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2 weeks ago | 
thespec.com | Nick Krewen
He was sitting around in an L.A. studio with the rest of his Barenaked Ladies bandmates as they worked on their album “Maroon,” when their producer Don Was announced he had a surprise for them. “We all sat down behind the console and he walked in with Brian Wilson,” Page told the Star in an interview Wednesday.
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2 months ago | 
variety.com | Paula Hendrickson |Karen Idelson |Nick Krewen
Like everyone else, the entertainment attorneys honored on this year’s Legal Impact list — who’ll be gathering at the Variety Power of Law Breakfast, presented by City National Bank, on April 9 — are dealing with progressively more jarring cycles of disruption. Still, they keep working on behalf of their clients.
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2 months ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | David Cohen |Paula Hendrickson |Karen Idelson |Nick Krewen |Todd Longwell |Stuart Miller
Like everyone else, the entertainment attorneys honored on this year’s Legal Impact list — who’ll be gathering at the Variety Power of Law Breakfast, presented by City National Bank, on April 9 — are dealing with progressively more jarring cycles of disruption. Still, they keep working on behalf of their clients.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
thespec.com | Nick Krewen
Amanda Rheaume has drawn her line in the sand. What was supposed to have been a professional milestone has turned into a huge, costly disappointment. “It was a career-building move,” Rheaume told the Star in an interview. “I’ve been doing this for 20 years and I’ve never played at the Kennedy Center. It’s only last year that I got asked to go there. Receiving these invites is an honour, and it’s a lot of work to even get asked.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Nick Krewen
Amanda Rheaume has drawn her line in the sand. What was supposed to have been a professional milestone has turned into a huge, costly disappointment. “It was a career-building move,” Rheaume told the Star in an interview. “I’ve been doing this for 20 years and I’ve never played at the Kennedy Center. It’s only last year that I got asked to go there. Receiving these invites is an honour, and it’s a lot of work to even get asked.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
thespec.com | Nick Krewen
In a move that illustrates the conflict between what a musician feels may be best for her career and standard music-industry practices, a veteran Toronto recording artist’s album has been denied entry for Juno Award consideration because she was told the work “wasn’t released properly.” Lori Yates, who was nominated for a Juno in 1990 for Country Female Vocalist of the Year, says she is feeling slighted after trying to submit her acclaimed 2024 album “Matador” in the Contemporary Roots Album...
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
thespec.com | Nick Krewen
The last living member of The Band has died. Keyboardist and saxophonist Garth Hudson, perhaps best known for his powerful and memorable Lowrey organ intro for the classic Band song “Chest Fever,” passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, Hudson’s estate executor confirmed to the Star. He was 87.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
thestar.com | Nick Krewen
Taylor Swift might not have become the most popular singer-songwriter on the planet today if it weren’t for Liz Rose. This isn’t to say that Swift wouldn’t have sold more than 200 million records, garnered untold billions of streams, had 92 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone or sold out stadiums all around the world in an instant if she hadn’t met fellow songwriter Rose.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
thestar.com | Nick Krewen
A rolling stone may gather no moss, but the Rolling Stones certainly gather the masses, especially in or near Toronto. With Taylor Swift and her six-date run at Rogers Centre swiftly approaching, what better time to take a look at Toronto’s all-time biggest concerts. Swift’s stadium history here has been impressive — she entertained 287,220 fans during six sellout Rogers Centre concerts between 2013 and 2018 — and she’ll easily surpass the half-million mark with her upcoming shows.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
thestar.com | Nick Krewen
The family that plays together, stays together. As cliché as that maxim might seem, that was the conceptual thread that ran through Chantal Kreviazuk’s two-and-a-half hour concert at Massey Hall Friday night.
