If there’s one province that knows how to put on a music festival, it’s Quebec. Festival d’été de Québec (hereafter referred to as “FEQ”) is set to return from July 6 to 16th
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One of the biggest mysteries around Imagine Dragons is their name. Where did it come from? What’s it supposed to mean? The band refuses to say. All we know is that it comes
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Wait: Climate change is affecting gravity? That would get people’s attention. So might music news for July 27, 2022. Sexual misconduct in the music industry: Yeah, things aren’t getting better. Is this a
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[Story by Karen Coughtrey. Photos by Ross MacDonald. – AC] On a beautiful spring night in Ottawa, the city’s major venues made choosing which show to attend a tough choice but those attending
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I get a lot of email from young musicians asking for advice. The most popular questions are “How do I get more people to know about my music? How do I get them
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Artists may go through many different phases in their careers. Sometimes, circumstances and market forces will see a band the originates in one genre drift into another. For example, when Culture Club first
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That’s a little too much for a Super Mario 64 game, don’t you think? Now let’s switch to music news for July 13, 2021. Mark Hoppus has a very important cancer test that
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It’s an addition that might raise a few eyebrows for an international exercise ride-along, but the Tragically Hip are one of the 25 artists included in this year’s three-day Peloton All For One
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Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give Tom credit for that one.) Moving to music news for March 18, 2021…
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Probably not a great story for a Monday, but hey, we need caffeine, right? (Via Walter) Moving now to music news for March 15, 2021. New Zealand has it together when it comes
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There those within the music industry — artists, especially — who believe technology has devalued music to the point where it’s worth almost nothing.
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