Canadian Music

• What I’ve learned from Canadian music fans on my cross-country speaking tour

  I've been on the road with speaking gigs for a good chunk of the year. Here's what I've learned from (and about) Canadian music fans so far.

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  Apr 13, 2025
  
• The Guess Who’s Chad Allan, Canadian music pioneer, dies at 80

  Winnipegger Chad Allan, from the band The Guess Who, has died at the age of 80.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2023
  
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• Winnipeg’s Begonia among 10 artists up for Polaris Music Prize on Tuesday

  The Polaris prize names the best Canadian album of the previous year — irrespective of genre or sales — as chosen by a group of journalists, broadcasters and music bloggers.

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  Sep 19, 2023
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• Charlotte Cardin on Juno wins, her new album and facing her own ego

  The 28-year-old's career has been in a state of constant motion ever since she landed a spot in the Top 4 of French Canada's version of The Voice.

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  Aug 31, 2023
• Blue Rodeo to play Winnipeg for ‘Five Days in July’ anniversary gig on Aug. 15

  The 12-time Juno Award winners will recognize 30 years of 'Five Days in July' -- their six-time platinum 1993 classic album -- at the Burton Cummings Theatre on Aug. 15.

  Entertainment

  Jul 4, 2023
• The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Roots of the 90s CanRock explosion

  The 1990s marked a turning point for Canadian rock. A big, big turning point.

  Entertainment

  Jul 1, 2023
• Edmonton MP to file ‘grievance’ about Taylor Swift tour’s lack of Canadian shows

  'This motion is non-partisan in nature and requires swift action to address what I can only assume is a serious oversight,' the letter concludes.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2023
• Saskatchewan residents reflect on the passing of Gordon Lightfoot

  Known for his songs, The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald, Sundown and If You could Read My Mind. Lighfoot is also known to many as being Canadas greatest songwriter. 

  Canada

  May 2, 2023
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• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 983: 54-40 in their own words, part 1

  Vancouver's 54-40 has been a fixture on the Canadian music scene since 1980. It's time we gave them a chance to explain themselves.

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  Apr 21, 2023
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• Randy Bachman offers look at more than 80 of his guitars in Studio Bell exhibit

  Organizers say the Guess Who co-founder and "Taking Care of Business" hitmaker will showcase more than 80 of his prized axes for "Randy Bachman: Every Guitar Tells a Story."

  Entertainment

  Apr 5, 2023