TRUE TALES OF THE ROAD: Harlequin blows up good
One of the most powerful figures in the Canadian music business was once arrested for trying to bring explosives on an airplane. Oh, my, that doesn’t sound good, does it? Just imagine if that had happened today – and not in 1978, when airport security wasn’t so serious. “He’d probably still be in jail,” says […]
Lady Antebellum to Own the Night at Rexall March 27
The South lost, didn’t it? Maybe not. A little country group calling itself Lady Antebellum – its last name usually used as a reference to pre-Civil War southern U.S. during the era of slavery – is taking the world by storm. The Grammy-winning band will play Rexall Place on March 17 as part of its […]
Gordon Lightfoot keeps moving forward
When Gordon Lightfoot showed up at the Occupy movement in Toronto to support his protesting daughter, a lot of people jumped to interesting conclusions about the man. Internet boards were full of Canadians either decrying him as an aging hippie, or cheering him … as an aging hippie. It was selling the man a wee […]
Mercury Opera goes Underground for experimental concert
You get all kinds of buskers in LRT stations, but this one is a doozy – an entire opera company in Bay Station on Friday night. BING BONG! Northbound to Clareview! Clareview! Cue Nessun Dorma. Anyone who pays their fare is welcome to attend Mercury Opera’s experimental opera recital in a production called “104 Underground.” […]
Prepare for the Coming of Neil Diamond on July 16
Forever In Blue Jeans, Cherry Cherry, Sweet Caroline, Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Red Red Wine, America – are we sensing a theme yet? You guessed it: All of the above are songs by the one and only Neil Diamond, who is mounting a huge Greatest Hits tour next […]
Jann Arden, queen of all media, to play Jube on Feb. 27
It has been said that the only antidote to the concentrated sadness of Jann Arden’s music is the devastating wit she displays between songs – which is why at the end of her shows there isn’t a dry eye in the house in more ways than one. Singer, songwriter, author, TV star and raconteur, Arden […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND: Bruce Conte gladly wears Tower of Power albatross
There will be no horns on Bruce Conte’s stage – nor will he be playing any Tower of Power songs. Wait a minute – what?! Yes. Truth in advertising. He’s moved on. He played Friday at Festival Place. The original guitar player on What Is Hip? and all those other great songs points out […]
