The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 958: The Roots of the 90s CanRock explosion
There was a time in this country when Canadians didn’t really care about Canadian music. No, wait. Let’s start over.
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Cancon
Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Lost Canadian bands part 3
There are a lot of things wrong with Facebook–don’t get me started–but there’s no denying that it can be addictive.
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Random music news for Tuesday, March 1, 2022
I just read that the question mark is derived from a cat’s tail–as the cat is walking away. Is that
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Still more where-are-they-now stories featuring CanRock band of the 90s.
At some point, you will be invited to a high school reunion. And you’re probably going to go because you
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A Canadian-based streaming service? Someone’s trying to make it happen.
Back when streaming was a new thing, there were one or two Canadian companies that did their best to jump
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Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Lost Canadian bands part 3
There are a lot of things wrong with Facebook–don’t get me started–but there’s no denying that it can be addictive.
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What is going on at the Rapids Theater? Nothing good, it seems
As of last Wednesday, May 19, private venue owners in New York State are no longer required to insist that
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SOCAN Guardians to be recognized this week
The virtual (sigh) SOCAN Awards are on deck for this week, just as the summer gets going, and among those
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Maybe what this country needs is an all-Canadian streaming service. Someone is trying to do create one.
In all the hoopla, arguing, and misinformation about Bill C-10, which seeks to modernize much of broadcasting in this country,
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 911: 50 years of CanCon
Fifty years ago, the Canadian music industry was essentially non-existent. Well, at least compared to the US or the UK.
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I was a former CanCon hater. I’ve since seen the error of my ways.
[I was asked to write something for the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Juno Awards. Here’s what I came up
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