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    How to Pack for a Week-Long Rock n' Roll Road Trip
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Mar 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    How to Pack for a Week-Long Rock n' Roll Road Trip

    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...
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    Two's Company: Canadian Two-Pieces I'm Stoked About
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 2, 2018
    • 4 min

    Two's Company: Canadian Two-Pieces I'm Stoked About

    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...
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    Songs from Small-Town Canada: Ontario
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Oct 12, 2018
    • 5 min

    Songs from Small-Town Canada: Ontario

    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...
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    Forget the beavers and the maple syrup
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    Forget the beavers and the maple syrup

    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,...
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    7 Ways to Survive on the Rail at a Concert
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Aug 13, 2018
    • 1 min

    7 Ways to Survive on the Rail at a Concert

    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?...
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    How Canadians Have Owned the Canadian Sound
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Jun 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    How Canadians Have Owned the Canadian Sound

    Dine Alone Records said it best- "Canadian is not a genre." Canadian music is something that sprawls across all genres. You'll find us...
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    How One Canadian Bad Ass Saved Nashville's Mother Church
    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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    Music from Windecker Road: Soul in the heart of Haldimand County
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Jan 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    Music from Windecker Road: Soul in the heart of Haldimand County

    Music has been tied to the environment it’s created in for years. From the songs created on plantations for slaves to communicate with...
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    Album #1: Deadbeat Graffiti- Black Pistol Fire
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Jan 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Album #1: Deadbeat Graffiti- Black Pistol Fire

    Released September 2017 Ok so this album actually just makes me super excited to talk about because it is not only my favourite album of...
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    Album #2: Introduce Yerself- Gord Downie
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 31, 2017
    • 1 min

    Album #2: Introduce Yerself- Gord Downie

    Released October 2017 This album might not be ranked number one on my list but for me, this album was probably the most important release...
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    Album #3: Young Beauties and Fools- The Glorious Sons
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 30, 2017
    • 1 min

    Album #3: Young Beauties and Fools- The Glorious Sons

    Released October 2017 Young Beauties and Fools, released back in October by The Glorious Sons, proved to be a major boost for their...
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    Album #4: No Culture- Mother Mother
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 29, 2017
    • 1 min

    Album #4: No Culture- Mother Mother

    Released February 2017 Wild and weird- No Culture from Mother Mother is one of their best albums yet. Combining the harmonized vocals and...
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    Album #5: The Last Rider- Ron Sexsmith
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 28, 2017
    • 1 min

    Album #5: The Last Rider- Ron Sexsmith

    Released April 2017 The Last Rider was created out of Ron Sexsmith’s wistfulness for his childhood. Written at a time when Ron was moving...
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    Album #6: Outrage! Is Now- Death from Above
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 27, 2017
    • 1 min

    Album #6: Outrage! Is Now- Death from Above

    Released September 2017 Outrage! Is Now is Death From Above (they dropped the 1979)’s third album and to be frank, the reviews weren’t...
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    Album #7: Grace Street- Big Wreck
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 26, 2017
    • 1 min

    Album #7: Grace Street- Big Wreck

    Released February 2017 Merry Christmas! Here goes day one of my top 7 Canadian albums of 2017 and it goes to…BIG WRECK!!!!! Oh sorry did...
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    Top 7 Canadian Albums of 2017: A Hippie Historian Countdown
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 25, 2017
    • 1 min

    Top 7 Canadian Albums of 2017: A Hippie Historian Countdown

    This year as I went to write down my top albums I was astonished to see that not just some but most of my favourite albums were actually...
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    Why the Young Beauties and Fools Tour Proves the Glorious Sons are Here to Stay
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 22, 2017
    • 4 min

    Why the Young Beauties and Fools Tour Proves the Glorious Sons are Here to Stay

    December 2nd in London, Ontario marked the end of the Young Beauties and Fools tour for the Glorious Sons and what a fantastic ending it...
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    Rust Never Sleeps & Neither Do We: An epic search for Neil Young Tickets
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Dec 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    Rust Never Sleeps & Neither Do We: An epic search for Neil Young Tickets

    The Journey When Neil Young announced that he’d be playing a secret show for 200 people, our gut instinct was Omemee. Young had posted...
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    5 Places You Have to Eat in Music City (Nashville)
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Apr 25, 2017
    • 2 min

    5 Places You Have to Eat in Music City (Nashville)

    Eating is perhaps one of the greatest pleasures of travelling. I think you can agree. Read on for my list of top five places to eat when...
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    Record Store Day 2017: April 22nd at Third Man Records, Nashville
    Gabrielle Bossy
    • Apr 23, 2017
    • 2 min

    Record Store Day 2017: April 22nd at Third Man Records, Nashville

    Once again, music and novelty lovers from all over met up at Third Man Records in Nashville to check out Jack White’s record label, pick...
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