Steve Earle Knows His Rock And Roll History

Being a folk singer is being a musicologist. I came up in the coffeehouses, I had the Harry Smith anthology on vinyl, and...

Canadian Music Week Announces “CMW Startup Launch Pad” A Competition For New Businesses

Canadian Music Week is thrilled to announce the "CMW Startup Launch Pad", a pitch competition for new businesses that are based in, or connected...

SOCAN Tracks More Record Results In 2015 For Music Creators

Canada emerged as an even greater powerhouse of songwriting, composing and music publishing on a global level in 2015 with domestic and international creative...

Burton Cummings To Be Inducted Into Canadian Music Hall Of Fame

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is pleased to announce Burton Cummings as the 2016 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall...

The Rules Between Wile E. Coyote And The Road Runner Were A Real Thing

Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist is the autobiography of Chuck Jones, the glorious animator behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck,...

The Smallest Disco On Earth Is the Size of a Phone Booth…Because It Is A Phone Booth

Even at the best of times, going to a club is a place full of loud music, rowdy people, spilled drinks and 'I LOVE...

The David Bowie-led Group Tin Machine’s TV Special In Full

Tin Machine were an English-American hard rock band formed in 1988, famous for being fronted by English singer-songwriter David Bowie. The band consisted of...

That time in 1987 when The B-52’s, Allen Ginsberg, Nile Rodgers, and David Byrne did an ad for AMFAR

Around the time it became fashionable for music and political and social causes to fit neatly within each other's desires to spread the good...

What Looney Tunes Animator Chuck Jones Can Teach You About Life

Chuck Jones (1912-2002) was an animation director responsible for some of the best films – animated or otherwise – ever made. He directed many...

Ever wondered why airplane windows are round? Here you go.

Released in 1952, the de Havilland Comet was the world’s first commercial jetliner. But engineers did not know at that point that a forgotten...

The Music Industry’s Most-Loved Albums Of All Time, Part 48

This is part 48 of an ongoing series where the kind folk of the music business reveal their favourite album of all time. Ask people...

Schecter Guitar Research, Zakk Wylde and Wylde Audio announce signing a world-wide distribution deal

Schecter Guitar Research and Wylde Audio announce signing a world-wide distribution deal. Schecter will distribute Wylde Guitars, the creation of legendary guitarist...

What Dave Grohl Learned about producing from Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones

With appropriate extraordinary skill, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones can teach anyone about the art of music production. Dave Grohl -- along with some...

That time Ewan McGregor found out the title of Star Wars II

Ewan McGregor learned the title of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones on the red carpet. His reaction is awesome. https://youtu.be/iwL8wlBMflA

There’s A Drake Colouring Book For Your Spare Time

Go into any bookstore, and you'll be amazed at the amount of different colouring books are on display - for kids and adults. Sugoi...

The Complete List Of David Bowie’s 100 Favorite Books

In 2013, David Bowie shared his 100 favorite books on his official website, ranging from classic novels to biographies of musicians and everything in...