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Songs for a Blue Day aims to provide cheer, music therapy

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Amber Healy 1 Comment Awesome Music Project, Blue Monday, Canadian Music Therapy Fund, Choir Choir Choir, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Covid, COVID-19, Daveed Goldman, George Elliott Clarke, Jennifer Buchanan, Lia Pappa-Kemps, Long & McQuade, Music Therapy, Nobu Adilman

January 18th is considered by some to be a “blue day,” or the saddest day of the year. Our holiday

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Random music news for Saturday, January 16, 2021

January 16, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Def Leppard

A “smart mask?” I’m surprised it took this long. Moving to music news for January 16, 2021… RIP Tim Bogert,

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RIP New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment New York Dolls, Sylvain Sylvain

When I was the program director at Y108/Hamilton in the early 2000s, a short man in a porkpie hat walked

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Random music news for Friday, January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Ant, Bandsintown, Bitcoin, Brian May, Drill Muisc, Mobile Phones, New Horizons, Phil Collins, Shingoose, Skunk Anansie, Song Catalogues, The Voice, TikTok, Video Games

We just lost a couple trillion galaxies. Oops. And this guy has two more guesses at his bitcoin wallet password.

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My Word: Hip fans raise $40,000 for Unison Fund with Courage masks

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Courage, Covid, COVID-19, The Tragically Hip, Unison Benevolent Fund, Unison Fund

Ever the civic-minded group, The Tragically Hip wanted to keep fans safe during these crazy times and started selling a

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In the world of alcohol, there’s news from the Foo Fighters and Motorhead

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bourbon, Foo Fighters, Motorhead, Sake

It was announced this week that the Foo Fighters have teamed with Vans for a new set of skate shoes.

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New Music from the Inbox: Sun June, Waltzer, Valley Maker, and more!

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Zoe Orion 0 Comments Sun June, Test Patterns, Valley Maker, Waltzer

Artist: Sun JuneSong: Everything I Had Gorgeously warm and expansive indie-rock. The vocals are divine! Watch/listen: Artist: WaltzerSong: LanternAlbum: Time

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The next big thing on TikTok is…sea shanties?

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sea Shanties, TikTok

The thing about TikTok is that you never, ever know what’s going to bubble up. The latest example is an

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Foo Fighters release their own Vans shoes

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Foo Fighters, Vans

As part of the Foo Fighters 25th anniversary commemorations, the band has teamed up with Vans to release some official

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 13, 2021

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Trebek, Biopic, Danny Boyle, Guitars, Jeopardy, KISS, KKR, Magicians, Mountain Dew, Radio, Ryan Tedder, Sex Pistols, Smart Speakers, Song Catalogues, Sony, Virtual Concerts

Fun fact (via Sean): Magicians have been sawing women in half for a hundred years now. Who knew? Now educate

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First five winners of SiriusXM Black Canadian Music Awards announced

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Amber Healy 1 Comment Dylan Sinclair, Hunnah, Naya Ali, RAAHiiM, SiriusXM Black Canadian Music Awards, siriusXM Canada, SOCAN, SOCAN Foundation, TOBi

TOBi, Naya Ali, RAAHiiM, Hunnah and Dylan Sinclair have been named the first winners of the new SiriusXM Black Canadian

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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