It happens around once a year. I pack things up and take my Ongoing History of New Music/Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry Act on the road. This tour will be
Read MoreSOUNDCHECK, directed by John Butler, is an 80-minute look at the exhilarating and challenging live music scene in Canada, focusing on the power of music in this country. Many working musicians were interviewed.
Read More[Virginia Meeks got the assignment. – AC] Air quality warnings may have lingered over Prince Edward County, but they weren’t enough to keep fans away from Base31’s Drill Hall on Thursday night. The
Read MoreA rogue OpenAI bot escaped its lab and hacked a rival AI on its own. Gee, who didn’t see that coming? Moving to music news for July 25, 2026. BONUS: Both William Shatner
Read MoreDespite many people professing to hate the fakeness of AI “artists,” these things are making a lot of money for their creators. Players Time looked at the AI music boom. The numbers are
Read More[Melody Maloney took most of the pictures. Karen Coughtrey did the write-up. – AC] Night seven of the 2026 edition of Ottawa Bluesfest will be one to remember with a sold-out crowd, meaning
Read MoreI haven’t seen any back-to-school TV commercials yet (not that they’re not running), but if you needed a reminder that summer was marching on, come word of the announcement of which artists have
Read MoreThe Sunset Marquis, located on a side street a hundred metres or so from Sunset, has been a rock’n’roll landmark for more than 60 years, a favourite pit stop for musicians of all
Read More[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions of a growing group of companies which are
Read MoreYou may have heard (well, I hope you have) that our documentary, CFNY: The Spirit of Radio, has been picked up for broadcast by PBS in the US this September. This will be
Read MorePre-recorded cassettes first appeared in the mid-60s and reached their commercial peak in the mid-80s before slowly fading away over the next couple of decades. This brings me to the problem of the
Read MoreThis website lists the Ten Most Hated People in the World. You can probably guess 1-4. Numbers five, seven, and 10 are musicians. Without looking, can you guess who they might be? Now
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