I was on this TVO panel Monday night: The changing Canadian musical identity.
I was once again invited to appear on TVO’s The Agenda to participate on a music-related panel. Here’s how it
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Cancon
Random music news for Thursday, January 9, 2020
Flying back from CES today on Air Canada Rouge Rough. It’s the only airline where you can get LESS legroom
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A very good question: Is CanCon compatible with streaming? Discuss.
While old-school terrestrial radio has to abide by non-negotiable rules regarding Canadian content (not to mention having to contribute financially
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New copyright report wants to bring CanCon regs to streaming
It’s a bit of an oversimplification, but new copyright policy in Canada wants to make sure streaming platforms are adequately
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What if Coachella held was held in Canada back in the 80s?
This is the first weekend of Coachella, which has evolved from a mostly rock-based event to one dedicated mostly to
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A CanCon Coachella, 2000s edition
Cameron Gordon of Completely ignored contributed an extremely popular post a few weeks back imaging what an all-star all-CanCon Coachella
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Garry Lowe, bassist for Big Sugar, dead at 65
Garry Lowe, bassist for legendary band Big Sugar, passed away Saturday, July 7, at the age of 65. He’d fought
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Can you solve this musical mystery? [UPDATE! Mystery solved!]
A reader of this website came to me with a mystery: a song he’d recorded from the radio years and
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Canada Day special: Songs from the Cancon graveyard
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Despite being next to the largest exporter of popular culture in
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Random music new for Tuesday, May 8, 2018
As of today, smallpox has been eradicated from the planet for 38 years. Take that, anti-vaxxers. And for music news
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Fun: An American takes a look at Cancon policies
We Canadians have lived with Canadian content regulations on the radio and in other places since 1971, so we’re used
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