In their day they were ‘it’. Their ‘look’, their sound, the songs they sang and the musicians accompanying them made Ian & Sylvia a pair of songbirds we can never forget. A new collection released on Stony Plain is a gem, and Nicholas Jennings spins the history behind the two-disc set and gives it a rave review.
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September 15, 2019
by Nicholas Jennings
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September 13, 2019
by David Farrell
Duncan McKie is president of FACTOR, the non-profit that oversees myriad programs benefitting musicians, songwriters and the infrastructure behind them on domestic and global stages. Details of its work are detailed in its annual report released Thursday.
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by Kerry Doole
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by External Source
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by External Source
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