St. Vincent, Man Man Underwhelm at Calgary Folk Fest Workshop

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Canada Daniel Boczarski, Redferns The Calgary Folk Festival closed out its Sunday daytime program with an eclectic combination of indie, dance and African rhythms, as Man Man , St. Vincent , DJ Logic and Etran Finatawa joined together under the ambitiously-named 'Mysteries of the Universe Unravelled' workshop. It was the conclusion of a day program that ...

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Bleeker Ridge set to hit the road

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

The youngest members of Bleeker Ridge were 12 years old when they started filling all their spare time after school and on weekends practicing with their rock band.

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Hanz Zimmer Dreams Up Johnny Marr Collaboration for ‘Inception’ Soundtrack

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Movies Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer was hearing things. As he wrote the score for the new summer blockbuster ' Inception ,' a sound started rumbling around in his head, but he couldn't quite place it. Then, a few days later, it hit him. "I couldn't figure out the sound that I was chasing and I realized it was Johnny [Marr] ," Zimmer tells Spinner ...

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Live Review: Bon Jovi in Edmonton

Friday, July 16th, 2010

EDMONTON - By now, all the good Bon Jovi jokes have been used up.

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Live Review: Arcade Fire in Ottawa

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

OTTAWA - Bluesfest was burning up both ends of Lebreton Flats Tuesday night with a double-headed snarling monster of Canadian A-list rock, with baroque indie darlings Arcade Fire and post-hardcore punkers Alexisonfire on competing stages.

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Etheridge: Powerful, ‘Fearless’

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

If you want understatement, you're not about to get it from Melissa Etheridge nowadays. Everything about her...

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American Idol finalists loose for tour start at the Palace

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

AUBURN HILLS -- The Idols met the press on Thursday afternoon and did what they do best.

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‘America’s Got Talent’ recap: Final auditions include sexy belly dancers, two F bombs and lots of duds

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

NBCThis sexy blonde was part of the Belly Dancing Duo, which drew rave reviews - and lots of male admirers - last night on 'America's Got Talent.' It was the final night of open auditions for Season 5 of "America's...

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Live Review: Levon Helm in T.O.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

TORONTO - Serious music fans got two for the price of one at Massey Hall on Tuesday night as acclaimed singer-songwriter John Hiatt opened for The Band's beloved drummer-singer Levon Helm.

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Bon Jovi Firing- Porn Star Dancing With Nickelback, Zakk Wylde, Ludacris- Rush 2112 TV Special- Mega Anthrax Deth …

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Today's roundup of quick music news stories

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