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IndieCan Debuts Roster AT CMW Showcase

IndieCan Debuts Roster AT CMW Showcase
By Keith Sharp When top independent film producer Avi Federgreen decided to expand his activities to promote new Canadian musicians, he wasn’t looking for the obvious, flavour of the month, pop artist. Instead, Federgreen is attracted to artistic songwriters, creative performers with material of substance. So it’s with great personal pride that he presents the majority of his Indie Can... Read More

Luring A Lobster Into A Boxed Set! – Great Big Sea

Luring A Lobster Into A Boxed Set! – Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea’s Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett and yours truly are deep in discussion on the cuisine values of seaweed. This heated debate triggered by my observation that the only items left out of the band’s mega 20th anniversary XX boxed set comprising of two CD’s of their greatest pop hits and traditional folk songs, a CD of outtakes and... Read More

Blue Rodeo and Friends in Toronto

Blue Rodeo and Friends in Toronto
Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto | October 29, 2012 With Hurricane Sandy raging outside, the state of Canadian roots music may have been in peril for a moment. If, heaven forbid, the roof had caved in on The Glenn Gould Studio, we’d have had to imagine that scene without Blue Rodeo, Great Big Sea, Ron Sexsmith, The Sadies, Whitehorse, Justin Rutledge,... Read More