GRAMMY Hall of Fame Inspirations: Gotye

NEWS GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inspirations: Gotye From the sublime to the adventurous, GRAMMY winner reveals a chain of GRAMMY Hall Of Fame recordings that influenced his idiosyncratic brand of pop music GRAMMYS MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com Nick Krewen (To commemorate the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame’s 40th Anniversary in 2013, GRAMMY.com has launched GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inspirations. The ongoing series will feature conversations with various individuals…


GRAMMY Hall of Fame Inspirations: Verdine White

NEWS GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inspirations: Verdine White From the Beatles to Sly & The Family Stone, six-time GRAMMY winner Verdine White grooves on five influential GRAMMY Hall Of Fame recordings GRAMMYS MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com Nick Krewen  (To commemorate the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame’s 40th Anniversary in 2013, GRAMMY.com has launched GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inspirations. The ongoing series will feature conversations with various individuals who…


Simple Minds didn’t forget about us

Simple Minds returns to the city that helped jumpstart their career in the 1980s. Scottish band Simple Minds have been consistently making music and touring, though this week marks their first Toronto visit in more than a decade. By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Mon Oct 21 2013 In many ways, it seems fitting that one of the most popular rock bands of the ’80s is returning to the city’s…


Keeping Score: The Rapidly Expanding Video Game Music Industry

GRAMMY.COM Game Music Video October 16, 2013   Nick Krewen GRAMMY.COM   Game on. With 2013’s fourth-quarter rollout of XBOX One and Playstation 4, the release of over 300 titles for a variety of platforms, including consoles, mobile and online play, and the record-setting pace of Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto V breaking the $1 billion sales barrier in just 72 hours, the current $66 billion global video-game industry shows…


Miley Cyrus’s ‘Wrecking Ball’ a career builder for Toronto’s Stephan Moccio

The songwriter had just relocated his family to Los Angeles when the chart-topping hit changed his life.   Nick Krewen Music Published on Tue Oct 08 2013   He couldn’t have asked for a better calling card. Six days after songwriter and composer Stephan Moccio relocated his family from Toronto to Los Angeles, he was enjoying a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100: “Wrecking Ball,” recorded by the…