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Versatile duo set for holiday show

http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/6200528-versatile-duo-set-for-holiday-show/ By Coral Andrews Sixteen-year-old co-op student Steve Strongman met 18-year-old Rob Szabo at Kitchener’s Sherwood Music back when Szabo was running the guitar department. The rest is Canadian music history. Strongman and Szabo have garnered many Canadian music awards … Continue reading

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Walking in a Weidinger wonderland

http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/6199616-walking-in-a-weidinger-wonderland/ By Neil McDonald For Matt Weidinger, ’tis the season to wrap up another busy year of music. The 22-year-old Kitchener musician is hosting his third annual Christmas show at The Jazz Room in Waterloo this Sunday, and said the … Continue reading

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R.I.P Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots

Scott Weiland was an American musician and singer-songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the front man for the successful rock band Stone Temple Pilots from 1986 to 2013, as well as the super group Velvet … Continue reading

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Today in Music HIstory

October 29th: 1965, The Who released the single ‘My Generation’ in the UK. The song was named the 11th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 13th on VH1’s list … Continue reading

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Popsmacked!: Kitchener’s KOI music fest combats ‘festivalitis’

  Waterloo Region Record – http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/5921218-popsmacked-kitchener-s-koi-music-fest-combats-festivalitis-/ By Joel Rubinoff The liver-lipped mascot — the colour of boiled carrots — is wedged in a corner, having outlived its usefulness as a symbol of the edgy, underground music festival it had come to … Continue reading

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Music’s new spin: Big demand for vinyl LPs

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5914234-music-s-new-spin-big-demand-for-vinyl-lps/ BORDENTOWN, N.J. — The machines at Independent Record Pressing whirred and hissed as they stamped out a test record. The business owners waited anxiously for Dave Miller, the plant manager, to inspect the still-warm slab of vinyl. “That’s flat, … Continue reading

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