Amber Healy, Author at Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Kasador 2023

Kasador releases “Youth,” looks ahead to new music, hitting the road

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Amber Healy 0 Comments Boris Baker, Cameron Wyatt, Kasador, Kingston, Kingston bands, New Music, Stephen Abudofuor, Youth

The last few years have been surprisingly good for Kasador. The Kingston, Ont.- based trio of Cameron Wyatt (vocals, guitar)

Fourth annual Wintersong Music Festival kicks off Friday

January 18, 2023January 17, 2023 Amber Healy 0 Comments Cassie Noble, Dan Mangan, Dave and Sarah, Evelynne Ross, His His, Hollowsage, I The Mountain, JJ and the Pillars, Man Made Forest, Men Without Hats, Old Friends Duo, OMBIIGIZI, Stars, Stouffville, The Beresfords, The Django Djunkies, The Muffin Men, The Twangsters, Wintersong

Way back in the pre-pandemic days of 2017, the organizers of the Wintersong Music Festival had a dream: to host

Unison Jam returns with Karaoke Edition

January 15, 2023January 14, 2023 Amber Healy 0 Comments Finger 11, I Mother Earth, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Sloan, The Trews, The Unison Fund, Unison Fund, Unison Jam

Have you ever found yourself singing along with a song on the radio or at home and thinking how much

Get your tickets for a doc on the forgotten Canadian festivals that ended up rocking the world

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments

It’s the last weekend before Christmas and all through the province, people are feeling overwhelmed and stressed and tired and

Aboriginal Legal Services joins with Make Music Matter to help support mental health, amplify Indigenous voices

December 2, 2022December 1, 2022 Amber Healy 1 Comment 2SLGBTQQIA+, Aboriginal Legal Services, Indigenous, indigenous people, Make Music Matter

Make Music Matter has previously announced efforts to work with Canada’s Indigenous population to help work through and heal the

“Echoes of the Flame” exhibit of Hip-inspired artwork opens in Toronto

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Art, Daniel Lanois, Echoes of the Flame, First Nations, Gord Downie, Indigenous, Reconciliaction, Reconciliation, Song-Word Art House, The Tragically Hip, Tom Wilson, Tsi Tyonnheht Onkwawen:na Language and Cultural Center

Four months after it opened in Muskoka, a collection of 18 artworks inspired by the Tragically Hip are on display

Healing in Harmony Holiday Auction features items from Rush, Hip, Billy Talent

November 27, 2022November 26, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Billy Talent, Corey Hart, Geddy Lee, Healing in Harmony Holiday Auction, Make Music Matter, Michael Buble, Music Therapy, Royal Wood, Rush, Sum 41, The Tragically Hip

Now that American Thanksgiving is over, the mad dash to the end of the year is on — which means

Get ready — the punks are taking over West Queen West

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Atomic Tomb, Forgotten Rebels, Johnny NoCash, Parkdale Hall, Punk, Random Killing, The Liquor Pigs, The Ripcordz, West Queen West, West Queen West Punk Fest

Grab the safety pins and the snarled lips, the West Queen West Punk Fest is running rampant Saturday night. The

First track from long-awaited Gord Downie, Bob Rock partnership arrives

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 Amber Healy 1 Comment Away is Mine, Bob Rock, Chanie Wenjack, Gord Downie, Introduce Yerself, Lustre Parfait, The Tragically Hip

In 2020, when the estate of Gord Downie released Away is Mine near the three-year anniversary of his passing, it

Gord Downie’s legacy, five years after his death

October 17, 2022October 20, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Cancer Research, Chanie Wenjack, Downie Wenjack Fund, Glioblastoma, Gord Downie, Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Secret Path Week, Sunnybrook, The Secret Path, The Tragically Hip, Tragically Hip

Take a moment and remember where you were when the news came out on October 18, 2017. We knew it

Attention Tragically Hip fans: Grassroots GEDFest raises funds for cancer research in Gord Downie’s memory

October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments GEDFest, Gord Downie, Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, Tragically Hip

October 17 will mark five years since we lost Gord Downie after a nearly two-year fight with glioblastoma, an aggressive

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