HEADSTONES & RUSH BIG WINNERS OF 2014 MUSIC EXPRESS AWARDS

March 28, 2014 Keith Sharp

More than 10,000 Music Express readers have cast their on-line ballot for the Long & McQuade 2014 Music Express Awards with Rush and The Headstones leading the way with three awards each. Rush, who claimed three ME awards in 2013, repeated again this year, winning Top Group, Top Live Performance (Arena) and Top Compilation Release for their Clockwork Angels-Live Rock... Read More

Sam Roberts’ Three-Year Perpetual Cycle

March 24, 2014March 24, 2014 Keith Sharp

Sam Roberts calls it his `three-year cycle. The time it takes for him to write, record, release and tour a specific record before he has to do it all over again. This, according to Roberts, is also why he always seems to be on a perpetual comeback. “It seems my plan to release one or two albums a year has... Read More

Just right for the blues – Doucette

March 20, 2014March 20, 2014 Music Express

Deerfoot Casino, Calgary | February 22, 2013 When Jerry Doucette first came to radio’s attention in the 70s, his signature song “Mama Let Him Play” included the line “He’s too young for the blues, he’s still inside his first pair of shoes.” A statement of simple rock and roll fact wrapped in a tidy metaphor: youth is for reckless abandon... Read More

Five Man Electrical Band: A Sign Of The Times

March 12, 2014March 13, 2014 Keith Sharp

There are some songs that survive due to great lyrics and there are other songs that transcend even great lyrics to take on a meaning that continues to evolve with time. Five Man Electrical Band’s Signs is one such song. Written by lead vocalist Les Emmerson who noticed a plethora of signs during a band trip along the now legendary... Read More

From Deadly Snakes to The Husband

March 11, 2014April 10, 2014 Music Express

MAXWELL MCCABE-LOKOS USED TO RAGE ON STAGE WITH BLUES PUNKS THE DEADLY SNAKES. NOW HE EXPLORES MALE RAGE IN BRUCE MCDONALD’S NEW FILM THE HUSBAND. Maxwell McCabe-Lokos is willing to play the game. Finally. Speaking the day before his 36th birthday in the lounge of A71 Entertainment, the Toronto distribution company behind his new film The Husband, the former member... Read More

FROM STAGE TO SCREENS

March 11, 2014March 13, 2014 Music Express

Lots of musicians have dabbled in acting (think Beyoncé, Prince or David Bowie), but only a few have gone from rocking out to acting out full-time. MARK WAHLBERG Mark Wahlberg gave us good vibrations as frontman for early ‘90s rap-soul outfit Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Their debut album Music for the People (1991) included the American number one... Read More

Shari Ulrich: Always Up For A Challenge!

March 7, 2014March 13, 2014 Keith Sharp

When your child asks you for help on his/her homework assignment, it usually involves solving a math problem or dealing with some English grammatical puzzle. Yet in the case of Shari Ulrich’s daughter, Julia Graff the assignment in question was a little trickier. As a project for her Masters in Music in Sound Recording in 2013 at Montreal’s McGill University,... Read More

New Faces: BETTY MOON

March 3, 2014March 3, 2014 Keith Sharp

The Dark Side Of Betty Moon – Not Really!! Five years ago, promising rock musician, Betty Moon decided that if she wanted to succeed in the entertainment industry, she needed to go to where that scene was happening rather than to wait for that scene to find her – so she dropped everything and moved from her native Toronto to... Read More

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