Mailbag: What of Ticketmaster’s future?
This email popped in from Jeff: “Do you see any end in sight for Ticketmaster‘s reign to end anytime soon? I heard that they have to take a few steps back with that
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A Tragically Hip charity just raised over a quarter of a million dollars for cancer research
Tragically Hip fans are the best. If you’re in Western Canada, you may have encountered an annual event called GEDfest. Named after Gordon Edgar Downie, organizers work to raise money to support Western
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Random music news for Saturday, November 8, 2025
Want an AI assistant wrapped around your finger? You can. Literally. Music news for November 8, 2025, is not quite that bendy. BONUS: Oh, HELL no!
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The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are out.
We’re about to head into award season, that stretch of months where the entertainment industries (including music) try to squeeze as much as they can out of the previous year’s releases. The Grammys
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Today is the first-ever Music Creator Day in Canada
It’s always great to see Canadians celebrating the musical geniuses that come out of this country. Today (November 7) is the first-ever national event known as Music Creator Day. SOCAN, Canada’s biggest performances
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Now THIS is a beauty pageant I can get behind
Let’s face it. Old-school beauty pageants are passe, a throwback to a sexist, misogynist past–unless they’re like this. Meet Ignacia Fernandez, the 27-year-old singer of Decessus, a progressive Chilean death metal band that
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That is one BIG synthesizer
Although my keyboard playing career ended when I traded by accordion for some drum hardware (true story!), I’ve always been fascinated with synthesizers. Hans Zimmer, the renown film composer, has a unit he
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Here’s the first trailer for the Michael Jackson biopic
Biopics of musicians can be hit or miss. Queen‘s Bohemian Rhapsody was a hit while the recent Bruce Springsteen film, Deliver Me from Nowhere, is pretty much a miss. Elton John’s Rocketman was
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1062: The backstage rider
Going on tour is hard. You’re away from home for months at a time. There’s little sleep, bad food, too many drugs, a surfeit of alcohol, late nights, temptations into bad behavior, crazy
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Ongoing History Daily: Another example of fleeting rock stardom
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have gone through many changes when it came to guitarists. The original guy was Hillel Slovak, but he died of a drug overdose in 1988. The first replacement
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, November 7, 2025
It’s almost ski season. How about a giant hamster wheel that could revolutionize indoor skiing? Now let’s try some music news for November 7, 2025. BONUS: Hudson’s Bay: Not quite dead yet. In
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