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Music News 

Celebrate Led Zeppelin’s 50th Anniversary with a Custom Playlist

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 1 Comment #GetAnEarful, 50th Anniversary, Led Zeppelin, Playlist, ROCKthusiast, Spotify

Led Zeppelin, the eponymous debut album from the former “New Yardbirds” that redefined blues rock while acting as a precursor

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Get An Earful: Happy 50th, Dave Grohl!

January 14, 2019January 13, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments #GetAnEarful, Dave Grohl, Happy 50th Birthday, Playlist, ROCKthusiast

What do you get for the dude who has absolutely everything on their milestone 50th birthday? How about a know-it-all

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Get An Earful: A ROCKing Start to the New Year

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments #GetAnEarful, Happy New Year, Playlist, ROCKthusiast

I made it my resolution to curate as many #GetAnEarful playlists as possible for A Journal of Musical Things in

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ROCKthusiast’s Canadian Songs That ROCKED 2018

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 Gilles LeBlanc 2 Comments #GetAnEarful, Best of 2018, Canadian Songs That ROCKED 2018, Playlist, ROCKthusiast

That was quite the past 12 months, wasn’t it? I gotta admit, there were days I didn’t think any of

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A review of Jack White’s cell phone-less show in Toronto

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 Alan Cross 3 Comments Gilles LeBlanc, Jack White, ROCKthusiast

[This comes via occasional contributor Gilles LeBlanc. Follow him at @rockthusiast. The gig poster was designed by Sara Deck. All

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Interview 

Southern Ontario’s Rising Festival Site: Burl’s Creek

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Burl's Creek, Gilles LeBlanc, ROCKthusiast, Ryan Howes

By Gilles Leblanc The Greater Toronto Area is a market that sure loves music festivals. From the Rock and Roll

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Interview 

An Interview with Jack White’s Drummer, Daru Jones

August 13, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Daru Jones, Drummer, Jack White, ROCKthusiast

If you’d had a chance to see Jack White on his last couple of tours, your eyes were drawn stage

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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