Weekly survey: Are you into the wave of 90s music coming this way?
This is shaping up to be a summer of 90s nostalgia. I mean, look who’s going to be on tour
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New doc on ska in the 90s coming next week
After receding into the underground following its big post-punk revival (aka the Second Wave), ska roared back in through the
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The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 9: The Festivals
The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In
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What’s behind the latest wave of nostalgia for 90s music?
[This is from GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The Backstreet Boys are playing sold-out shows across Canada this week and their latest
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The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 2(b): The All-female and Female-fronted bands
During ’67’s Summer of Love, anything seemed possible. Civil rights issues were finally being addressed. There was a feeling that
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The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 2(a): A Decade of Influential Female Solo Performers
In a less-enlightened time, women were barely tolerated by the rock’n’roll establishment. They could sing, maybe shake a tambourine and
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: The 90s, Part 1: The Foundational Changes That Made Everything Possible
Writing history takes a very long time. Sure, you could write everything down as it happens, but that’s only really
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 835: Revisiting CanRock bands of the 90s, part 2
Before 1971, there really wasn’t much of a Canadian music industry. Sure, there were record labels, recording studios, promoters, and
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 820: The 90s, Part 9: The Festivals
The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 812: The 90s Part 2(b): The All-Female and Female-Fronted Bands
During ’67’s Summer of Love, anything seemed possible. Civil rights issues were finally being addressed. There was a feeling that
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 811: The 90s, Part 2(a): A Decade of Influential Female Solo Performers
In a less-enlightened time, women were barely tolerated by the rock’n’roll establishment. They could sing, maybe shake a tambourine and
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