THE HIPPIE HISTORIAN

Well pretty much every concert on my musical horizon has been cancelled this week and while I totally understand the legitimacy of protecting our vulnerable ...

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 once again when it op...

Recently Ryan and I started re-watching The O.C. from the very first episode of the very first season. Right from the first episode we started reminiscing how...

Ticketmaster. Likely when you read that name, it ignites some sort of reaction in you. Is it negative? Most likely. Maybe you've bought tickets that seemed r...

This past Thursday, Facebook released a report outlining how concert-goers are using social platforms (particularly ones owned by Facebook) to find concerts,...

As someone who frequently travels to see my fav bands, I often get questioned on why I would do that. Why go see a band way down in Nashville when they're fr...

Well, well, well. . . or as the French would say, bien, bien, bien. Okay, to be honest, I don't think that translation really works. That would be more like ...

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 loved it then and I love...

A few months back I posted a blog of songs all from small-town Ontario. Now I've decided to take that theme cross-country and tackle British Columbia! While...

Scattered across Ontario like little islands on a lake, a number of historic music venues pack the punch. Nestled in beach towns, big cities and gritty side...

I'm just getting back from a ten-day rock n' roll road trip. Seeing seven shows and ten bands, we drove through 8 states, 1 province and covered 3178 km. If...

New year, new me? Nahhhh. More like new year, more of the same me spending half my pay check on concerts! Thankfully though, there are five shows coming to L...

The two piece: it's been around a long time but seems to have suddenly exploded. In the wake of bands like The White Stripes, two piece bands came a-knockin...

An escape to the cottage, a paddle down a quiet river, dirty hands in a farm field and a hard day's work in a factory- all of these are part of the rural Ont...

We're leaving the maple syrup and beavers at the door. Check out the Hippie Historian as we tell the story of Canada's music past, present and future without...

Ever wonder how the same people seem to get up close and personal at every concert? Nervous about being at the front of a crazy crowd? Watch this video on how...

It started with a stage and it ended in goose bumps. On Thursday evening, The Glorious Sons invited fan club winners and close friends into the cozy Longboa...

There is absolutely nobody cooler than Gary Clark Junior. Slowly gliding across the stage Monday night, GCJ looked at the crowd with a sly smile before smoot...

193 years ago when George Tillson stood on the banks of the Otter Creek and began to establish Tillsonburg (then known as Derham Forge) he probably didn't im...

To spend time in Ontario's cottage country is an experience unto itself. The water lapping up gently on the shore, a cool breeze in the fresh air, tall Moth...