Gordon Lightfoot Book, Music and More!

Bootylicious fame awaits her. The Ottawa native is only 18 and just finishing high school, but her label (same as Beyoncé’s) is making the big push for a U.S. breakthrough. It just might work. Although managed by her chaperone mother, or “momager,” Chanté has been making all the right moves lately, landing major U.S. modeling contracts and hooking up with top songwriters and producers. Catchy, hip-hop flavored tracks like “Fallen” and “Been Gone” may still be tamer than Beyoncé’s, but Chanté’s maturing fast.

Mittoo was a founding member of The Skatalites and a legendary Studio One keyboardist who backed Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and others. His music played a crucial role in reggae’s foundation and he left a rich recorded legacy of his work in both Jamaica and Canada, where he lived through the 1970s and ’80s. This reissue of a rare album, recorded in Toronto in 1971, captures Mittoo at his best on gems like the majestic instrumental “Grand Funk” and the soaring, gospel-tinged reggae workout “Soul Bird.”

Canadians are tops at reality TV. J.D. Fortune won the contest to become the new INXS singer, and preening vocalist Lukas Rossi beat out 15 contenders to front a three-headed monster with Motley Crüe’s Tommy Lee Jones, Metallica’s Jason Newsted and Guns N’ Roses’ Gilby Clarke. Yes, Fortune once lived in his car and Rossi was, in his own words, “broke as a joke.” But are their victories really worth celebrating? Judging by this histrionic, hideous recording, no. One song title here says it all: “Social Disgrace.”