The Tragically Hip Archives - Music Life Magazine

Kentucky Releases New Single “In Kingston Tonight,” a Tribute to The Tragically Hip and a Call to Carry Canada Forward

July 6, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Kentucky, the musical project of Almonte, Ontario-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jordan Holman, releases his stirring new [,,,]

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Rockstalgia Music Festival Brings Two Days of Classic Rock to Orono, Ontario July 11-12

July 6, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Rockstalgia Music Festival announces its inaugural two-day celebration of rock music, set for July 11 and 12, [,,,]

Molly Johnson Announces New Album ‘Talk to Me’ – Out June 26

June 6, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

Press release – Recognized as one of Canada’s greatest voices, Molly Johnson announces her new album Talk To Me, arriving June 26 via Universal Music [,,,]

India Ramey Gets Real And Raucous On New Album – Villain Era

March 24, 2026 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber Not that this is the focus of this article on the brilliantly authentic, delightfully original and engaging [,,,]

Miss Emily has ‘The Medicine’ You Need With Stellar, Sublimely Soulful New Album

November 22, 2025 Jim Barber Comments Off

By Jim Barber There was a moment, captured on video, when the brilliantly inimitable, multi-award-winning vocalist/songwriter Emily Fennell, aka Miss [,,,]

PHOTO GALLERY: Canal Days – Night 2 – Port Colborne, ON – July 30, 2022; The Sheepdogs, Gord Sinclair, and Derek Miller

August 6, 2022 Joel Naphin Comments Off

Canal Days – Night 2 – The Sheepdogs, Gord Sinclair and Derek Miller Port Colborne, ON July 30, 2022 Canal [,,,]

Church House Blues is a Confident, Assertive and Powerhouse Statement from Shawanda

April 16, 2020 Jim Barber Comments Off

After more than a decade as a rising star on the country music scene and firmly established in her second [,,,]

Matthew Good Digs Deep on New Album – Moving Walls

March 18, 2020 Jim Barber Comments Off

One of the most effusive and honest of Canadian musician/singer/songwriters, Matthew Good has never hesitated to wear his heart on [,,,]

Long-time Pals Workman and Slean Collaborate on New EP and Short Tour

March 11, 2020 Jim Barber Comments Off

For first 10 or 15 minutes of the interview, it seemed like more of a conversation between award-winning, and highly [,,,]

New Skydiggers Album Influenced by Trials of Life and The Tragically Hip

December 19, 2019 Jim Barber Comments Off

Music can help and heal and broken heart – this much is true. And it’s not just for the listening [,,,]

Dillon and Headstones Give No ****s on New Album – Peopleskills

November 7, 2019 Jim Barber Comments Off

Hugh Dillon is refreshingly no-nonsense in everything he does. He does not suffer fools lightly and is delightful devoid of [,,,]

Kingston’s Emilie Steele & The Deal Release Boldly Original and Highly Entertaining Self-Titled EP

July 24, 2019 Jim Barber Comments Off

In a live setting, Emilie Steele & The Deal are about as infectiously buoyant and entertaining as you could hope [,,,]

Practically Hip live at Manny’s Place – Brantford, Ontario – October 20, 2017

October 31, 2017 Paul Barrie Comments Off

Practically Hip Manny’s Place Brantford, Ontario October 20, 2017 Editor’s Note: Although we normally don’t cover tribute bands, we, at Music [,,,]

Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie passes away after battle with terminal brain cancer

October 18, 2017 Joel Naphin Comments Off

Gordon Edgar Downie February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017 The family of Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie announced this [,,,]

Sloan’s Murphy Talks about Anniversaries, Supergroups and Democracy

September 13, 2016 Jim Barber 2

For 25 years, the Canadian quartet Sloan has been entertaining fans throughout North America with its unique blend of memorable, [,,,]

Tim Hicks Excited for Fans to Hear His New Music – Tour Coming to Belleville July 20

July 1, 2016 Jim Barber Comments Off

Tim Hicks had been a working musician since he was a teenager. He was proud of the fact that he [,,,]

Health scare gave rocker Kim Mitchell a new lease and new appreciation for life

May 24, 2016 Jim Barber 4

It was not the best way to begin an interview with Canadian rock legend Kim Mitchell, but the subject needed [,,,]