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Alt. Rock, Business, Canada, Folk, Indie pop, Music Industry (Trade), Rock, Stratford, Toronto April 20, 2019

PledgeMusic troubles hit Canadian musicians like Dayna Manning and Amanda Rheaume

Nick Krewen Special to the Star Thursday, March 28, 2019 After singing the PledgeMusic blues, independent recording artist Dayna Manning is breathing a sigh of relief. Like too many other artists — L7, Fastball and Jesus Jones, to name a few — Manning is owed money donated by fans via the nine-year-old U.K. crowdfunding platform, which has all but suspended operations due to financial woes. Delayed payments dating back to…

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Aubrey "Drake" Graham, Canada, Guitar, Justin Bieber, Pop, Stratford, Television, The Tragically Hip, Toronto June 15, 2012

Dan Kanter on mad life at Bieber’s side

Toronto guitarist and pop megastar’s right-hand man has had best seat to watch his rise. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Fri Jun 15 2012 Life with Justin Bieber is never boring. Just ask Dan Kanter, the Toronto guitarist, producer and musical tour director who has been the Stratford pop phenom’s right-hand man since The Bieb’s meteoric rise to the top began three years ago. “It’s been quite…

Aerosmith, Canada, Concert reviews, Events, Grammy, Guitar, JUNO, Justin Bieber, Pop, Stratford, Voice, YouTube November 23, 2010

Bieber Fever at Air Canada Centre

Entertainment / Music Teen singing sensation entertains but doesn’t genuinely connect with fans. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Tue Nov 23 2010   He’s unstoppable! The teen pop phenom freight train known as Justin Bieber barrelled over a sold-out Air Canada Centre audience for the second time in three months Tuesday night, with a dazzling 90-minute tease-and-please spectacle designed to activate that dormant female gene that only comes alive…

Canada, Electronic, Jazz, Pop, Producer, R&B, Rock, Songwriter, Soul, Stratford, Toronto, Voice June 27, 2010

Esthero is still working on it

Esthero is still working on it | Toronto Star Writer, Kanye collaborator and notorious perfectionist back for hometown show   HANDOUT PHOTO “My intent is to debut as much new music as possible,” says Esthero of her Lee’s Palace gig. Nick Krewen  SPECIAL TO THE STAR,  Published on Sun Jun 27 2010 The drought is almost over. Esthero admirers who have been jonesing for some new music ever since 2005’s Wikked…

Canada, Education, In Memoriam, Stratford, Toronto, World Music May 19, 1999

Loreena McKennitt sets up Water Safety charity

  Nick Krewen For The Record May 19, 1999   TORONTO: Lorenna McKennitt learned about the importance of water safety the hard way. McKennitt, the world renown Stratford based singer and songwriter, was mixing her live album last July at Peter Gabriel‘s Real World Studios in Bath, England when she received word that her fiancé, his brother and a friend were missing after a boating accident in Nottawasaga Bay, near…