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Carrie Underwood - Blown Away

Picks | Administrator | Sunday, 13 May 2012

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Adam Lambert - Trespassing

Picks | Administrator | Sunday, 13 May 2012

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Rita Wilson - AM/FM

Picks | Administrator | Sunday, 13 May 2012

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Life is a Highway: Canadian Pop Music in the '90s

Latest | Administrator | Wednesday, 7 September 2011

CBC Television - Thursday, Sept. 15 and Thursday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT (8:30 p.m. NT) It was the decade marked by hit songs from Canadian performers as diverse as Tom Cochrane, Sloan, Loreena McKennitt, The Tragically Hip, Shania Twain, Blue Rodeo, Céline Dion, Moxy...

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This Beat Goes On DVD

Latest | Administrator | Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Now available: This Beat Goes On DVD. This Beat Goes On tells the story of Canadian music in the 1970s, a ground-breaking era of great sounds, from glam and progressive rock to punk and reggae. Set in the formative years of Canada’s music industry, This Beat...

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Rise Up DVD

Latest | Administrator | Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Now available: Rise Up DVD. Rise Up looks at the digital age of Canadian music in the 1980s, a visual era of big hair and shoulder pads, when music videos helped homegrown artists to take off internationally. America’s MTV and Canada’s MuchMusic provide launching pads for...

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Hey Rosetta! - Literary songwriting worth yelling about

2012 | Sunday, 4 March 2012

Tim Baker has a problem. As frontman for Newfoundland’s Hey Rosetta!, one of Canada’s fastest-rising, hardest-working bands, he is touring for nine months of the year, performing concerts on three continents. Trouble is, Baker is also...

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Kathleen Edwards is an Emotional Voyageur

2012 | Tuesday, 13 December 2011

A lot can change in four years—especially in the music world. In 2008, when Kathleen Edwards released her album Asking for Flowers, the Ottawa native was known primarily for story songs about other characters, some drawn...

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The Midway State - From Riches to Rags and Back Again

2011 | Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Nathan Ferraro doesn’t seem the least bit bitter—which is surprising, given everything he’s been through. In fact, the affable, afro-haired frontman exudes all the serenity of a Buddhist monk, as he sits in a Toronto café...

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Tim McGraw - Emotional Traffic

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 25 January 2012

McGraw has it all: a happy marriage to Nashville queen Faith Hill, with whom he has three daughters, and a hot career that now includes acting (Country Strong). McGraw’s 11th...

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Selena Gomez & the Scene - When the Sun Goes Down

2011 | Administrator | Wednesday, 15 June 2011

Ever since Gomez and Justin Bieber went public at the Oscars about their romance, pop’s hottest young couple has been making headlines. The Mexican-American singer’s third album is missing a...

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Lady Antebellum - Own the Night

2011 | Administrator | Sunday, 18 September 2011

When Lady Antebellum swept this year’s Grammys, winning five awards including the coveted Song of the Year and Record of the Year for “Need You Now,” no one was more...

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Various artists - Listen to Me: Buddy Holly

2011 | Administrator | Sunday, 18 September 2011

Having written some of pop’s most enduring hits, Buddy Holly is in no risk of being forgotten. This 16-track compilation—the second tribute album to be released this summer—is proof of...

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Rufus Wainwright - Out of the Game

2012 | Administrator | Thursday, 26 April 2012

Rufus Wainwright’s life is full of drama. In 2009, Rufus earned a Grammy nomination for his recreation of Judy Garland’s famous Carnegie Hall concert and saw the premiere of his opera, Prima Donna. More recently, he...

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Twiggy - Romantically Yours

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 8 February 2012

She is forever remembered as the face of swinging Sixties London, when her large eyes, long eyelashes and short hair made her a teenage modeling sensation. The thin-framed Twiggy—she earned the nickname for her skinny, twig-like...

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Friends

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 11 January 2012

This South African group is most famous for backing Paul Simon on his 1986 Graceland album. But the male singers, led by Joseph Shabalala, have also won three Grammys and shared their sunny acapella sound with...

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Macy Gray - Covered

2012 | Administrator | Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Wonderfully eccentric, Gray would never release a predictable album of cover songs. Here, the six-foot-tall singer puts her inimitable spin on indie rock songs by Radiohead, Arcade Fire and others—all chosen to suit her distinctive voice....