50th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s ’68 Comeback Special and he’s still “The King”

 When I was five years old, I remember my mom running into the living room saying she just heard on the radio that Elvis had died. For some reason I remember it quite vividly. Now fast forward a few years to around 1980. I found my mothers old 45 records

Multi-faceted music studio Artist Alliance opens downtown

 Photo credit: Laura Collins Elvis Presley once said, “Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.” In other words, you can dream all you want but unless you’ve got the ambition to see that dream through it won’t come true. With 25 years of experience in songwriting, performing and production,

Magnificent and Mesmerizing: Ottawa International Buskerfest

 Photo credits: Aaron Hemens From August 2-6, Sparks Street was home to a number of comedic and sometimes death-defying street acts from more than 25 street performers from around the globe for the 27th annual Ottawa International Buskerfest. For nearly 10 hours each day, street performers—hailing from countries such as

Grammy Winning Walk the Line Soundtrack Debuts on Vinyl

 Two years after his death, 2005 saw a resurgence in Johnny Cash’s popularity with the release of the biopic Walk the Line. The film had uncanny performances by Joaquin Phoenix as Cash and Reese Witherspoon as his beloved June Carter. It had a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack produced by the legendary

Back When Every Night Was Saturday Night

 By Jean-Pierre Allard I was much too young to remember Elvis Presley’s 1957 concert at the old Auditorium on Argyle, but how can I ever forget when the Beatles invaded North America in February 1964 and changed our humdrum existence overnight?  Having just lost my dad a few weeks before, the