SOCAN (The Society of Composers Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) and the best of Canada's music industry came together tonight at Roy Thomson Hall to honour some of this country's most talented songwriters, composers, lyricists and music publishers at the 20th annual SOCAN Awards Gala. Co-hosted by Barney Bentall, Carolyn Dawn Johnson and David Myles, the SOCAN Awards acknowledged members' and other music industry influencers' outstanding achievements from the previous year. Read More
Around this time every month, The A.V. Club forgets to lock its back door, and Texas-dwelling scumbag Leonard Pierce lets all of his disreputable longhair friends in to spike the water cooler with SoCo and listen to thrash until someone calls security. Read More
By day, he is a mild-mannered landscaper, but by night, LaGrange's Frank Holliday, as a part of the cover band Big Bad Booty Daddy, is a hard-playing bass guitarist. Read More
"My stepson…was telling me how he's currently into Cole Porter, music from the 1920s and swing music from the 40s. So the availability and accessibility of music on the internet today is truly incredible, and I applaud anything that can inspire interest or curiosity in anyone. Read More
They wanna rock 'n' roll all night -- and study every day. Read More
LIVE at the Clifton Center, The Derby City Film Festival, and Kentucky Homefront are proud to join forces on Saturday, November 14th to present the First Annual Kentucky Film and Music Fest. The event will include documentary film screenings, performances by Kentucky-based musicians, workshops and presentations on film related subjects, and food provided by local area restaurants. Read More
"Bohemian Rhapsody" — my life had been changed. Read More
Hold on, as we are about to get all meta-analytical up on this piece. Read More
The rest of the band bailed following a 2008 EP, I Know I Know , and a subsequent tour. Read More
Benjamin Disraeli, a 19th century British prime minister, said it's a tragedy when people die with music still locked inside of them. Read More
Few hard rock bassists have been as influential as Rush's Geddy Lee. Born Gary Weinrib on July 29, 1953, in Toronto, his ... Read the full Geddy Lee bio.