The big Junos telecast is tomorrow night, but that will only feature half a dozen or so of the major awards. Here’s who won want in the categories most pertinent to readers of
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] When The Beatles issued Abbey Road on Sept. 26, 1969, the hi-fi revolution had yet to take hold. Most people would have heard it on cheap
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There have been plenty of 50th-anniversary commemorations this summer. The Apollo 11 moon landing. The Manson Family murders. The Stonewall Riots that gave birth
Read MoreGreetings, Earthlings! Here’s the big Moon Landing episode! It was 50 years ago this week mankind’s greatest achievement was made. But did Neil Armstrong blow his big line? And what music were we
Read MoreLed Zeppelin, the eponymous debut album from the former “New Yardbirds” that redefined blues rock while acting as a precursor to heavy metal first came out in the US on the twelfth day
Read MoreCome August, aged hippies and fans of 60s nostalgia will remember the original three day Woodstock Festival held on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. And just like 1994 (the 25th anniversary) and 1999 (the
Read MoreOn June 30, Anthem Legacy and ole Label Group celebrates half a century of Stompin’ Tom Connors’ by releasing a self-titled, special edition 50th anniversary CD. With an introduction by Hockey Hall of
Read MoreOn June 1, 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, one of the most important and influential records in the history of music. Naturally, a lot is being written about
Read MoreWhile it may not be the best Beatles album (I’d go with Revolver), Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the band’s most influential. Never before had a band taken on an alias
Read MoreThis year is important for Jamaican music: it’s the 50th anniversary of the genre rock steady. Following ska, but a precursor to reggae, rock steady blended together elements of R&B, ska, jazz, and
Read MoreRecovering from kidney stone removal surgery today. Near-Prince levels of fentanyl barely dented the pain in the recovery room, so we had to call in the morphine. Let’s not talk about it, okay?
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