase Buffalo Springfield, there’s something special happening here. What it is, I think, is exactly clear. [,,,]
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Surfing Into the Hearts of Fans From Cruise Ships to Kingston; From L.A. to Estonia: A Conversation with Nicole Damoff of THE SURFRAJETTES
By Jim Barber Brian Wilson is at rest now, and hopefully he understood the respect, admiration, love and inspiration associated [,,,]
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The Lazys Set to Blast Ontario With Summer Shows – Releasing New Song June 27
By Jim Barber If you’ve seen Australian rockers The Lazys in concert, it’s unlikely you’ve ever forgotten the experience as [,,,]
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Winnipeg Native Brandy Zdan Sends Strong Message of Self Confidence With Crowdfunding Campaign and Forthcoming New Album SO WHAT!
By Jim Barber Sometimes a crowd-funding campaign is more than just a way to help raise money to see a [,,,]
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Emm Gryner Unleashes Heavy Message With New Metal Band – Ovary Axe
By Jim Barber Every artist has facets of their creative personalities – streams of imagination that flow in from different [,,,]
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Strange Advance Heads to Ontario for Big Shows in Toronto and London
By Jim Barber Drew Arnott is on a quest. Not for fame or fortune, or the Golden Fleece – but [,,,]
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Kingston’s Luscious Earning Their Way to the Big Stages
By Jim Barber It doesn’t always happen the way folks hope in the fickle world that is the music business. [,,,]
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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 [,,,]