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Random music news for Tuesday, September 21, 2021

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments ByteDance, El Mocambo, Josh Klinghoffer, Metallica, Nickelback, Nigel Kennedy, Pearl Jam, Silver Dollar, Toronto

Looks like Brits measure things a lot like Canadians do. What can we take from music news for September 21,

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Random music news for Tuesday, September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020September 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments adidas, Football, Guns 'N Roses, iPhone 12, Karaoke, New Order, Osama, Polaris Music Prize, Silver Dollar, Spotify

We needed some good news like this in the age of pandemic. No flu season this year? We’ll see. On

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Random music news for Friday, August 17, 2018

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Apple, Google, Hall and Oates, Hedley, Huntress, Interpol, Jacob Hedley, Jill Janus, Korn, Rod Stewart, Shortstack Records, Silver Dollar, Smart Speakers, Sonos, Spinal Tap

Not that I’m counting, but there are only two more weekends left before Labour Day.  Distract yourself from that fact

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Random music news for Saturday, March 31, 2018

March 31, 2018March 30, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Bon Jovi, CMS, Drake, Headphones, James Taylor, Michael Jackson, Ready Player One, Silver Dollar, Spotify, Stephen Spielberg, Sunrise Records, Video Games

Today’s music news comes to you from an airport lounge in Tapei where it was March 31, 2018, before it

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Town Hall on Toronto’s Disappearing Music Venues Outlines Concerns

March 15, 2017March 15, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hoxton, Music Venues, Silver Dollar, Toronto

It didn’t matter that the weather was awful. More than 200 people turned up at a town hall discussion on

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RedPine Concert at The Silver Dollar Room

March 7, 2017 Andrew Dick 0 Comments Concert, redpine, Silver Dollar

RedPine Music, our friends from the Music Tech MeetUp, are putting on a crowdfunded concert at the Silver Dollar April 12th. The

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Toronto to Lose Another Music Venue: RIP The Silver Dollar

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Silver Dollar, Toronto

Toronto fancies itself as a music city, but it’s getting tougher and tougher for musicians to find a place to

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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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