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Radiohead

2003 | Administrator | Tuesday, 18 August 2009

My 13-year-old son, Duncan, came with me to a listening session for the new Radiohead album, Hail to the Thief, organized by EMI in an IMAX theatre equipped with massive, state-of-the-art, surround-so...

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Sarah McLachlan

2003 | Administrator | Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Six years is an eternity in pop music. Hits come and go. Superstars quickly fade, only to be supplanted by a new round of pop royalty. An artist who falls out of the limelight runs the risk of being q...

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The White Stripes

2003 | Administrator | Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Mention the White Stripes and most people think of garage-rock revival groups like the Strokes and the Hives. True, the Detroit duo does owe something to the raw, three-chord tradition of 1960s’ cla...

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Daniel Lanois

2003 | Administrator | Tuesday, 20 July 2010

“I have wandered far and wide,” Daniel Lanois sings on the title track to his latest album, “all the way from Paris to Mexico.” The nomadic movements of Canada’s most acclaimed producer are ...

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Lhasa

2003 | Administrator | Tuesday, 20 July 2010

She ran away to join the circus. Although she’d been signed to prestigious Atlantic Records and was being touted as an Edith Piaf for the new millennium, Lhasa de Sela turned her back on the music b...

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Reviews

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Chantal Kreviazuk - In This Life

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 8 August 2012

A consummate multi-tasker, Kreviazuk juggles music, humanitarian work and family life with apparent ease. In addition to her Juno-winning career, she’s written hits for other artists, campaigned on behalf of...

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Barenaked Ladies - Hits from Yesterday and the Day Before

2011 | Administrator | Saturday, 1 October 2011

This 14-song collection, spanning songs from 1992’s Gordon to last year’s All in Good Time, captures the manic energy, wordplay and tunefulness that has always been at the heart of...

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Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain’t Over

2011 | Administrator | Thursday, 13 January 2011

She once dated Elvis Presley, who convinced the glamorous singer to switch from country to rockabilly music. Jackson became a rock legend, topping the charts with rambunctious hits like “Fujiyama...

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Harry Connick Jr. - In Concert on Broadway

2011 | Administrator | Sunday, 27 February 2011

Harry Connick Jr. is a genuine renaissance man, an award-winning singer, songwriter and actor who also plays piano and is a respected composer, arranger and bandleader. A childhood prodigy, Connick...

Features

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The Sadies

2013 | Administrator | Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Dallas and Travis Good have worked with Neil Young, author Margaret Atwood, Randy Bachman, Buffy Sainte-Marie and actor Gordon Pinsent. But it was another Canadian icon—one with whom they’ve yet to collaborate—who offered some crucial wisdom....

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Great Lake Swimmers' new energy

2012 | Administrator | Sunday, 3 June 2012

For Tony Dekker, recording—like real estate—is all about location. The Great Lake Swimmers frontman has made a habit of working in unusual settings, beginning with his Toronto-based group’s 2003 self-titled debut, which was recorded in an...

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Alex Cuba - A Magical Musical Blend

2012 | Administrator | 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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Hey Rosetta! - Literary songwriting worth yelling about

2012 | Administrator | 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...