Top 20 greatest Canadian bands

 by Madison McSweeney 20. Blue Rodeo The Toronto country rockers have released fifteen original albums since their formation in 1984, winning twelve JUNO Awards. Their 1993 album 5 Days in July went 6x Platinum With well-known songs “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet,” “5 Days in May,” and “Til I Gain Control

Gord Sinclair releases his debut solo record “Taxi Dancers”

 Gord Sinclair, best known as the bass player for beloved rock band The Tragically Hip, recently released his acclaimed debut solo record Taxi Dancers. An album that is both winsome and sorrowful, Taxi Dancers speaks not only about loss but recovery. Taxi Dancers has received praise from across the country

Greg Keelor’s Last Winter

 If you’re a Blue Rodeo fan this has been a great year for solo albums from the band. First came Jim Cuddy’s Constellation and now band co-founder Greg Keelor gives us Last Winter. The release is a deeply personal one for the veteran musician. Recorded at his farm during one of

Barenaked Ladies to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame at 2018 JUNO Awards

 The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and CBC are pleased to announce the 2018 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame will be world-renowned rockers Barenaked Ladies - Ed Robertson, Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn and Tyler Stewart - alongside original member, co-founder and singer-songwriter Steven Page. The band celebrates their 30th anniversary this

Book Review: Tragically Hip, Twisted

 Tragically Hip, Twisted: Illustrated stories inspired by Hip songs By David Sachs 154 pages  • ISBN 978-0-9940102-6-1 Last year Gord Downie’s courage inspired many Canadians but for David Sachs the inspiration from Gord and the Tragically Hip hit him 15 years ago with an initial spurt of creativity that has

Ottawa’s Top 10 Concerts of 2016

 All photos by Andre Gagne. When you are an event photographer / reporter you can tell it’s been a busy year when should you attempt to wear all the lanyards accumulated over the 12 months you risk cervical dislocation or, at the very least, one hell of a case of

Remodeling and Adjusting Keeps Neil Rolling Along

 Nobody could have seen this coming. Chris Neil as Ottawa Senator franchise leader in penalty minutes? Sure. But Chris Neil as the longest serving active Senator? Not on your life. Except there he was Saturday afternoon - as the Sens faced the Kings in Los Angeles - tugging on the

Plans of His Own – The Gordon Lightfoot Interview – Part 2

 Listen to part two of our interview with Gordon Lightfoot above. Part one can be found here. Gordon Lightfoot walks in on a young Bob Dylan hunkered over a typewriter, the poetry of his renowned lyricism passing through his fingers and onto the keys to be imprinted in ink on paper.

Rainbow Blues

 Guitarist Philip Sayce rocks the Rainbow (photo by Terry Steeves). AOther images courtesy of the Rainbow Bistro. Credits AlZon Photography and Scott Doubt of sD3. “The Blues had a baby and they called it Rock and Roll,” Muddy Waters once said and though rock may have become the dominate genre the influence

From 12 to 20,000, The Hip Returns to Ottawa to Say Goodbye

 All photos by Andre Gagne ‘Til the men they couldn’t hang stepped to the mic and sang and their voices rang with that Aryan twang -The Tragically Hip (Bobcaygeon) On May 24 a collective gasp went out of a sucker punched nation. Gord Downie, frontman to The Tragically Hip, announced