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Martina McBride - Hits and More

Picks | Administrator | Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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Various artists - Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan

Picks | Administrator | Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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The Puppini Sisters - Hollywood

Picks | Administrator | Wednesday, 25 January 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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Kathleen Edwards is an Emotional Voyageur

2011 | 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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Alex Cuba - A Magical Musical Blend

2011 | Monday, 21 March 2011

With his oversized Afro and razored sideburns, Alex Cuba cuts a cool figure, a cross between ’70s soul man and stylish rocker. It’s a look that has been attracting attention ever since the musician, born...

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Massive Attack - Heligoland

2010 | Administrator | Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Massive Attack pioneered a hypnotic fusion in the ’90s, most famously with its Mezzanine album. After various film soundtracks and other projects, the trip-hop legends are back with their darkly...

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Elton John & Leon Russell - The Union

2010 | Administrator | Sunday, 31 October 2010

Sir Elton John was not yet a star—or a knight—when he played a week-long stint in 1970 at the Troubadour club in West Hollywood. Sitting in the audience one night,...

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Katherine McPhee - Unbroken

2010 | Administrator | Wednesday, 6 January 2010

“I feel just like an actress up on the stage,” Katherine sings on “Say Goodbye,” a piano ballad about a romantic breakup. In fact, the 25-year-old Los Angeles musician also...

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Jack Johnson - To the Sea

2010 | Administrator | Saturday, 19 June 2010

If your idea of Hawaiian music is Don Ho, then you don’t know Jack. A former pro surfer (he quit after an accident left him with 150 stitches and a...

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Some Cuban Sizzle: Ry Cooder turns up the musical heat in Havana

Magazine | Administrator | Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Ry Cooder's résumé is one of the most impressive in popular music. He has lent his guitar skills to recordings by The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison and Neil Young, among many others. His own albums, which...

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The Beatles - Live at the BBC

Magazine | Administrator | Monday, 12 July 2010

Talk about a '60s flashback. Although the fans were older and quieter, Beatlemania made a surprising return across Canada last week. Sparked by the release of Live at the BBC, the first authorized new Beatles album...

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Chris Dedrick - The Music Man

Magazine | Administrator | Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Christopher Dedrick’s resumé is the epitome of eclecticism. A master’s degree in classical studies from the Manhattan School of Music. Writer and performer with sibling psychedelic soft-rockers The Free Design. Trumpeter for the U.S. Air Force’s...

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Musical offspring - Chips off the old rock

Magazine | Administrator | Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Clay Tyson has an impeccable musical pedigree. The only son of Canadian folk legends Ian and Sylvia Tyson, he was born amid the string of gold records and sold-out tours that his parents enjoyed through the...