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Chalk Circle’s beginnings were the same as so many others in history – a group of high school kids with big dreams. Formed in 1981 around singer Stan Veselivonic, guitarists Chris Tait and Brad Hopkins, and Terry Miller on bass, they added drummer Derrick Murphy and soon changed their name to The Reactors. They played …
Montreal in the early ’60s was churning out some of the most eclectic music in the country, hybrids of pop and jazz with French roots. Among the cream of that crop was les Chanceliers. Formed in 1963 by guitarist friends Gilles Briere and George Brown, Tony Carocchia was added on bass, and Pierre Martin on …
Born in Winnipeg in 1974, Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk attended Balmoral Hall School for Girls. She grew up in a musical household, and was playing the piano by the age of three, and although she was classically trained, the grew up listening to the radio hits of the day. As a teen, she was already writing …
Born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Phyllis Boltz grew up in a music-filled home, and sang in several different groups as a teen in the ’60s. She enjoyed her first national success during nearly a five-year tenure with Rain starting at the end of the decade, scoring with the a string of hits, including “Stop …
Born in Aylmer, Quebec on New Year’s Eve 1954, Charlie Major seldom performed in front of audiences growing up, but once out of school, moved to Ottawa and began working the coffehouses. He wrote his own material and developed his smooth country style for a few years, then packed up his bags and travelled to …
The Carpet Frogs’ roots began in 1993 when Ground Zero, one of Toronto’s hottest club acts, teamed up with Nick Sinopoli (argued as Canada’s top Alice Cooper impersonator) on vocals and percussion. With guitarists Michael Zweig (ex-Knockouts and who recorded an EP in ’84 under the guise of Michael Zee) and David Love, Jeff Jones …
Considered by many afficianados to be the queen of Canadian country music, Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, NS in 1946, and was literally born into country music. While she was growing up in nearby Port Medway, her father Gordon was a fiddling legend in the Maritimes. And although she also immersed herself in the …
Born near Calgary in the bustling metropolis of Brownsfield, Carson Cole’s road to rock and roll stardom is probably one of the most unusual, yet prolific in Alberta’s history. And it’s his versatility that’s earned him the honour of being one of the country’s toughest artists to label, as well as an influential studio man. …
The origins of Cats Can Fly stem from Ethos in 1971, a Junior High School band from North York, Ontario consisting of guitarists Jim Longmuir and Alan Frizell, Frank Miller on drums, and bassist Peter Steele. After graduating, they toiled on the local club circuit as your typical bar band covering whatever was hot on …
Born Allan Kobel in 1943, the Winnipeg native grew up as an only child in a musical family, but his first instruments of choice weren’t exactly your typical rock and roll standards. By age three he’d picked up a steel lap Hawaiian guitar where you slide a bar on the strings. Within a year or …