Canada

Rock 

The Return of The (True) Guess Who

March 24, 2026March 24, 2026 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment American Woman, Burton Cummings, Canada, Canned Wheat, Garry Peterson, Jim Kale, Laughing, No Time, Randy Bachman, Reunion, The Guess Who

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings reunite for summer tour

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Sloan Delivers A ‘Best Seller’

October 3, 2025October 2, 2025 Dave Steinfeld 1 Comment 2025, Based On the Best Seller, Canada, Chris Murphy, Jay Ferguson, John Lennon, Patrick Pentland, Paul McCartney, Ryan Haslett, Sloan, The Beatles, Yep Roc

Canada’s finest return with another LP of indelible alt-pop 

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Alternative Rock Rock 

It’s Like Rain: Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill at 30

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1995, 30th Anniversary, Alanis Morissette, Canada, Dave Navarro, Flea, Glen Ballard, Head Over Feet, Ironic, Jagged Little Pill, You Oughta Know

Looking back on a Canadian pop milestone

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Alternative Rock Rock 

WATCH: Absolight Shares Video for “You Are Right”

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Absolight, Canada, Carl Ricard, Olivier Ricard, Quebec, You Are Right

Debut album from new Canadian band out in 2025

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Folk Rock Roots 

WATCH: Tim Easton Honors Jacqueline Bisset on New Single

April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Airport, Black Mesa Records, Canada, Casino Royale, Find Your Way, Jacqueline, Jacqueline Bisset, John Hiatt, Murder On The Orient Express, The Deep, Tim Easton

Forthcoming album, Find Your Way, out May 17th

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Remembrance 

Blood and Guts: Remembering Oderus Urungus of GWAR

March 23, 2024March 23, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 10th anniversary, 2014, Balsac the Jaws of Death, Canada, Danielle Stampe, Dave Brockie, GWAR, Slymenstra Hymen

The metal monster born Dave Brockie died 10 years ago today

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Indie Rock Pop Rock 

WATCH: Close Talker Releases New Single “Tall Boy”

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Canada, Close Talker, Led Zeppelin, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Seinfeld, The Sprawl, Wilco, Wyatt C. Louis

The Canadian trio’s fourth album, The Sprawl, out March 22

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Folk jazz Pop Rock 

Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire: Joni Mitchell at 80

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 80th birthday, Blue, Both Sides Now, Canada, Clouds, Court and Spark, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Hejira. Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Jann Wenner, Joni Mitchell, Ladies of the Canyon, Los Angeles, Neil Young, Newport Folk Festival, Stephen Stills

Celebrating the career of a most articulate music legend

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Soul 

WATCH: ZADA Shares Video for “Atlantic Times”

August 24, 2023August 24, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Brian West, British Columbia, Canada, Chin Injeti, Drake, Eminem, Maroon 5, Nelly Furtatdo, R&B, Sia, ZADA

Debut album from Canadian artist out February 2024

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Rock 

WATCH: Ariel Posen Shares Video for “Didn’t Say”

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Ariel Posen, Canada, Didn't Say, guitar, Guitarist, Manitoba, Reasons Why, Winnipeg

The Canadian guitarist’s third album, Reasons Why, out September 8

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jazz 

The Montréal Jazz Festival Endures in 2023

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 David Beckett 2 Comments 2023, Canada, Emmet Cohen, George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi, Isaiah Collier, Jazz, John Scofield, Montreal, Montreal Jazz Festival, Quebec, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield and more perform at this year’s festivities in Quebec

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Indie Rock Poetry Pop Punk Rock 

Talkin’ Trash With Ron Hawkins About The Revolution And His New EP

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments Canada, Do Good Assassins, Elvis Costello, Joe Strummer, Nick Lowe, Ron Hawkins, Shane MacGowan, Sonic Envy, Trash Talkin' at the Speed of Sound

The Canadian songwriter is back with new music and the same righteous politics

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Folk Remembrance 

Gordon Lightfoot Rode It Through

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Canada, Gordon Lightfoot, If You Could Read My Mind, Joni Mitchell, RIP, Sundown, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Toronto Maple Leafs

Remembering the Canadian folk icon who had more than one brush with death

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Alternative Rock Rock 

LISTEN: NEWSKI Shares “Airplane”

March 16, 2023March 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Airplane, Brett Newski, Brian Vander Ark, Canada, France, Friend Rock, Guster, H Burns, Matthew Caws, Miles Nielsen, Nada Surf, NEWSKI, Nomad Union, Red Wanting Blue, Ryan Miller, Scott Terry, South Africa, The Secret Beach, The Shabs, the Verve Pipe

Collaborative new album Friend Rock pays homage to the 90s

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Indie Rock Rock 

LISTEN: Sunnsetter Shares “Always Talk, Never Speak”

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andrew McLeod, Canada, OMBIIGIZI, Ontario, Sunnsetter, The best that I can be., Zoon

Solo debut from acclaimed Ontario musician Andrew McLeod due on March 31st

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