Dear Rouge Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

An interview with Dear Rouge and photos from their Ottawa tour stop

November 27, 2022November 27, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dear Rouge, Hotel Mira, Ming Wu, Ottawa

[Another report from Karen Coughtrey, who conducted the interview. Photos by Ming Wu. -AC] Ahead of their November tour stop

Dear Rouge’s intimate coffeehouse gig in words and pictures

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dear Rouge, Ottawa, Ross MacDonald

[Another look at what’s happening in Ottawa with correspondent Ross MacDonald. – AC] Holding an outdoor concert, even in the

Hollerado, Hawksley Workman to headline Sound of Music Festival

April 24, 2019May 4, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Bedouin Soundclash, Black Mountain Whiskey Rebellion, Bush, Castor Troys, Cowboy Junkie, Crown Lands, David Wilcox, Dear Rouge, Freedom Train, Grandson, Hawksley Workman, Headstones, Hollerado, Live, Lonestar, Madeline Merlo, Monster Truck, Skydiggers, Sound of Music Festival, Terri Clark

Just in: Hollerado will be one of this year’s headliners at the Sound of Music Festival in Burlington. The band

Random music news for Friday, February 8, 2019

February 8, 2019February 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Corgan, Copyright, Dear Rouge, Foo Fighters, Kanye, Lenny Kravitz, Marshmello, Pledgemusic, Religious zealots, Smartphones, Sony, Universal

The first weekend without football since June. Time for NASCAR. And did you know that the UN has declared today

Rock My World Canada, Chapter 23: Dear Rouge

November 21, 2018April 22, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dear Rouge, Mike Carr, Rock My World Canada

[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s

Random music news for Monday, April 30, 2018

April 30, 2018April 29, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Avicii, Batman, Bob Dylan, Chris Martin, Dear Rouge, Dementia, Donald Trump, Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Floppy Discs, Green Day, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Lemmy, Motorhead, Prince, Twenty One Pilots

It’s the last day of April–or as some people in parts of the country where spring is late call it,

Guest Blog Lists

Husband-and-Wife Teams in Alternative Rock

November 28, 2015November 27, 2015 Former Contributor 10 Comments Arcade Fire, Besnard Lakes, Dear Rouge, Sonic Youth, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, White Stripes, Whitehorse

[Another list from frequent contributor Adam Morrison. – AC] Here are eight examples of partners in romance (the kind with

Finalist in the 2015 SOCAN Songwriting Awards

June 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2nd Son, Alvvays, Cold Specks, Dear Rouge, Keiza, Lisa Leblanc, Lowell, Samantha Savage Smith, Shi Wisdom, SOCAN

The 10th annual SOCAN Songwriting Prize–$10,000 in cash–will be given out later this summer . Here are the finalists on

Recommended Music

This Week’s Top 11 Playlist: 23 January 2015

January 23, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beautiful Nothing, Current Swell, Dear Rouge, Django Django, Elwins, Prodigy, Scott Weiland, Sumo Cy, The Wilderness of Manitoba, Waterboys, Wombats

More hand-picked tunes from me so you know what’s coming down the road. Mediazoic does all the hosting.