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Looking back on the life of a Canadian country and folk giant and his work in Nashville

Ringo Starr says he's still in love with performing, as the 82-year-old Beatles drummer kicks off the Canadian leg of his All Starr Band tour on Monday.

Forty-five years after Randy Bachman's 1957 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins guitar was stolen in Toronto, it’s back in his arms, and he can hardly believe it.

Kate Bushs sprint to the top of the music charts after being featured in the fourth season of Stranger Things is an example of how remakes and revivals are a driving force behind pop culture right now, experts say.

Watching the annual Juno Awards two weekends ago only reinforced my alienation from the current crop...

In 1965, John Einarson’s dad bought him a Harmony Silhouette electric guitar for $125 and the ...

A new book is taking a deep dive into the history and variety of Winnipeg’s music scene.

Open share drawer Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the cosmic country rockers’ 1969 debut, a strange, short-lived truce in the long battle between hippies and squares. One of the first times Gram Parsons played an open-mic night at the Palomino, a dive in North Hollywood that, in the late 1960s, was patronized mostly by hippie-hating country-music fans, a bar regular approach...

Posted: Apr 05, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 5 The Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba has started a MAD camp for youth which stands for music, art, dance. This wall shows some of the art work done by teens struggling with depression and anxiety in the pandemic.(Tyson Koschik) More young people are reaching out for help to deal with depression and anxiety because of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on schools, according to mental health advocates in Winnipeg. In the fall of 20...

Article content A national grassroots campaign to see iconic Winnipeg rock band The Guess Who inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has kicked-off. With hopes of gaining the Hall of Fame’s attention, an organization called Guess Who 4 The Hall (GW4TH) initiated an online petition on Thursday. As of 3 p.m. it had 2,500 signatures and climbing. The goal is 1 million. GW4TH spokeswoman Jenny Motkaluk told the Winnipeg Sun on Thursday she’s been a fan of the  American Woman hit-makers ...