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Canadian Music Week: The White Buffalo in town for Great Hall gig

Canadian Music Week: The White Buffalo in town for Great Hall gig Folk and country singer has had six songs featured on hit TV show The Sons Of Anarchy By: Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Published on Wed Mar 20 2013   If you’re a fan of The Sons Of Anarchy, you’re probably aware of The White Buffalo’s music. The California native, who is also known as Jake Smith…


Canadian Music Week: Hard work paying off for Rah Rah

Canadian Music Week: Hard work paying off for Rah Rah Regina indie band pushing its third album The Poet’s Dead at CMW Thursday By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Wed Mar 20 2013   For its pair of Canadian Music Festival appearances at Lee’s Palace and the Church Of The Holy Trinity Thursday, Regina’s Rah Rah will be down a man. When contacted at SXSW last week,…


Rihanna at the ACC: Barbadian pop queen capable of so much more

I Entertainment / Music Rihanna at the ACC: Barbadian pop queen capable of so much more Her performance during the first of two nights at The Air Canada Centre was anything but a gem. Rihanna lacked intensity and emotion during the first of her two shows at the ACC, says reviewer Nick Krewen. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Tue Mar 19 2013     Rihanna’s latest…


Pink flies high at the ACC: Review

Pink rocked the Air Canada Centre Monday night with such mind-boggling stamina that it made you wonder at times whether she was superhuman. The Phillie-born Pink was back in the air at the ACC Monday night. She sang “Raise Your Glass” — portions of it upside down — as a trio of beefcakes held her and her bungee cord aloft. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon…


Swedish House Mafia: Concert Review

The house music stalwarts pull in 60,000 partygoers for two soldout nights at the Rogers Centre. By: Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Published on Sat Feb 23 2013     The Swedish House Mafia may be pulling the plug a tad prematurely. Even though house music stalwarts Axel “Axwell” Hedfors, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso are in the final throes of their reported last hurrah — the DJ/producers have…