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An Ontario Road Trip Inspired by the Band: Part 2, Toronto
Here we are! Part 2 of our road trip focused on spots that were important to The Band's history in Ontario. If you missed part 1, give it...
Gabrielle Bossy
Nov 8, 20206 min read
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An Ontario Road Trip Inspired by The Band: Part 1
The Band: an iconic piece of Canadian history and one of the pioneers of the Americana sound. How does that work? I’m not really sure but...
Gabrielle Bossy
Nov 8, 20207 min read
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"Sugar Mountain" & "The Circle Game": A look at ending youth for Joni Mitchell and Neil Young
"Sugar Mountain" is arguably one of Neil Young's most beloved songs of all time. A lament and goodbye to youth, Young wrote this song on...
Gabrielle Bossy
Apr 26, 20201 min read
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It's back: The El Mocambo will be lighting up those neon palms once again
Great news for music lovers in Ontario, or dare I say, Canada! The iconic El Mocambo music venue will be lighting up its neon palm tree...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 8, 20203 min read
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Jagged Little Pill: A seminal piece of rock n' roll history
For me, the album dropped when I was just four so it’s a little crazy for me to call it an album for my generation but nonetheless I...
Gabrielle Bossy
Jan 12, 20203 min read
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Ontario Venues with Historic Charm: The ghosts of music past
Scattered across Ontario like little islands on a lake, a number of historic music venues pack the punch. Nestled in beach towns, big...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 16, 20194 min read
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How One Canadian Bad Ass Saved Nashville's Mother Church
When the live broadcast for The Grand Ol' Opry moved from The Ryman Auditorium to the Opryland Theme Park in 1974 (latimes.com), it...
Gabrielle Bossy
Jun 20, 20182 min read
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Cobh, Ireland: The Port Town with 1 Billion Dollar Views
Just a 20 minute bus ride from Cork City, Cobh, Ireland sits atop a large hill offering a spectacular view of the sea. Standing near the...
Gabrielle Bossy
May 27, 20182 min read
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Cork over Dublin: 6 reasons why you should skip the capital and head to the Rebel County
Dublin is a beautiful city full of history, culture and food but let's be real-- it's also had its fair shake of praise. Head down...
Gabrielle Bossy
Apr 28, 20184 min read
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Welcome to Glasgow: The City Centre Mural Trail
One of the coolest things we did on our trip was check out the Glasgow Mural Trail. After scouring the web (and by the web I mean hours...
Gabrielle Bossy
Apr 18, 20182 min read
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Welcome to Kentish Town!
Our recent trip to Europe found us chasing a band across the U.K. on a whirlwind tour followed by a few days rest in our favourite...
Gabrielle Bossy
Apr 9, 20182 min read
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King Tut's Wah Wah Hut: Glasgow, Scotland
It's not that King Tut's Wah Wah Hut is a particularly cool-looking venue. It's not that it's that old-- only being built in 1990. ...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 29, 20182 min read
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The Deaf Institute: Manchester, England
In the late 1800s, if you walked down Grosevnor's Street in Manchester, you'd come face to face with an institute for the deaf and the...
Gabrielle Bossy
Mar 22, 20182 min read
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Whale Songs: A look at a music phenomenon that made a real difference
Whales: they’re big, they’re smart and they’re…surprisingly adept musicians. Considered to have one of the most complicated song...
Gabrielle Bossy
Jan 19, 20182 min read
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Papa's Soup
Few things get my memory going like food. I love that a certain taste (or smell) can transport you back in time to a memory you can...
Gabrielle Bossy
Oct 25, 20172 min read
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"It's a good life if you don't weaken."
In 2009, my boyfriend and I went to our first concert together: The Tragically Hip at London’s Rock the Park. Part of the We are the Same...
Gabrielle Bossy
Oct 19, 20172 min read
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It's Not "Just a Statue": What the Charlottesville Riots can help us learn
If you have your wits about you, the Charlottesville riots are a lesson right in your face: racism is not dead. It’s alive and well (and...
Gabrielle Bossy
Aug 14, 20172 min read
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The Jack White to Dean Fertita Connection (Part 2)
For music fans, diving into the biographies of their favourite band can be a hobby or a musical rabbit hole that makes you realize how...
Gabrielle Bossy
Aug 12, 20173 min read
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The Josh Homme to Dean Fertita Connection (Part 1)
Remember a few posts ago when I said Josh Homme was a touring member of The Screaming Trees which connected him to the Seattle grunge...
Gabrielle Bossy
Jul 15, 20173 min read
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Seattle, Grunge & the Musical Family Tree
Chris Cornell once said in an interview (and I’m paraphrasing here) that the Seattle scene was different from other music scenes like New...
Gabrielle Bossy
May 21, 20175 min read
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