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Year: 2021
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Remembering REO Speedwagon Guitarist with Band Formed Around His Music
REO Speedwagon formed in 1967 in Champaign Illinois by University friends Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer. It wasn’t until 1971 that guitarist/songwriter Gary Richrath made a point of driving one hundred miles to see the […]
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Tyler Shaw Taps Into His Subconscious For New Album
During his 18 months of COVID-19 precautions, Canadian pop star Tyler Shaw was more active than ever before. The singer-songwriter, who’s known for the hit singles “The Man Who Let Her Go” and “With You”, […]
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Alexi Grossi of Quiet Riot Shares Love of Cover Tunes on New CD
Alex Grossi might be best known as the guitarist in heavy metal band Quiet Riot, a role he’s held since 2004, but for fans of L.A. rock, he’s the founder of the city’s ultimate cover […]
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Filipe Rose of Village People Is Ready To Dance Again!
He might be best known as the Indian or Native American character of disco legends Village People, but Felipe Rose is more than a face-painted icon of 70s disco. In an effort to find and […]
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Gramps Morgan: The Healing Power Of Music and Marijuana
Roy “Gramps” Morgan is a Jamaican singer, instrumentalist, producer, record executive, and entrepreneur. The Grammy winner teamed up with Canadian country star and record producer Johnny Reid for his latest album Positive Vibration, but the […]
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Alice Cooper: Talking Detroit With A Motor City Icon
Ol’ Black Eyes is back again and he has a new album, a love letter to The Motor City, Detroit Stories. Although he has lived in Phoenix, Arizona for the last few decades, Detroit continues […]
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Post Productions Looking Back and Forward on Five Years Of Making Cutting Edge Local Theatre
September 2021 marks five years since Post Productions was founded. A lot has changed over the course of this theatre company’s existence. A lot hasn’t. I find myself reflecting on all of it. In 2016, […]
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New Wave Rock Legends Can Still Squeeze Out Great Music
UK new wave founders Squeeze are quite popular in Canada. The band first surfaced on the Canadian charts with the song “Cool For Cats” in 1979 and had a string of hits though the 80s […]
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Twenty-five Years Of Danko Jones
Everyone has handled the pandemic in their own unique way. For Canadian rocker Danko Jones, he isolated himself to the point that his band members had to convince him to record a new album. That […]