Author Archives: Chris

Gillian Story bridges the arts and business worlds with a decade of not-for-profit and arts experience, and since 2017 has been a program manager at Sun Life. She is currently an MBA candidate in U of T’s Rotman Executive stream. … Continue reading →

Fifty years ago, a Detroit DJ accidentally started the biggest hoax in rock & roll history: the “Paul is dead” craze. It blew up on October 12, 1969, when Russ Gibb was hosting his show on WKNR. A mysterious caller … Continue reading →

Composer and engineer Scott Freiman deconstructs the band’s work and unveils some little-known facts ByJAMES SULLIVAN  Scott Freiman’s first record was by the Partridge Family. An uncle quickly rectified that, lending the 10-year-old copies of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper and the White … Continue reading →

Laurence Myers’ memoir recounts his time as a rock & roll accountant, an early manager to stars like David Bowie, and a music exec in music’s heyday ByAMY X. WANG  “I’m not going to be singing rock & roll when … Continue reading →

With a new box set collecting the original lineup’s first eight albums, we pay tribute to the lords of this world ByKORY GROW When Black Sabbath first attempted to tour America in 1970, they had a Hell of a time. “We had … Continue reading →

Following Rolling Stone’s previous investigation, several radio-industry veterans reached out to report that over the past year, the number of indie promoters demanding pay-for-play is growing ByELIAS LEIGHT  Last year, “Luke,” a music-industry veteran who oversees label radio campaigns, received a dispiriting message: A … Continue reading →