Few bands mesh the political with the personal, the altruistic with the artistic, quite like Rosie & the Riveters. With their honeyed vocal harmonies, vintage 40s-era look, and conscious lyrics, the Saskatoon-based trio is fast emerging as a folk/pop icon for the age.
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April 6, 2018
by Kim Hughes
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March 23, 2018
by Aaron Brophy
"I would hope that many people would have stood up and stood up against extremists, against not just the extremists, not just the people, but against the ideology because that's what we have to fight against: the ideology that exists there that does not accept women as equal to men..."
March 9, 2018
by Kim Hughes
"I tend to gravitate towards women in history. There are just so many untold stories, especially in Canadian history..."
January 26, 2018
by Nick Krewen
The 30-year-old LA-based Atlantic Records signing bravely sang about her own experience of sexual abuse and harassment in the ballad “Quiet,” which fanned the flames of the #METOO Movement when she performed it at the 2017 Women’s March on Washington.
January 19, 2018
by Aaron Brophy
Montreal-based nine-piece soul-pop band Busty and the Bass is using its newfound clout to launch an on-the-ground, in-the-schools’ music education initiative.
January 12, 2018
by Karen Bliss
Having succeeded in the music industry at HMV and BMG, the indefatigable team leader turned his attention to a cause that was close to his heart. Along the way, he helped raise a king's ransom.
April 14, 2017
by External Source
The frontwoman of US punk rockers Against Me! is featured in conversation with one of her peers.
April 7, 2017
by Karen Bliss
Legendary Australian rock band Midnight Oil has reformed for its first global tour in more than 20 years after frontman Peter Garrett left his music career for politics and a good decade in the Labor Party as a cabinet minister.
March 31, 2017
by Kim Hughes
For oddities of nature — tiny cows and deadly insects, say, or extremely tall or old people — breaking a Guinness World Record is a snap.
March 24, 2017
by Kim Hughes
Bob Ezrin’s CV is expansive and impressive but so too is his heart. The latter is about to be fêted with a statue all its own.
March 17, 2017
by Karen Bliss
The stage production of Michael Turner’s book Hard Core Logo, which was made into the 1996 classic Canadian film by screenwriter Noel S.
March 10, 2017
by Aaron Brophy
While many people will be using the month of March to plan holiday getaways, the folks at Music Heals will be hard at work for Music Therapy Awaren