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Gord Downie
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SEE IT: Photos from the Gord Downie’s Secret Path concert
If you were one of the lucky people at the Rebecca Cohn at last night’s Gord Downie concert then you know how powerful it was. The Tragically Hip frontperson performed a special concert in Halifax of his album Secret Path, a 10-song album based on the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Indigenous child who […]
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Gord Downie announces Halifax concert
Secret Path concert Tuesday, November 29, 8pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium $61 If you were one of the many folks disappointed The Tragically Hip’s farewell tour didn’t stop in Halifax, you’re in luck. It looks like Gord Downie will be gracing the city with his presence—and his music—after all. Downie is also using his voice to […]
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Down memory lane with The Tragically Hip
Think back. Before The Tragically Hip was an icon. Before Gord Downie’s brain cancer diagnosis became another reminder how hard 2016 has been on legendary musicians. And long, long before The Hip’s farewell concert in Kingston turned into a much-anticipated national live streaming event. Back in 1990, The Hip was just a good rock band […]
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Buck 65 talks
Buck 65’s new album 20 Odd Years comes out on February 1st and features a series of all-new songs and collaborations with Gord Downie, Jenn Grant, Nick Thorburn (of Islands and Unicorns fame) and others. (You can pre-order it here.) Buck/Rich Terfry was in town filming a video for the song “Zombie Delight” at the Bloomfield Centre and when I met with him, he was doing interviews on a makeshift newsroom set, wearing a suit and tie, the floor around him smeared with blood. So I was wondering where this song came from. Are you a fan of zombies?
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What’s up with Downie?
On a Friday night in September Gord Downie and his band, The Country of Miracles, performed at Market Square, Victoria, BC, as part of the Rifflandia Festival. It was the beginning of an eastbound Canadian tour supporting a new record, The Grand Bounce. Downie stepped on stage, as he always does, feeling the heavy weight […]