The “Sleep. My kingdom for some more sleep.” shuffle report

The Shuffle Report: 10 songs I listened to, in order, on my iPod in shuffle mode at a given point in time. No editing, no skipping. It is what it is.
It was one of those nights. Everyone has one of those nights. You go to bed at a decent hour, manage to fall asleep relatively [...]

Blue Rodeo: New CD, Grey Cup Performance, New Tour

A true class act, and one of my favourite Canadian bands, Blue Rodeo have a busy schedule ahead. Up first, their new cd The Things We Left Behind, hits stores November 10th. From what I’ve heard, this one sounds like everything you’d expect from these guys. In other words, s’all good.
The band is [...]

Happy Canada Day!

Canadian music kicks a**, doesn’t it? In honour of our collective birthday, everyone should listen to some homegrown music today. Whether you prefer rock or jazz, rap or country or anything in between, the Canadian music scene has something to offer everyone, and it keeps getting better every year. So many of our artists have [...]

From The Ticket Stub Vault: Blue Rodeo

May 29, 1987 (Club Soda, Montreal)
For most of 1987, I was working at Sam The Record Man in downtown Montreal. One day in May of that year, the guy from the record company offered a bunch of us tickets to go see this band from Toronto who had recently released their first album but frankly [...]

The Best of Both Worlds

So it’s Sunday night, and the weekend’s winding down. I was relaxing, doing a little channel surfing on the ol’ Aquos when I landed on an episode of the Simpsons from 2002 called “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation”. It’s one of my favourites. It’s the episode when Homer goes to a rock and roll [...]