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Al Harlow Keeps PRISM Flame Burning Bright
By Jim Barber They’re one of those bands that kind of gets lost in the shuffle when talking about the [,,,]
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Neil Turbin To Blast Classic Anthrax Songs On Canadian Tour Dates, Oct. 10, 11 and 12
By Jim Barber If you’re looking for a full-on, authentically high octane, true-to-the-spirit of the classic thrash metal sound, and [,,,]
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Natalie MacMaster’s New Book A Meditation on Love of Music and Love of Family
By Jim Barber If you’re looking for dirt. If you’re looking for an insider’s view of the ups and downs, [,,,]
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Trevor Hurst Talks New Econoline Crush Music, How His Wellness Worker Career Influences His Creativity – And More!
By Jim Barber For more than 30 years, Canadian alternative rock band Econoline Crush has pushed and prodded the boundaries [,,,]
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Alex Whorms’ New EP DAYLIGHT CHASING DUSK A Deep Dive Into Life, Love, Identity and Inner Growth
By Jim Barber Beyond the obvious musical mastery that Alex Whorms displays every time she touches a keyboard, strums a [,,,]
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Terra Lightfoot Celebrates The Healing Power of Home on New Album – HOME FRONT
By Jim Barber There’s always been many facets underlying the unmistakable, undeniable, unbridled talent of Canadian roots rocker Terra Lightfoot. [,,,]
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Sabaton Bring Historic Figures to Life With New Album – LEGENDS
By Jim Barber Who doesn’t love a little learnin’ with their heavy metal? For fans of Swedish metal masters Sabaton, [,,,]
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Helloween’s Michael Kiske Talks About Band’s Longevity and New Album – Giants and Monsters
By Jim Barber As the great musical philosopher Bon Scott once intoned, “it’s a long way to the top, if [,,,]
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Empowerment and Togetherness At the Heart of Eleine’s New EP – WE STAND UNITED
By Jim Barber The new EP from dynamic Swedish melodic metal powerhouse Eleine is a delightful gift to their leagues [,,,]
Comedy
From ‘Superstore’ to the Rock and Roll Stage: Canadian Actor Lauren Ash Talks About Debut Album – CALL ME WHEN YOU GET THIS
By Jim Barber Who knew Dina was a actually rock star? Well it’s true, sort of. One of the most [,,,]
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Neon Bloom Release Powerfully Compelling, Powerfully Fun New Album – BEGIN HERE
By Jim Barber For the listener, for the audience, music has the power to heal, of this there is no [,,,]
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Ottawa’s Doll Back With Powerhouse New EP – BETTER DAYS, DIFFERENT TIMES
By Jim Barber Music does so much good in the world. I makes people feel good. I lifts folks up [,,,]
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The Rods’ David ‘Rock’ Feinstein Talks About New Album, Band Legacy, Dio and More
By Jim Barber Veteran New York State metal band The Rods is back with a new album filled with crunching [,,,]
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Kingston’s Lotus Shaker Return With Powerful New Single – ‘Dahlia’
By Jim Barber From Canada’s ‘Limestone City,’ Kingston, Ontario comes a band build on a rock-solid foundation of superlative musicianship, [,,,]
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Lawrence Gowan Delves Deep Into the Themes of Man v. Tech on New Styx album – CIRCLING FROM ABOVE
By Jim Barber Legendary American rock band Styx has been touring the highways and byways of the world, releasing classic [,,,]
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Meredith Moon Returns With Compelling New Album – FROM HERE TO THE SEA
By Jim Barber There’s a sense of refreshment, an enlivening tone, a focused but yet dynamic exposition of life, love, [,,,]
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After 25 Years, Madison Violet’s MacEachern and MacIsaac To Embark On Separate Paths
By Jim Barber A break-up of any sort of relationship is heart-rending, stressful and filled with emotional tumult. When that [,,,]
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Lisset Diaz Digs Deep On New Sweet Lizzy Project album – OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR
By Jim Barber Moving is never easy. Moving countries is endlessly stressful and frustrating. Moving from a country that has [,,,]
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Burning Witches Back With Incendiary New Album – INQUISITION
By Jim Barber For more than a decade, powerhouse Swiss metal band Burning Witches has blasted their way into the [,,,]
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Juno Winner Celeigh Cardinal Releases Celebratory Deluxe Edition of BOUNDLESS POSSIBILITIES
By Jim Barber Trigger warning: The topics of violent death and suicide are discussed within the contents of this feature [,,,]
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Alt-Rockers Altered by Mom Release Debut Album – BETTER
By Jim Barber If you’re looking for a little thoughtfulness with your fun rock and roll, you’d be wise to [,,,]
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Metal Veterans David Ellefson And Jeff Scott Soto Team UP for Second Album Together – UNBREAKABLE
By Jim Barber The music world is actually a pretty small community when you really look at it. Each genre [,,,]
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Tami Neilson Talks About Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Neil Finn and New NEON COWGIRL Album
By Jim Barber Tami Neilson’s life is about journeys. For much of her early life, the roots/country artist travelled the [,,,]
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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 [,,,]