Revamped BTO Are Takin’ Care Of New Business
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Legendary Canadian guitarist and songwriter Randy Bachman has resurrected his iconic ’70s rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Original BTO bassist and vocalist C. F. "Fred" Turner...
‘Greatest Jazz Concert Ever’ Celebrated In Deluxe Reissue
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “On May 15, 1953, five of jazz’s most influential musicians — Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Max Roach and Bud Powell — gathered at Toronto’s...
Hendrix Hollywood Bowl Set Surfaces After 56 Years
More than half a century after it was recorded, Jimi Hendrix and his legendary band's historic and pivotal L.A. performance from 1967 is finally seeing the light of day....
Next Week in Music | Sept. 18-24 • The Short List: 15 Titles You...
The National have the last laugh, Arkells clean up, KEN mode fill the void, Lydia Loveless stands tall, The Replacements and Susan Tedeschi dredge up the past, Buddy and...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 18-24 • The Long List: 430+ Releases On...
Hope you like Hank Williams — you might be hearing a lot of his music today. That's because the country icon was born exactly a century ago, on Sept....
Next Week in Music | Sept. 18-24 • New Books
Songwriters and soul men, Hound Dog and hip-hop, Fab fashions and frontmen — that's all she wrote for next week. Read all about ’em:
Livin' On A Prayer: Big Songs...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 18-24 • On TV
Country stars come out to play — and give each other awards. Laufey, Matteo Bocelli, Stephen Sanchez and others give you a reason to set the alarm. And endless late-night...
Thin Lizzy’s Vagabonds Of The Western World Returns For 50th Anniversary
This year marks the 50th anniversary of what is widely regarded as Thin Lizzy’s breakthrough album: Vagabonds Of The Western World, featuring their first U.K. Top 10 single Whiskey...
Todd Snider Hits Rewind, Announces Crank It, We’re Doomed
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Sometimes an artist makes a record and then decides not to release it. Neil Young and Prince did it multiple times. Todd Snider is also...
Eddie Berman Lights His Signal Fire
After an introspective period of remote recording sessions that birthed Broken English in 2020, Eddie Berman, the beloved Portland folk-rock craftsman, has emerged with a fresh and invigorating album...
Junkhouse Celebrate 30 Years of Strays with Vinyl Release & Ontario Shows
Junkhouse, the iconic Canadian alt-rock band that took the ’90s by storm, have announced a 30th-anniversary celebration of their seminal album Strays. To mark this milestone, Sony Music Canada...
Dave Bidini Continues Quest to Save Local Journalism
A thriving community usually goes hand in hand with a healthy local media, and no one is more aware of that than musician, writer, filmmaker and publisher Dave Bidini....
Concert Review: Iggy Pop | Ottawa CityFolk, Sept. 13, 2023
Raw fucking power.
If there was any downside at all to Iggy Pop’s Ottawa CityFolk performance on Sept. 13, it’s that he didn’t play more songs from his excellent new...
Rolling Stones Reveal Hackney Diamonds Track List
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “The Rolling Stones have just revealed the full tracklist of their hugely anticipated new album, Hackney Diamonds, arriving Oct. 20.
Album opener, the recently released single...
Van Morrison’s Accentuate The Positive Tops Today’s Album Announcements
Yeah, I know: A new Van Morrison album isn't exactly front-page news. After all, the guy churns them out pretty regularly — his upcoming release Accentuate The Positive will...
