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Business, Canada, Music Industry (Trade), Radio January 15, 2011

“Money for Nothing” ruling makes waves on radio

Entertainment / Music Reaction to the Dire Straits ruling mostly hostile as radio veterans wonder where the line is. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Sat Jan 15 2011 Last week’s ruling by the private radio regulator Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) to ban a Dire Straits song is “chilling” and effectively puts rock radio stations on notice, claims a longtime music industry expert. Former Billboard Canadian bureau chief and current CelebrityAccess…

Africa, Alt. Rock, Concert reviews, Dave Matthews, Events, Rock, Songwriter December 12, 2010

Welcome to the Set List: Dave Matthews Band at Air Canada Centre, Toronto

NEWS Dave Matthews Band At Air Canada Centre GRAMMYS DECEMBER 10, 2012 Welcome to The Set List. Here you’ll find the latest concert recaps for many of your favorite, or maybe not so favorite, artists. Our bloggers will do their best to provide you with every detail of the show, from which songs were on the set list to what the artist was wearing to which out-of-control fan made a…

Americana, Canada, Country, Guitar, Outlaw Country, Songwriter, Toronto, Voice November 29, 2010

The persistence of Indie Lindi Ortega

Entertainment / Music Her old label decided she’s no Lady Gaga, as one listen to Ortega’s lonely, affecting tunes should have told them.    Singer/songwriter Lindi Ortega Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Mon Nov 29 2010 When The Killers’ Brandon Flowers visits The Sound Academy Saturday to support his new album Flamingo, he’ll have a local hired hand singing backup that everyone should keep an eye on. Though raven-haired and…

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…

David Bowie, Electronic, Indie pop, Nature Techno, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Scotland, Songwriter November 22, 2010

KT Tunstall ducking out of the singles game

Entertainment / Music Singer in town to play the Phoenix, with a new album that’s dancier and more electronic than before.   Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Mon Nov 22 2010   When you write a song as invigoratingly infectious as the 2006 strum-driven, romantic, self-empowerment anthem “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree,” the desire to try to creatively repeat that magic can be overwhelming. However, Scottish singer and…