New Music Monday: Boz Scaggs, the Replacements, Jimi Hendrix, Hiromi, Otis Redding, Soilwork
Every once in a while an artist puts it all together.
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Every once in a while an artist puts it all together.
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On March 5th, the benefit EP Songs for Slim will be released in support of former Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap recovery from a stroke, which happened in February of last year.
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The Replacements will release the five-track compilation digitally on March 5th and as a 12″ vinyl on April 16th.
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John Stockfish, a musician who was the original bassist for Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot , is dead at the age of 69.
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They say an artist is his own worst critic, but what happens when the artist is a critic too?
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Detroit rocker Bob Seger, Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot and longtime Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman were among those inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame last night.
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Last May, Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot marked his 150th concert at Toronto's Massey Hall over the last 40 years.
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The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced their 2012 inductees.
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Rock music and literature usually inhabit separate ends of the arts and culture spectrum but Dave Bidini , founding member of seminal Canadian art-rock outfit the Rheostatics and current leader of the Bidiniband , is determined to bridge both worlds.
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Forty years ago, Gordon Lightfoot scored his first hit single as a performer, the lovely "If You Could Read My Mind." It may have been Lightfoot's first exposure to a large audience under his own name, but he was already a music-business veteran with some successes to his credit by then.
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Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot made a surprise appearance Tuesday afternoon at Toronto's St. James Park following news that the City of Toronto was planning to evict Occupy Toronto protestors from the location later this evening.
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Acclaimed guitarist David Rea -- perhaps best known for his work with Canadian folk icons Gordon Lightfoot and Ian and Sylvia -- has died.
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The issue of Billboard dated August 10, 1974, featured an extensive special report headlined "4-Channel on verge of rapid growth."
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Considering how many people contributed to the Gordon Lightfoot project, it's not surprising that a few missed the deadline.
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I get dozens of requests a week for album reviews, and honestly, given that I have an intense day job and that I'm pretty lazy in my free time, I'm probably not going to review your album.
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The result of months of hard work from some of our favorite bands across this nation (and even a special cameo from one of our favorite American outfits).
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We are putting the final details on something special for Canada Day, but since the lovely and talented Lana Gay was kind enough to have us on CBC3 today to talk about the project, we thought it made sense to release a trailer of sorts.
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The late 60's and 70's were my favorite years for Gordon Lightfoot songs.
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Long before Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian folk legend, he was a legend in my father's white Riviera convertible.
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I'm usually rather suspicious when a band's name is too, shall we say, obviously trying to tell you something... when a group are calling themselves the "Funk" this or the "Jazz" that.
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