Celebrating Gord Downie’s Birthday with Acoustic Hip from Starpainters
Gord Downie would’ve celebrated his 56th birthday on February 6. As has become tradition, Buffalo’s Strictly Hip is throwing a
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Chanie Wenjack
First Listen: Understanding the Secret Path
It’s October, which means Secret Path Week is almost upon us again. Between October 17 and 22, Canadians are called
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Attention, Tragically Hip fans: Secret Path Live set for October 19 at Roy Thomson Hall
In 2016, two months after the final Tragically Hip show, Gord Downie returned to the stage for a very limited
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Bringing the Walk for Wenjack to Toronto
Shortly after Gord Downie released The Secret Path in 2016, Rob Ferreira and a group of friends decided to retrace
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Residential school survivors heed Downie’s call to ‘Do Something’
In one of his last few public appearances, Gord Downie issued a call to the nation: “Do Something.” The last
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UPDATED: Honouring the ‘Legacy’ of Gord Downie
Hard to believe, but we’re quickly approaching one year since we lost Gord Downie. A number of tribute events marking
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The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack fund gets some love in the federal budget
While indie musicians were denied additional funding from the Feds, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, is going to
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Random Music News for Thursday, October 19, 2017
This is the 30th anniversary of Black Monday, a very scary stock market crash that freaked out everyone. Let’s see
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Bringing Downie’s “Secret Path” to Richmond Hill
“The Secret Path,” an album by Gord Downie and accompanying illustrated book by Jeff Lemire, remains a powerful look at
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Random Music News for Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Did I mention that pumpkin spice lattes and muffins are back? And now, the music news for September 6. Facebook
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From Gord to Chanie: #WalkForWenjack
He may have been a stranger to everyone when he died, alone and afraid on those cold railway tracks, but
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