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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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    Papa's Soup
    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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    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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    "It's a good life if you don't weaken."
    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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    It's Not "Just a Statue": What the Charlottesville Riots can help us learn
    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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    The Jack White to Dean Fertita Connection (Part 2)
    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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    The Josh Homme to Dean Fertita Connection (Part 1)
    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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    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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    Seattle, Grunge & the Musical Family Tree
    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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    Oak Alley Plantation: Stories Behind the Trees
    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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    Ron Sexsmith is a Bad Ass
    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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    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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    Hatch Show Print: Going Old School in the Modern World
    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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    A Musical Proposal That Was "Hotter Than a Pepper Sprout" in London, Ontario
    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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    The Birth of the Blues & The Mississippi Delta
    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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    Family Ties: Siblings in the Music Bizz
    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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    5 Under Appreciated Women in the Rock World
    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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