Our Lady Peace
While our favourite tribute to the fighting arts remains Friendly Rich‘s “The Ballad Of George Chuvalo,” finding out Our Lady Peace were inspired at least in part by fightin’ for their new album Curve was worth talking about.
So I did. With them. Mostly about the aforementioned George Chuvalo, who appeared on OLP’s album.
To read the story over at Spinner, click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Music, Shameless Promotion
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.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
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.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
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.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
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.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 