By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When the Northern Pikes got their start in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1984, the city wasn’t exactly the hotbed of Canadian musical culture. For a group of
Read MoreBy: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) It’s amazing how many classic pop songs started out as B-sides but ended up becoming mega hits when somebody decided to turn over the record. When
Read MoreBy: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) As far as iconic Canadian pop songs go, “Sweet City Woman” from The Stampeders is a bonafide classic. Released in 1971, the song put the Calgary
Read MoreBy: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) David Clayton-Thomas got his start much like many of the other great Canadian songwriters of the 1960s–– as an underage musician playing Toronto’s Yonge Street strip.
Read MoreBy: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) In Toronto during the early 1980s, Rough Trade was already a local cult legend. With fiercely audacious Carole Pope at its helm, the group’s racy live
Read MoreBy: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When Anne Murray released, “You Needed Me” in 1978, she hadn’t had a hit single in four years. As an artist, momentum is everything, and that
Read MoreBy: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) When Anne Murray released, “You Needed Me” in 1978, she hadn’t had a hit single in four years. As an artist, momentum is everything, and that
Read MoreBack to school. Time to get serious about work again. And it’s pumpkin spice season at Starbucks already. The summer is good and truly done. And now, some music news.
Read MoreOn this day in 1970, NASA announced that after a few more flights, there would be no more trips to the moon. And we haven’t been back since 1972. In
Read MoreBack from ‘Murica after an unexpected New York City odyssey. Please don’t show me my credit card statement. And now, the music news. Two of Prince’s doctors are being investigated.
Read MoreAfter years of planning and construction, Canada gets its version of the Rock and Hall of Fame tomorrow. Check that: it’s better. I was on the planning committee for the
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