When a band first comes together, there’s little expectation that this could become a long-term endeavor. Being a professional musician is hardly a sure thing. So many things could go wrong. But sometimes,
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After a couple of years of being sidelined by COVID, Sound of Music, Canada’s largest free music festival, returns to Burlington, Ontario, from June 11-19. There will three stages, Club Series experiences, Streetfest,
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[I’m involved in a program designed to help survivors of trauma like war and extreme poverty through music therapy. Here’s the full story about the program and its second event tonight. -AC] Make
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[Another dispatch from Ross Macdonald, a frequent customer of the unique Neat Coffee Shop. – AC] Although Neat is called a café, it definitely has a pub-like feel, most of the patrons are
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Last week, I appeared on a podcast called Hot Wings, an interview program where the guests chat about things whilst eating chicken wings with increasingly hot sauce. My opponents/compatriots included John-Angus McDonald and
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[Ross McDonald has been covering some of the shows played in an somewhat unlikely venue outside of Ottawa. Here’s the latest. – AC] The Trews have been at the top of the Canadian
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Artists are very, very quickly learning how to use various livestream/video meeting technologies to get their music out there. The Trews pulled this together on Zoom. Bonus: Thao & The Get Down Stay
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No, daylight saving time doesn’t end this weekend. You’ll have to wait another week before falling back. And now that we’re talking about it, why is this still a thing? Whilst you consider
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[Another fine interview from frequent contributor, Andrew Epstein. – AC] by Andrew Epstein The first time I interviewed The Trews it was by candlelight during the great blackout of 2003. The band was
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On this day in 2003, Netscape died and was replaced by Mozilla. Sinead O’Connor thinks that music has died. She blames Kim Kardashian. What is the Class of 2015 listening to? In a
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A couple of years ago, a new non-profit charity was launched with the aim of helping Canadian musicians who have fallen on hard times because of health and financial issues. The Unison Benevolent
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