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Coming this fall: a Tragically Hip picture book for kids

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Kids Book, Picture Book, Tragically Hip

Here’s an interesting way to maintain the legacy and brand of the Tragically Hip: a children’s book. The Tragically Hip

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Random music news for Monday, April 10, 2023

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Luscious Jackson, Morrissey, Motley Crue, New Order, Panama Papers, Spotify, Tool, Tragically Hip, Vivian Trimble

There’s a Chicken McNuggets mystery. I’d like a piece of that. Meanwhile, here’s some music news for April 10, 2023.

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 8, 2023

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Audoo, CPC, Dave Grohl, Elon Musk, GloRilla, Johnny Lydon, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Gallagher, Songwriting, Soundcloud, Tegan and Sara, Tragically Hip, Turntables, U2

Is this the most disturbing website on the internet? It just might be–and for reasons you don’t expect. Meanwhile, this

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Random music news for Monday, February 20, 2023

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Black Sabbath, CDs, K-Pop, Opera, Spotify, Streaming, Tragically Hip, Twitter, Ukraine

We’ve all had arguments with our significant others, but probably nothing like this. Ponder that as you look through music

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There’s another new Gord Downie single. Listen here.

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bob Rock, Gord Downie, Lustre Parfait, Tragically Hip

Before he left us, Gord Downie completed an album project with producer Bob Rock called Lustre Parfait. Due for release

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We have a release date for the Gord Downie/Bob Rock album–and a couple of new songs, too. Listen here.

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Bob Rock, Gord Downie, Tragically Hip

For years, there were rumours about Gord Downie having made a solo album Canadian superproducer Bob Rock. If it did

Gord Downie’s legacy, five years after his death

October 17, 2022October 20, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Cancer Research, Chanie Wenjack, Downie Wenjack Fund, Glioblastoma, Gord Downie, Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Secret Path Week, Sunnybrook, The Secret Path, The Tragically Hip, Tragically Hip

Take a moment and remember where you were when the news came out on October 18, 2017. We knew it

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Random music news for Friday, October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blink-182, Bruce Cockburn, Ghosts, Joey Armstrong, John Candy, Mark Hoppus, Music Festivals, Music Lessons, Ozzy Osbourne, Ryan Reynolds, SWMRS, Tragically Hip, Vinyl

No, no, no. Just…no. Just skip right to music news for October 14, 2022. Ye, Ye, Ye. What’s wrong with

Attention Tragically Hip fans: Grassroots GEDFest raises funds for cancer research in Gord Downie’s memory

October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments GEDFest, Gord Downie, Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, Tragically Hip

October 17 will mark five years since we lost Gord Downie after a nearly two-year fight with glioblastoma, an aggressive

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Ongoing History Daily: Yet another version of The Hip’s Fully Completely

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Box Set, Fully Completely, Tragically Hip, Vinyl

The most popular album in the Tragically Hip catalogue is Fully Completely from 1992. It’s sold well over a million

Hip fans, get ready to add to your vinyl libraries

August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Anniversary, Box Set, Canadian Walk of Fame, Chanie Wenjack, deluxe edition, Fully Completely, Gord Downie, Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, Heksenketel, Lieve Prins, Radio Show, Reissue, So Hard Done By, The Hip, Tragically Hip

The next few years will be big ones for Tragically Hip fans, as the band announced this week not one,

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