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- My coast-to-coast speaking tour heads out west this week. Will I see you in any of these cities?
After seven sold-out salon events in Ontario, my 2025 speaking tour moves west to BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Here are the dates, venues, and details on ticket availability. Hope to see you Read more » - The complete list of the 100 most important moments in rock in the 21st century (so far) from The Ongoing History of New Music
The Ongoing History of New Music just wrapped up a ten-part series on the things, people, events, and developments in rock that we’ve seen so far in the 21st century. This is the Read more » - What do Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have for Sunday Lunch this week?
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are back in the kitchen, this time with a Sunday Lunch performance of “The Best” from Tina Turner. Read more » - Let’s check in with our adorkable opera singer to see what she’s discovered this week
The story thus far: Elizabeth Zharoff spent way too much time training to be an opera singer when she was young so she missed all the rock music we take for granted. The Read more » - Who’s playing Departure (the new CMW) this year? Let’s take a lool
We’re about five weeks from the start of Departure, the reborn/refurbished Canadian Music Week. Headquartered at Hotel X at Exhibition Place in Toronto, the conference and festival (May 6-11), the event will include Read more » - Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)
[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions of a growing group of companies which are Read more » - ICYMI: Things I posted elsewhere this week (29 Mar 2025)
n case you missed it, here are some examples of other stories and features I posted around the internet this past week. Weekly Global News Column: What’s the biggest (and worst) thing to happen Read more » - Random music news for Saturday, March 29, 2025
A clicking shark? This is interesting to scientists. Music news for March 29, 2025, should be of interest to everyone. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Whether we need it or not, we’re Read more » - Music conference drama! Departure Festival (successor to CMW) has been sued (by CMW!) UPDATEDWell, this is awkward. In the tight-knit community on top of the Canadian music industry, there’s a fight between Neill Dixon, the founder and operator of the original Canadian Music Week, and Loft Read more »
- Where are things with the Canadian sales battle between CDs and vinyl this week?
I’ll spare you the suspense. Vinyl is kicking the CD’s ass here in Canada. And barring any kind of miraculous comeback, vinyl will outsell CDs in 2025. The question is by how much? Read more »
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