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Behind The Vinyl – We’re Not Gonna Take It – Dee Snider of Twisted Sister

Behind The Vinyl – We’re Not Gonna Take It – Dee Snider of Twisted Sister
Lead Singer and Songwriter for Twisted Sister, Dee Snider drops by the boom studios to play “We’re Not Gonna Take It” on vinyl!  Dee talks about how the song was made, how the Music Video came to be and including how the melody of the song happened with Divine intervention.  Watch as Dee goes Behind The Vinyl! You can buy... Read More

Berrio Combines Love Of Country Music With Power Sports – What A Ride!

Berrio Combines Love Of Country Music With Power Sports – What A Ride!
Saturday July 1st 2017. Sudbury’s Larry Berrio is on stage playing before 25,000 people at the Canada Day climax to Timmins Ontario’s eight-day Stars and Thunder Festival. It’s true that the majority of the audience that day were in attendance to catch show headliners Keith Urban, Johnny Reid and Meghan Patrick. But for that 45-minute period, that audience was his... Read More

CAVENDISH BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY AND ANNOUNCES LUKE BRYAN AS FIRST 2018 HEADLINER

CAVENDISH BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY  AND ANNOUNCES LUKE BRYAN AS FIRST 2018 HEADLINER
its 10th year, the Cavendish Beach Music Festival is thrilled to announce two-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year,Luke Bryan will be one of three main headliners for the 2018 festival. The Country music superstar will hit the stage on July 8, during Atlantic Canada’s largest outdoor music event. Cavendish Beach Music Festival will run from July 6 – July... Read More

Behind The Vinyl – I Ran (So Far Away) – Mike Score from A Flock Of Seagulls

Behind The Vinyl – I Ran (So Far Away) – Mike Score from A Flock Of Seagulls
Lead Singer/Keyboardist/Guitarist Mike Score from A Flock Of Seagulls dropped by the boom 97.3 studios to play “I Ran (So Far Away)” on vinyl! Mike talks about the idea behind the song, the album cover and how they recorded the song! Watch as Mike goes Behind The Vinyl! You can buy A Flock Of Seagulls’ self titled album on iTunes here or... Read More

Be Careful What You Wish For – The Rise And Demise Of David Cassidy

Be Careful What You Wish For – The Rise And Demise Of David Cassidy
  By Keith Sharp   In the early 1970’s, every white American teenage guy wanted to be just like him and every white teenage American girl fantasized about being with him. The `him’ in question is David `Bruce’ Cassidy who enjoyed phenomenal teenybopper success as Keith Partridge, lead vocalist of the fictional six-member Partridge Family, (based on a real family... Read More

DALLAS SMITH SIDE EFFECTS TOUR RECEIVES HIGH PRAISE

DALLAS SMITH  SIDE EFFECTS TOUR  RECEIVES HIGH PRAISE
Multiple JUNO and CCMA Award winning entertainer Dallas Smith’s 2017 Side Effects Tour wrapped this weekend, in front of a sold out crowd in Abbotsford, after consistently ushering in crowds in the thousands, while notching twenty-eight shows in 27 cities across the country in just under five weeks.  Smith, a “widely praised entertainer,” (Our London) performed for close to 70,000... Read More

McPherson’s Legendary Horseshoe Tavern History Celebrates 70th Anniversary

McPherson’s Legendary Horseshoe Tavern History Celebrates 70th Anniversary
  By Keith Sharp   Exterior wise, Horseshoe Tavern isn’t much to look at., A rather drab two-storey building located kitty corner to Spadina and Queen St West in what used to be Toronto’s garment district. Step inside and the interior is equally uninspiring. A long, narrow bar fronting the inevitable television set programmed to broadcast the sports event of... Read More

STYX: Casino Rama, Friday Nov.17 & Saturday Nov.18th 2017

STYX: Casino Rama, Friday Nov.17 & Saturday Nov.18th 2017
STYX Friday Nov.17 & Saturday Nov.18th 2017 Casino Rama Oro Medonte, Ontario By Ted VB, Karen U. & Keith Sharp The most apt word to describe Styx’s double sell-out engagement at Casino Rama is `Celebration’. `Celebration’ of a new studio album, `The Mission’ of which four tracks (or partial tracks); “Gone Gone Gone”, “Radio Silence”, “Khedive” and the opening “Overture”... Read More

TEENAGE HEAD’S FUN COMES FAST TO BE RE-RELEASED

TEENAGE HEAD’S FUN COMES FAST TO BE RE-RELEASED
On Friday, November 24, 2017, Warner Music Canada will release Canadian punk rock pioneers Teenage Head’s Fun Comes Fast, a double album collection of songs spanning the group’s 40 year career.  The band will celebrate the release with upcoming shows in Toronto, Hamilton and St. Catharines with many more dates on the horizon (see dates below). Warner Music Canada President Steve... Read More

Malcolm Young’s Death A Wrap For AC/DC

Malcolm Young’s Death A Wrap For AC/DC
    With the inevitable passing of AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young Saturday following declining health due to dementia, the Scottish/Austrailian band appear to have put an epitaph on their career. A statement released by Young’s family said “It is with deepest sorrow that we inform you of the death of Malcolm Young, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother. Malcolm had... Read More

Caught In A Dream – Day 6 – Five Friends, One Dream

Caught In A Dream – Day 6 – Five Friends, One Dream
In my opinion (yup, you might have heard this before)… ALICE COOPER, the most influential American band of the 1970s landed in historic London – Wembley last evening for the last stop on their highly-anticipated tour of the U.K. To set the mood, there was a palpable buzz of anticipation on the walk-up mall and queue to the Wembley SSE Arena. “Touters” (the... Read More

ole label group Celebrates Canadian Musical Icon Stompin’ Tom Connors’ Induction Into Canada’s Walk Of Fame

ole label group Celebrates Canadian Musical Icon Stompin’ Tom Connors’ Induction Into Canada’s Walk Of Fame
Above Photo:Members of Stompin’ Tom Connors family including his widow Lena Connors (left) and sons Tom Jr. (second from left) and Taw Connors (right), along with Tom Jr.’s wife Jessica Roselle (second from right) On November 15, one of Canada’s most prolific and iconic artists, Stompin’ Tom Connors, was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame during the Beyond Famous Gala at Toronto’s Liberty Grand.... Read More

MATTHEW GOOD AND OUR LADY PEACE ANNOUNCE CROSS COUNTRY TOUR

MATTHEW GOOD AND  OUR LADY PEACE ANNOUNCE  CROSS COUNTRY TOUR
Our Lady Peace and Matthew Good have announced that they will be co-headling a 20 date Canadian tour next spring.  Tickets and VIP packages for the tour will be available through both artists’ websites and fanclubs starting  November 17th. The public on-sale starts November 24th.  The dates with the two Canadian rock legends run from March 1, 2018 through March 31 and bring them from coast... Read More

Caught In A Dream – Day 4 – Surrealistic Masterpiece

Caught In A Dream – Day 4 – Surrealistic Masterpiece
Tuesday night in “Brum” (“Birmingham” to foreigners) at the Barclaycard arena and the packed crowd was in for a treat. But before we get to the festivities let’s take a moment to “set the stage”. Throughout the history of rock, it is often found that the “power of the team” outperforms the creative genius of the individual alone. Obviously, Lennon... Read More