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April 5 1939: Jazz drummer Jerry Fuller is born in Calgary. 1942: ‘The Canadian Army Show,’ a live weekly music revue that kickstarted Wayne & Shuster’s career debuts at Toronto’s Victoria Theatre. 1963: The Oscar Peterson Trio release the AFFINITY album. 1966: Buffalo Springfield make their live debut at the Hollywood A Go Go. 1968: …
Jan 27 1913: The second incarnation of The Calgary Symphony Orchestra makes its debut at the Sherman Grand Theatre before more than 700 people. 1946: Bruce and Brian Good of The Good Brothers are born in Toronto. 1951: Wilf Carter releases the single, “Just A Woman’s Smile.” 1960: Bobby Curtola releases his first single, “Hand …
Jan 8 1955: Mike Reno of Moxy and Loverboy is born as Joseph Michael Rynoski in New Westminster, BC. 1967: Buffalo Springfield is at Atlantic Studios in New York to lay down the tracks to “Mr Soul.” 1971: Neil Young performs solo in Vancouver, closing out a three-night stand at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre – …
Sept 27 1943: Randy Bachman is born in Winnipeg. 1951: Michel Rivard of Beau Dommage is born in Montreal. 1963: China White's Rick Shermack is born in Edmonton. 1967: The Mandala play at Steve Paul's The Scene in New York. It's singer George Olliver's last show with the band. 1971: Hank Snow peaks at #91 …
Aug 5 1941: Lenny Breau is born in Auburne, Maine. 1947: Gordon MacBain, drummer for Bobby Kris & The Imperials is born in Toronto. 1947: Greg Leskiw of Kilowatt, Mood Jga Jga, Les Q, and The Guess Who is born in Winnipeg. 1965: Bobby Curtola releases the single, “Makin’ Love.” 1967: “Labourer” by 49th Parallel …
ARCTIC ROSE (1993)Mama’s Prayers Wandering Child Searching Still Running Arctic Rose Learn to Love Yourself For The Love of Germaine Song of the Land Rollin’ On Anger and Tears CHRISTMAS (1993)O Come All Ye Faithful Away In A Manger It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Joy To The World Little Toy Trains Santa Claus Is …
Born in Churchill, Manitoba in 1967, Susan Aglukark’s family spent most of her youth moving around the Keewatin Region of the Northwest Territories, eventually settling in Arviat, a community of about 1,300 people in what is now Nunavut. After finishing high school, she moved to Ottawa and worked with the government as a linguist, and …
Originally from Pegasus First Nation outside Winnipeg, William Prince grew up with music in his family. His father was a preacher, so Prince naturally first got into music because of the church choir. “I started out playing piano, but the girls just didn’t dig that,” he joked. He released his debut album, EARHTLY DAYS in …