Gabrielle Bossy
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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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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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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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 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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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
- 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 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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Gabrielle Bossy
- May 14, 2017
- 3 min
Oak Alley Plantation: Stories Behind the Trees
The car glides easily down a long, gravel path before sliding into a parking space. Before me, a gorgeous columned home (if you can call...
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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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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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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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Gabrielle Bossy
- Apr 19, 2017
- 2 min
Hatch Show Print: Going Old School in the Modern World
For many music lovers, Hatch Show Print posters are not just another piece of concert swag, they’re coveted pieces of art for their...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Mar 29, 2017
- 1 min
A Musical Proposal That Was "Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout" in London, Ontario
I’ll set the scene. In fact, chances are it’s been set for you before. It was February of 1968 at The London Ice House (well actually,...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Mar 27, 2017
- 3 min
The Birth of the Blues & The Mississippi Delta
Deep in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, from Memphis to Vicksburg to Helena, Arkansas all the way to the Yazoo River, a rural...
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Mar 13, 2017
- 2 min
Family Ties: Siblings in the Music Bizz
There’s nothing quite like keeping it in the family. When it comes to the music business, there’s no shortage of sibling duos and trios....
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Gabrielle Bossy
- Mar 10, 2017
- 2 min
5 Under Appreciated Women in the Rock World
Let’s hear it for the ladies! As today is International Women’s Day, I thought it was time to shed some light on five bad ass women in...
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