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By David DeRocco There are musical performances accompanied by a backdrop of projected images; there are film screenings that conversely feature soundtracks of recorded music. Then there is A NEW PLACE TO DWELL, a multi-media mash up being orchestrated by Canadian...
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BY David DeRocco Greg Fraser and Stevie Skreebs aren’t as young as they were when their band, Brighton Rock, was ruling the Canadian metal charts during their ‘80s heyday. But they’re still wild and free, a mutual state of mind that comes with being at peace with...
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By David DeRocco There’s a rarified air that exists when you’re sitting on top of the mountain, viewing the world from a position of fame and fortune. As the lyricist, musical arranger, vocalist and de facto leader of Texas blues-rock superstars ZZ Top, Billy Gibbons...
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By David DeRocco Darlene Love began her career while still in high school, recording for legendary producer Phil Spector in a little-known girl group called The Blossoms. It’s ironic then in 2015, over half a century into her hard-earned Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
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By David DeRocco If you had to speculate on the type of blood Boz Scaggs has running through his veins, Type O might be a good guess. It would only make sense that the fluids flowing through a musician so versatile would be classified as “universal.” Scaggs has...
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By David DeRocco Wild things are meant to stay wild, free to roam and wander until Father Time and Mother Earth conspire to turn them to dust. For a rock band that has made “Born to be Wild” their anthem for more than four decades, Steppenwolf is far from ready to be...
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By David DeRocco Progressive music, by definition, should always be moving forward, mutating, morphing and transforming into new and exciting hybrids. Take PROTEST THE HERO for example, five friends from Whitby who have evolved into Canada’s pre-eminent progressive...
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By David DeRocco Rik Emmett’s current bio says he’s “digging in deep at his revamped Rec Room Studio,” experimenting with digital technology and recording music he’s planning on releasing in “a steady stream of new songs” without worrying about the content forming a...
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By DAVID DeROCCO In the art community, there is never a valid reason to recreate a masterpiece; originals have no equal, and interpretations are at best mere forgeries that can never measure up to the artist’s initial creative vision. Bottom line – no one wants to see...
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By: David DeRocco Any writer will tell you how cathartic the process of expressing thoughts on paper can be. When a writer is also a musician, there’s always the potential to combine such emotional purging with the recording of some very powerful and...
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Teaching kids self-discipline and self-esteem is a reason parents often site for enrolling kids in martial arts classes. The Cambridge Conservatory of Music (http://www.ccomusic.net) can boast the same end results with an added bonus: rather than simply knowing how to...
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When you’re a pizza aficionado in the Kingston area then you should already know all about Bubba’s Poutine and Pizzeria (http://www.bubbaspizzeria.com). Bubba’s reputation for its in house homemade pizza sauce and dough recipe has made it a favourite of pizza lovers...
