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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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But It Feels So Right: Bryan Adams’ Cuts Like a Knife at 40

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Bryan Adams, Canada, Cuts Like a Knife, Jim Vallance, Mutt Lange, Rod Stewart, South Park, Sting, Straight From The Heart

The Canadian hitmaker’s U.S. breakthrough revisited

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal

LISTEN: Ascendia Keeps Ascending With New Music

September 11, 2022September 12, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Ascendia, Billy Love, Canada, John Love, Nick Sakal, Parasite, This War, Toronto

The Toronto metal trio continues to drop singles from their forthcoming LP, Parasite

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Pop Psychedelics Rock Soul

Michael Rault Is A California Man

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 10cc, Canada, Daptone Records, Gene Clark, Harry Nilsson, Los Angeles, Michael Rault, Paul McCartney, The Beach Boys, The Point, Todd Rundgren, Wick Records, WITCH

Talking AM radio, Daptone Records and Harry Nilsson with one of the West Coast’s most talented pysch pop auteurs

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Montréal Jazz Festival Takes It Outside in 2022

July 10, 2022July 11, 2022 David Beckett 0 Comments 2022, Canada, Jakob Do, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Makaya McCraven, Montreal, Montreal Jazz Festival, Pasquale Grasso, Quebec, Ravi Coltrane, Samara Joy

A single outdoor stage alone featured 20 free concerts at this year’s festivities

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Aldo Nova’s Rock Opera Catharsis

April 10, 2022April 10, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Aldo Nova, Bon Jovi, Canada, Celine Dion, Clay Aiken, Faith Hill, Fantasy, Quebec, The Life and Times of Eddie Gage

40 years after “Fantasy,” the Canadian rock vet continues to go his own way

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Joni Mitchell’s Archives: Digging the Roots of a Living Legend

December 22, 2021April 3, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1971, 2021, Archives, Archives Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), Blue, Box sets, Canada, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Ottowa, Song For A Seagull

Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971) traces the development of her seminal songs

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Bruce Cockburn Returns To His Regularly Scheduled 50th Anniversary

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bruce Cockburn, Canada, folk, Greatest Hits, guitar, interview, rock, The 2nd Attempt Tour, True North

With a new Greatest Hits album, the Canadian folk-rock legend looks back on a half century in music

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Heavy Metal Progressive Rock

Rat Or Angel?

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Nathan Carson 1 Comment 1991, Angel Rat, Canada, Denis “Piggy” D’Amour, Heavy Metal, Jean-Yvez “Blacky” Theriault, Nothingface, Pink Floyd, Quebec, Rush, The Beatles, Voivod

30 years of grappling with Voivod’s disasterpiece Angel Rat

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Hard Rock Progressive Rock

The Symmetry of Saga

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2021, Canada, Nuclear Blast, Progressive Rock, Rupert Hine, Saga, Symmetry

Talking with frontman Michael Sadler about the most unique album of the Canadian prog greats’ four decades in rock

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Country and/or Western

ALBUMS: Colter Wall Makes Cowboy Music From Canada

September 2, 2020September 3, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Canada, Colter Wall, Country Music, Marty Robbins, Patrick Lyons, Western Swing, Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs, Woody Guthrie

It’s all holstein sofas, wagon wheel chandeliers and Louis L’Amour novels on Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs

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Country and/or Western Folk Punk

Ron Hawkins is Working Towards a Permanent Revolution

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jason Perri 0 Comments Agitpop, Canada, Folk punk, Lowest of the Low, My Butt, Ron Hawkins, Shakespeare

An exclusive chat with the frontman of renowned Canadian folk punkers, Lowest of the Low

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Spirituals for Atheists

December 11, 2018December 12, 2018 j. poet 0 Comments Canada, Daniel Romano, New West Records

A conversation with Daniel Romano

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Sloan: Past, Present and Future

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Canada, Indie rock, Power pop, Sloan, Yep Roc

Talking with guitarist Jay Ferguson about the Halifax power pop vets and their great new album 12

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