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Canada, Country, Folk, Music Industry (Trade), Producer, Songwriter, Toronto January 21, 2013

Corin Raymond paid for new album with stacks of Canadian Tire money

Canadian folksinger raised $6,200 in the funny money toward production of new album. Paper Nickels, the new album from Corin Raymond, above, and The Sundowners, was paid for with 32,000 Canadian Tire bills weighing approximately 60 pounds (27 kilograms). By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon Jan 21 2013 At first glance, the dozens of bundles of banknotes covering folksinger Corin Raymond’s kitchen table might lead you…

Business, Canada, Music Publishing, Songwriter, United States December 13, 2012

How Music Publishers Connect Their Writers

Story by Nick Krewen | December 13, 2012 For SOCAN Words and Music.   Back in 2006, when international classical crossover superstar Josh Groban was looking for new material for his album Awake,Canadian writer Thomas “Tawgs” Salter was up to the task. But landing the song “You Are Loved (Don’t Give Up)” in Groban’s lap wasn’t a slam-dunk, as Dave Quilico, vice-president, Creative, of Salter’s publisher, Sony/ATV Music Canada, recalls….

Canada, Music Industry (Trade), Songwriter, Toronto November 13, 2012

Beyond Grateful

NEWS Melissa Etheridge, Kevin Hearn and Justin Hines are three of the many artists overcoming obstacles to share the gift of music NICK KREWEN GRAMMYS   MAY 15, 2017 GRAMMY.com (In the spirit of the holiday season, The Recording Academy invites you to consider making a donation to support musicians in need through its MusiCares Foundation or music education programs through its GRAMMY Foundation.) In 1998, when he was recording Stunt…

Alt. Rock, Arranger, Business, Cinema, Composer, Dance, Electronic, Engineer, Experimental, Film Scores, Guitar, Mixer, Music Industry (Trade), New Wave, Piano, Pop, Producer, Rock, Songwriter, Synthesizer, Technology, Thomas Dolby, United Kingdom April 1, 2012

Thomas Dolby, past, present and especially future

Entertainment / Music Eighties pop star, tech entrepreneur, now game designer — and through it all, a science obsessive.   Musician Thomas Dolby in his travelling “time capsule.” By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Sun Apr 01 2012 Ever the inventive sort, Thomas Dolby is bringing a special guest to Monday night’s gig at the Mod Club: his own time machine. “It’s a 1930s Teardrop trailer that looks like Jules Verne customized…

Blues, Business, Canada, Halifax, Music Industry (Trade), Radio, Songwriter, Toronto October 19, 2011

Brighter blues with Matt Andersen

Vinyl Cafe and his talents take bluesman to a new level, and the Winter Garden.    Matt Andersen is using the Vinyl Cafe as a springboard for his solo shows. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Wed Oct 19 2011 Strike up another career boost for The Vinyl Café. Beloved CBC storyteller Stuart McLean has made a habit of bringing along a promising Canadian musical talent on his cross-Canada…