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Polaris People For The Week Of June 29 (Lindi Ortega! Rich Aucoin! Gamblers!)

Dan Mangan and CBC's Lana Gay

Dan Mangan and CBC’s Lana Gay

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

In the latest edition we discuss Lindi Ortega‘s love of bourbon, Rich Aucoin‘s money situation and the fact that the CBC is enabling gamblers.

To read about it, go here.

 

 

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This Week In Music History: June 24 – 30

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.

The big news is that Michael Jackson died this week. I know, it’s a tragedy. In other stuff, Wham! played their last show, Beyonce went solo, and a bunch of people got trampled in mud and died during a Pearl Jam performance.

To find out more things that made music history, click here.

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Polaris People For The Week Of June 22 (Joel Plaskett! Drake!)

Joel Plaskett

Joel Plaskett

Ever since the 2012 Polaris Music Prize Long List got announced writing about the “Polaris People” had changed dramatically. This, because there are 40 new acts to talk about.

In the latest edition of my column on the Polaris Music Prize website Drake, A Tribe Called Red, Cannon Bros. and a bunch of others made the news.

To read about it, go here.

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Conor Maynard: British Future Pop Star

Conor Maynard

Conor Maynard

When Sarah covered the recent MuchMusic Video Awards one of the people she spoke to on the red carpet was fast-rising British pop star Conor Maynard.

She found the Pharrell Williams-approved lad quite charming and wrote a story about it for the AOL Music Blog.

You can read about it by clicking here.

 

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This Week In Music History: June 17-23

Elton John

Elton John

My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.

Elton John made the list because he played a show on short notice for a couple bottles of wine. Chris Brown made the list because he’s a bad human. And Phil Spector made the list because he’s a bad human, too.

To find out more things that made music history, click here.

 

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