Ian Thornley of Big Wreck on the new album and 30 years in the music business
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Ian Thornley has been leading Big Wreck on and off (mostly on) for more than 30 years now. Founded in Boston
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Random music news for Saturday, January 25, 2025
This new AI-powered search engine has a backup: Humans. Checking in with music new for January 25, 2025… More music news? Go here. BONUS: Um, okay…
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Photos and a review of Big Wreck in Ottawa
[Photographer Ross MacDonald and reviewer Karen Coughtrey were at it again. – AC] The busyness of the holiday season couldn’t keep a sold out crowd away from a triple bill
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Checking up on Big Wreck live in Ottawa
[Another concert report from Ross MacDonald and Karen Coughtrey. – AC] If you thought there was nothing fun to do in Ottawa this Friday night in February, since the Rideau
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Quick-thinking tour bus driver saves all of Big Wreck’s gear when things catch fire
There was some unnecessary excitement following the conclusion of Big Wreck’s tour across America with Daughtry. Fortunately, though, there’s a happy ending. Once the tour ended, all of Big Wreck’s
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Bid on great music memorabilia to help ‘Healing in Harmony’
Spring is a good time to redecorate your home and the Healing in Harmony online auction has some rare and special items from some of your favourite musicians to add
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Big Wreck covers Sting’s “Russians” to raise money for Ukraine
Ian Thornley and Big Wreck must have been plugged in very early into what was happening along the Ukrainian border Russia. In early January, they recorded a version of Sting’s
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Big Wreck in pictures from their gig in Ottawa
[Ross MacDonald was again dispatched to cover a gig in Ottawa. He sat down with frontman Ian Thornley.- AC] Before the Ottawa show, A Journal of Musical Things had an
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The Saints and Sinners Tour has been canceled. Again. And probably for good this time.
Way back in the Before Times (actually, February 2020, but it feels longer)I made a trip to Facebook HQ in Toronto to conduct a streamed interview with Hugh Dillion, Jeff
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, July 10, 2021
Beetle juice! And yes, I spelled that right. Enjoy that and then move on to music news for July 10, 2021. A maskless country music festival caused a COVID outbreak?
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Behold these photos taken at Big Wreck’s socially distant show in Ottawa
[Big Wreck has managed to play a couple of socially-distant gigs over the last couple of weeks. Ian Thornley and his crew were the first to play the newly-reopened El
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