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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 954: The Trews, in their own words

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alan Cross, Autobiography, In Their Own Words, One I'd Trouser, Ongoing History, Trews

When a band first comes together, there’s little expectation that this could become a long-term endeavor. Being a professional musician

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Concerts 

Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival is back for 2022. Here’s the lineup (so far)

April 6, 2022April 7, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2022, 3 Days Grace, Beaches, Burlington, Festival, Skid Row, Sound of Music, Spencer Smith Park, Trews

After a couple of years of being sidelined by COVID, Sound of Music, Canada’s largest free music festival, returns to

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Recommended Music 

The next edition of #UnpluggedTogether is TONIGHT with The Trews, Corey Hart, and Gord Sinclair

September 9, 2021September 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Corey Hart, David Botrill, Gord Sinclair, Make Music Matter, Trews, Unplugged Together

[I’m involved in a program designed to help survivors of trauma like war and extreme poverty through music therapy. Here’s

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Concerts 

The Trews play that small coffee shop outside of Ottawa.

September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Neat Coffee Shop, Ross MacDonald, Trews

[Another dispatch from Ross Macdonald, a frequent customer of the unique Neat Coffee Shop. – AC] Although Neat is called

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Funny/Weird 

I battle The Trews to see who can handle the hottest chicken wings

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chicken Wings, Hot Sauce, Trews

Last week, I appeared on a podcast called Hot Wings, an interview program where the guests chat about things whilst

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Music News 

Behold photos from this acoustic Trews show in a tiny coffeehouse

October 19, 2020October 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Neat Coffee House, Trews

[Ross McDonald has been covering some of the shows played in an somewhat unlikely venue outside of Ottawa. Here’s the

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Recommended Music 

The Trews are using Zoom to livestream shows

April 4, 2020April 5, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Trews, Zoom

Artists are very, very quickly learning how to use various livestream/video meeting technologies to get their music out there. The

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, October 27, 2017

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bon Jovi, Donald Trump, Eminem, Fats Domino, GWAR, qwaqq, Rihanna, Touring, Trews, U2, Vanier Cup, Vladimir Putin

No, daylight saving time doesn’t end this weekend. You’ll have to wait another week before falling back. And now that

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Interview 

Reminiscing and Record Shopping with The Trews

September 19, 2016November 14, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andrew Epstein, Trews

[Another fine interview from frequent contributor, Andrew Epstein. – AC] by Andrew Epstein The first time I interviewed The Trews

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, July 15, 2015

July 15, 2015July 15, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, DMX, Foo Fighters, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Robin Thicke, Rolling Stone, Sinead O'Connor, Trews, Weakerthans

On this day in 2003, Netscape died and was replaced by Mozilla. Sinead O’Connor thinks that music has died. She

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Music News 

Here’s a Chance to Help Musicians in Need

April 16, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canadian Music Week, Finger 11, I Mother Earth, Jason McCoy, K-OS, Kardinal Offishall, Kim Mitchell, Phoenix, Tom Wlson, Trews, Unison Benevolent Fund

A couple of years ago, a new non-profit charity was launched with the aim of helping Canadian musicians who have

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