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Jan 5, 2020
2 min

Tellin' it like it is: Black Suit Devil goes honest on new album drop, A Matter of Time

Black Suit Devil is back with his second studio album, A Matter of Time, and this go round, the tracks are all honesty and no hiding....

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One in the Chamber: Planted Firmly in the Toronto Scene

Gabrielle Bossy

Jun 24, 2019
2 min

One in the Chamber: Planted Firmly in the Toronto Scene

One in the Chamber is armed and ready with a new E.P. and a determination to plant themselves firmly in Toronto’s every-growing music...

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A Conversation with Brother Elsey: Lineage, Lyrics and Love

Gabrielle Bossy

Feb 3, 2019
3 min

A Conversation with Brother Elsey: Lineage, Lyrics and Love

Brother Elsey's name isn't the only familial thing about them. The fabric of their music stitches together three brothers, each a...

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David Bastedo: Carving Canada's Music History from a New Perspective

Gabrielle Bossy

Jan 27, 2019
5 min

David Bastedo: Carving Canada's Music History from a New Perspective

David Bastedo and diligence might as well be synonymous. While you may know him as the photographer for The Tragically Hip (and he is...

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Music, Canadiana and Everything in Between: An Interview with Jane Gowan of The Real Shade

Gabrielle Bossy

Sep 9, 2018
1 min

Music, Canadiana and Everything in Between: An Interview with Jane Gowan of The Real Shade

Photo by David Bastedo The Real Shade is a band steeped in our landscape and the bands that make up Canada's sound. At the cross roads...

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Catching a Breather with Eric Owen of Black Pistol Fire

Gabrielle Bossy

May 4, 2018
1 min

Catching a Breather with Eric Owen of Black Pistol Fire

Black Pistol Fire- if you haven't listened to this insane, intense, no-holds-back true rock n' roll band...it's about time. After...

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Mike Downie on The Secret Path and The Downie Wenjack Fund

Gabrielle Bossy

Oct 22, 2017
4 min

Mike Downie on The Secret Path and The Downie Wenjack Fund

“It’s easy to want to do something and be paralyzed.” Mike Downie says this to me on the phone. He’s referring to non-Indigenous...

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Rob Baker on The Tragically Hip, Memory and The Canadian Sound

Gabrielle Bossy

Jun 30, 2017
1 min

Rob Baker on The Tragically Hip, Memory and The Canadian Sound

This past winter, I was given the opportunity to meet and interview Rob Baker of the Tragically Hip. After their tour in summer 2016, Rob...

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Gabrielle Bossy

May 8, 2017
5 min

Ron Sexsmith is a Bad Ass

Ron Sexsmith is a badass. I can’t say I’ve heard him described that way before. He’s not a badass in the sunglasses-indoors kind of way...

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