Gabrielle Bossy
An Ontario Road Trip Inspired by the Band: Part 2, Toronto
Here we are! Part 2 of our road trip focused on spots that were important to The Band's history in Ontario. If you missed part 1, give it...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Nov 8, 2020
- 7 min
An Ontario Road Trip Inspired by The Band: Part 1
The Band: an iconic piece of Canadian history and one of the pioneers of the Americana sound. How does that work? I’m not really sure but...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Apr 26, 2020
- 1 min
"Sugar Mountain" & "The Circle Game": A look at ending youth for Joni Mitchell and Neil Young
"Sugar Mountain" is arguably one of Neil Young's most beloved songs of all time. A lament and goodbye to youth, Young wrote this song on...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Mar 8, 2020
- 3 min
It's back: The El Mocambo will be lighting up those neon palms once again
Great news for music lovers in Ontario, or dare I say, Canada! The iconic El Mocambo music venue will be lighting up its neon palm tree...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Jan 12, 2020
- 3 min
Jagged Little Pill: A seminal piece of rock n' roll history
For me, the album dropped when I was just four so it’s a little crazy for me to call it an album for my generation but nonetheless I...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Mar 16, 2019
- 4 min
Ontario Venues with Historic Charm: The ghosts of music past
Scattered across Ontario like little islands on a lake, a number of historic music venues pack the punch. Nestled in beach towns, big...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Jun 20, 2018
- 2 min
How One Canadian Bad Ass Saved Nashville's Mother Church
When the live broadcast for The Grand Ol' Opry moved from The Ryman Auditorium to the Opryland Theme Park in 1974 (latimes.com), it...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- May 27, 2018
- 2 min
Cobh, Ireland: The Port Town with 1 Billion Dollar Views
Just a 20 minute bus ride from Cork City, Cobh, Ireland sits atop a large hill offering a spectacular view of the sea. Standing near the...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Apr 28, 2018
- 4 min
Cork over Dublin: 6 reasons why you should skip the capital and head to the Rebel County
Dublin is a beautiful city full of history, culture and food but let's be real-- it's also had its fair shake of praise. Head down...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Apr 18, 2018
- 2 min
Welcome to Glasgow: The City Centre Mural Trail
One of the coolest things we did on our trip was check out the Glasgow Mural Trail. After scouring the web (and by the web I mean hours...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Apr 9, 2018
- 2 min
Welcome to Kentish Town!
Our recent trip to Europe found us chasing a band across the U.K. on a whirlwind tour followed by a few days rest in our favourite...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Mar 29, 2018
- 2 min
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut: Glasgow, Scotland
It's not that King Tut's Wah Wah Hut is a particularly cool-looking venue. It's not that it's that old-- only being built in 1990. ...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Mar 22, 2018
- 2 min
The Deaf Institute: Manchester, England
In the late 1800s, if you walked down Grosevnor's Street in Manchester, you'd come face to face with an institute for the deaf and the...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Jan 19, 2018
- 2 min
Whale Songs: A look at a music phenomenon that made a real difference
Whales: they’re big, they’re smart and they’re…surprisingly adept musicians. Considered to have one of the most complicated song...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 25, 2017
- 2 min
Papa's Soup
Few things get my memory going like food. I love that a certain taste (or smell) can transport you back in time to a memory you can...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Oct 19, 2017
- 2 min
"It's a good life if you don't weaken."
In 2009, my boyfriend and I went to our first concert together: The Tragically Hip at London’s Rock the Park. Part of the We are the Same...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Aug 14, 2017
- 2 min
It's Not "Just a Statue": What the Charlottesville Riots can help us learn
If you have your wits about you, the Charlottesville riots are a lesson right in your face: racism is not dead. It’s alive and well (and...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Aug 12, 2017
- 3 min
The Jack White to Dean Fertita Connection (Part 2)
For music fans, diving into the biographies of their favourite band can be a hobby or a musical rabbit hole that makes you realize how...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Jul 15, 2017
- 3 min
The Josh Homme to Dean Fertita Connection (Part 1)
Remember a few posts ago when I said Josh Homme was a touring member of The Screaming Trees which connected him to the Seattle grunge...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- May 21, 2017
- 5 min
Seattle, Grunge & the Musical Family Tree
Chris Cornell once said in an interview (and I’m paraphrasing here) that the Seattle scene was different from other music scenes like New...
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