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Carrie Underwood Says Ottawa Hockey Fans Don’t Hate Her Anymore

Former Ottawa Senator Mike Fisher and Carrie Underwood

Former Ottawa Senator Mike Fisher and Carrie Underwood

If you follow hockey you know that two seasons ago the Ottawa Senators dismantled their hockey team to begin a rebuild. Chief amongst those moves was trading heart and soul player Mike Fisher to the Nashville Predators.

The move worked — Ottawa was a better team last year. Thing is, Nashville became a much better team, and made a quality run in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

An aside to all this is that many Senators fans considered Fisher’s wife, country superstar Carrie Underwood, as some sort of Yoko Ono who has some part in breaking up the band.

Sarah talked to Underwood about the whole thing and the singer says she and Ottawa have made peace.

You can read the whole related story at the AOL Music Blog by clicking here.

 

 

 

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Polaris People For May 25 (Sarah Harmer! Cadence Weapon! Metric!)

Metric

Metric

The latest edition of the Polaris Music Prize weekly news roundup is now online.

In it Emily Haines of Metric gets a sexy new keyboard stand, Cadence Weapon gets angry, and Sarah Harmer gets on a bicycle.

Go read the story over at Polaris Music Prize by clicking here.

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This Week In Music History — May 20 – 26

John Lennon and Yoko Ono

John Lennon and Yoko Ono

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

Interestingly, it was this very week 33 years ago that John Lennon and Yoko Ono holed up in Montreal to have a bed-in for peace, and to create the song “Give Peace A Chance.” Contrast that to the provincial government trying to clamp down on student protests in Montreal lately. Also, Bobby Dylan was born.

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

 

 

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Carrie Underwood Is (Not) Secretly A Grunge Rocker Who Loves Pearl Jam

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood

UPDATE: Because AOL Music Blog is RIP this story can now be found in full HERE.

Carrie Underwood‘s mostly known as a perky blonde country singing reality tv superstar, but she also has a not-quite-secret rocker past.

When Sarah interviewed her recently for The Boot Underwood told her that she was all about Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Nirvana and had a secret hair metal phase, too.

Rock on, Carrie. \m/

Click here to read the story.

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Spinner News Mega-Pack: MMVAs, Maylee Todd, Arcade Fire, Divine Fits, Feist

Arcade Fire red patched with Mick Jagger

Arcade Fire red patched with Mick Jagger

Here’s the latest batch of news stories I’ve done for the Spinner AOL empire:

Disco funk weirdo Maylee Todd gets profiled in a Red Bull documentary.

Feist has re-released her “lostMonarch: Lay Your Jewelled Head Down album on vinyl.

The MuchMusic Video Awards will feature performances by Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and Nelly Furtado. In related news, I believe I have been aged out of what used to be the best party of the year.

Divine Fits exist. Which is only a big deal if you really cared about Handsome Furs.

Arcade Fire use Saturday Night Live to show support for Quebec student protests. Fight the power.

 

 

 

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