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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Rush, Rita MacNeil win music industry awards The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is the Canadian copyright collective for the right to communicate to the public and publicly perform musical works. The organization held its 20th annual anglophone awards ceremony last night in Toronto and Rush was honored with the international achievement award. For details go to...
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Michael Mosbach is the head of Rush's security as well as Neil Peart's friend and riding partner, and was one of the guest speakers at RushCon 9 in Toronto this past summer. A video of portions of his 2-hour talk were recently posted to the RushCon website . They are also starting to plan for RushCon 10 and would like you to take their survey . It sounds like they want to shake things up a little...
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
20 years ago today Rush released their 13th studio album, 1989's Presto . The album was Rush's first with their current label Atlantic Records and was produced by Rupert Hine , who went on to also produce 1991's Roll the Bones . Presto peaked at #16 on the Billboard album charts and was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 11, 1990. It was recorded at Le Studio in Morin Heights and at McClear Place...
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Rush's Neil Peart to Record New Version of The Hockey Theme for TSN According to a press release from earlier today , Neil Peart will be recording a special new version of The Hockey Theme for The Sports Network (TSN). The Hockey Theme is a Canadian theme song written in 1968 by Dolores Claman and is often referred to as Canada's second national anthem. From the release: ...
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A couple of months ago two new documentaries exploring the Canadian music scene in the '70s and '80s were shown on the CBC over a series of 4 weeks . The documentaries were titled This Beat Goes On and Rise Up respectively. Rush along with several other Canadian artists were featured and the documentaries included new interview segments with Geddy Lee. Reader RushFanForever gave some great reports...
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
In the latest issue of Edge Magazine - the official Drum Workshop newsletter - Neil Peart discusses the finer points of drum shell construction with DW's John Good. You can download a PDF of the issue at this link (PDF 5MB). The article is on pages 14-15. Thanks to Power Windows for the heads up. ...
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Rush's Working Men live compilation gets released today on both CD and DVD in the US. It was released on Friday in parts of Europe and yesterday in the UK. The compilation is Rush's first live compilation and includes cuts from their 3 most recent live DVDs. From Rush in Rio : 2112 , Closer to the Heart and YYZ . From R30 : The Spirit of Radio , Dreamline , Subdivisions , One Little Victory (previously...
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WNEW: Where Rock Lives (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
To honor WNEW's legendary Firecracker 500, every day we are highlighting the music that populated the 1991 and 1996 lists, with classic videos, live performances and little-known facts about the songs and how they came to be... Geddy Lee once...
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
We had last heard an update regarding the upcoming Rush Documentary this past summer when filmmakers Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen were interviewed by Classic Rock's Jerry Ewing for Prog magazine. In the interview we received a few more details regarding the documentary including the fact that it wouldn't likely be released until next Summer. Shortly after that they posted a few behind-the-scenes pics...
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Rush Is a Band (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The 24th annual Gemini Awards took place yesterday evening at the Stampede Corral in Alberta, Canada and was broadcast live on Global and Showcase . As we learned this past Tuesday , Alex Lifeson was in attendance to present an award to the Trailer Park Boys and was photographed with them on the red carpet preceding the ceremony as shown in the above photos (click on the thumbnails). Several news...
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Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Attacking the Canadian band Rush is like attacking 80's pop music, which is akin to stabbing bodies in a morgue.
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Chrome Beach (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Canadian television at its finest : Mike Smith, Robb Wells and J.P. Tremblay are returning to Canadian TV screens in 2010, but not as the Trailer Park Boys. Instead, they'll be starring in the new Showcase series The Drunk and On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour , described as a mix of narrative and sketch comedy. Also, many of my Sunday nights after graduation from college. Also, because everyone loves ZRM:...
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THE STROUMBOULOPOULI (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Rehearsals are going on as I write this according to the tweets of Rick Mercer and George Stroumboulopoulos ... and the parties have already started! The Gemini Awards are Live from Calgary tonight ! Here is a list of presenters for tonight's Broadcast Gala. Adding to the list of previously announced Gemini presenters, such as Cory Monteith (Glee), (The Rick Mercer Report), Rick MercerHugh Dillon (FlashPoint),...
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CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
King Khan & BBQ Show arrested, possibly charged with drug possession. Exclaim Beck, Wilco , Feist & Jamie Lidell to collaborate for Skip Spence "Record Club" tribute. Stereogum Rush's Alex Lifeson to appear on Trailer Park Boys . Chart Fucked Up , NOFX & King Khan & BBQ Show to work on 7" series. Exclaim ' St. Vincent to play Victoria & Vancouver. Exclaim [Photo:...
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Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The Trailer Park Boys may be over - or, at least they will be when the second feature film releases - but that can't keep Mike Smith, Robb Wells and JP Tremblay from warping young minds everywhere. Coming the fall of 2010 will be The Drunk And On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour , created by and starring the Trailer Park trio. Just announced by Canuck cable broadcaster Showcase, the new show is being described...
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