Random music news for Friday, February 17, 2023
You know all those balloons we’ve been shooting down? Ever hear of Project Blue Beam? Once you’re done freaking out at that, move to music news for February 17, 2023. More music news?
Read MoreYou know all those balloons we’ve been shooting down? Ever hear of Project Blue Beam? Once you’re done freaking out at that, move to music news for February 17, 2023. More music news?
Read MoreFor about two years, the Yorkville neighbourhood in Toronto had some of the most fertile musical grounds in the world. Neil Young, Rick James, John Kay, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Bruce
Read MoreBack in the 1960s, Yorkville was a Toronto enclave that became a cultural centre for the burgeoning Canadian music scene. A new documentary is on the way. You might recognize one of the
Read More[Coming up Tuesday the 14th, I’ll be offering a presentation on the history of Toronto music at The Great Hall as part of a Myseum event. (Free tickets here.) Will I be talking about
Read MoreIt’s a pretty trendy part of town now with multi-million-dollar townhomes and condos, high-end shops, five-star hotels and expensive shops. But back in the 60s, Yorkville was where the hippies, folkies and drugged-up
Read More[Frequent contributor Juliette Jagger wrote this for Noisey/Vice. – AC] In the mid 1960’s, Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood was a renowned musical mecca. Like Greenwich Village in New York City and Haight-Ashbury in San
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