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Wyatt C. Louis on ‘Chandler,’ Belonging, and the Beauty of Collaboration

February 19, 2025 Zoe Orion 0 Comments 9 min read

“I want to feel good/want you to feel good too,” Wyatt C. Louis sings on Bobtail Road. It’s that outlook — sincere, connected, humble — that characterizes Chandler, Wyatt’s debut album, and Wyatt

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There’s a new musical based on Live Aid. I talked to Bob Geldof about it.

October 7, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Saturday, July 13, 1985, will forevermore be known as one of the biggest days in music history. Bob Geldof, the scruffy, scrappy frontman of

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William Shatner may be 93, but he’s nowhere near done making albums

August 5, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Captain Kirk loves to make albums. After a long hiatus after the release of the cult/outsider music favourite The Transformed Man in 1968, he recorded Has Been in

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A backstage interview with Tokyo Police Club at Ottawa Bluesfest

July 11, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 13 min read

[An interview courtesy of Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald. – AC] After soundcheck at Ottawa Bluesfest, and before their show, Graham Wright and Greg Alsop of Tokyo Police Club sat down with A Journal

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An interview with the Foo Fighters’ new drummer, Josh Freese

April 21, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Josh has been in the business for a billion years and is one of the most respected rock drummers out there. Rick Beato had a chance to sit down with him. How does

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A fan of Nine Inch Nails? In this video, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross break down their most iconic tracks

April 5, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

I’ve been a Nine Inch Nails fan from the first single back in the late 80s. If you’re in this ballpark, check out this video of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross go through

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Tool fans: Here’s an interview with Danny Carey where he gives some great background to the band

March 31, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Rick Beato went out to LA to talk to Danny Carey at Tool’s secret rehearsal space. I learned a LOT about Tool from this interview. I had no idea that Danny had gigs

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Here’s video of my interview with Green Day.

November 22, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Last Friday (November 17), I had a chance to sit down with all three guys from Green Day for ten minutes in a suite at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto. Here’s how it

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Rush’s Geddy Lee explains his memoir, My Effin’ Life

November 15, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Geddy Lee’s memoir is now out and he’s making the rounds. Here’s the full interview he did with The National on CBC. (Via Darren)

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An interview with Julian Taylor

September 25, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8 min read

[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald had a chance to sit down with Julian at Ottawa CityFolk. – AC] On the last day of Ottawa’s CityFolk festival, A Journal of Musical Things caught up with the

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An interview with Arkells frontman Max Kerman

September 23, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment 14 min read

[Yesterday (September 22), Arkells released their new Laundry Pile album. Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald sat down with frontman Max Kerman to get caught up on things. – AC] A Journal of Musical Things

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