Next Week in Music | June 3-9 • The Long List: 430 Releases On...
Let's share a moment of silence today for late, great Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who would have been 83 years old today. Then, after the silence, crank up...
Next Week in Music | June 3-9 • New Books
Hang out with Billy Gibbons in Texas, meet up with country outlaws in Nashville, cruise the Blues Highway down to New Orleans, catch some classic shows at The Stone...
Next Week in Music | June 3-9 • On TV
I know summer has barely begun, but it already feels like the dog days are in full swing on the small screen. As in: Most of the big names...
Discovering Downie Podcast Hosts Are Joined Beyond The Hip
You probably know Gord Downie as the greatly missed frontman of Canadian rock legends The Tragically Hip. You may even know that he (along with his bandmates) was made...
Chris Bullinger Is Waitin’ To Be Seen This Summer
Chris Bullinger will release his latest album Waitin’ To Be Seen (Part 1) on Aug. 16, the singer-songwriter and poet has just announced. The conceptual collection of 23 songs...
Next Week in Music | May 27 – June 2 • The Short List:...
Romper, stomper, bomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me do. Magic mirror, tell me today, which of my friends have albums on the way? I see Arooj and...
Next Week in Music | May 27 – June 2 • The Long List:...
Today in musical birthdays: Lauryn Hill turns 49 (though she probably won't show up until she's 50), Lenny Kravitz is 60, Hank Williams Jr. is 75, Stevie Nicks turns...
Next Week in Music | May 27 – June 2 • 16 New Books
People have been telling me for years that I should write a book. And when a publisher recently offered me a deal, I seriously considered it. Then I decided...
Next Week in Music | May 27 – June 2 • On TV
The late-night chatterboxes are all MIA in the wake of Memorial Day, so the pickin's are what you might call slim. Of course, if you're the world's biggest fan...
Tommy Crane Promises You Dance Music for All Occasions
Picture this: A tanned, charismatic bandleader. He is tall and self-assured, clean-shaven, with a collection of combs in his dresser drawer at home. He plays drums. He has great...
Next Week in Music | May 20-26 • The Short List: 11 Titles You...
May 20 is Victoria Day in Canada. May 27 is Memorial Day in the U.S. But fear not: Music never takes a holiday. Just ask Paul Weller, Lenny Kravitz,...
Next Week in Music | May 20-26 • The Long List: 380 Releases On...
Today in musical birthdays: Pete Townshend of The Who turns 79, glamazon singer Grace Jones and sax maniac Tom Scott are both 76, on-again off-again AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd...
Next Week in Music | May 20-26 • 7 New Books
Michael McDonald takes it from the streets to the bookshelves, Iggy & The Stooges get updates, Brian Eno gets beached, Prince and NKOTB celebrate ruby anniversaries and more new...
Next Week in Music | May 20-26 • On TV
Are you ready for some rockumentaries? Well, you'd better get ready: Stax Records, The Beach Boys, Lollapalooza and Lady Gaga are all getting their closeups next week. Not into...
Thunder Pie | A Kind of Masterpiece
“We will try and know whatever we try
We will be gone but not forever
Come on let's try and know whatever we try
We will be gone but not forever.”
— Farewell...
