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Dallas Green on Shad Collaboration: 'He Raps Better Than Most People Speak'

Patrick Lemieux | Chromewaves Dallas Green had always wanted to team up creatively with rapper Shad, but juggling his band Alexisonfire and solo project City and Colour leaves little room for anything else. But after Green heard Shad's album, 'TSOL,' the guy made sure he made time. The result is the new 'Shad & Dallas: Two Songs,' ...

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Peaches Christ Superstar Wraps Up One-Woman Show in Toronto

YouTube Of course, Tim Rice gave his blessing. As bizarre a concept as it may seem, Toronto's own electro superstar Peaches respectfully, exhaustively, adeptly pulled off a one-woman version of the famed lyricist's 1971 rock-opera 'Jesus Christ Superstar' for a hometown crowd at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Tuesday night. She sang every character ...

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Decemberists' Colin Meloy Says His 'Adventure' Novel is in 'Editing Stage'

Tom Mosenfelder, Getty Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy has let his imagination run wild for many of his songs, inspired by Irish myths, Japanese folk tales, even Shakespeare. The last album was a complete narrative, a rock opera. It begs the question if he has a novel up his sleeve. "Funny you should mention that, but I've just finished a ...

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Elvis Costello Hits Bernie Taupin Art Party, Wins TV Award, Performs With Feist

Liss Gallery Elvis Costello, in Toronto for Canada's Gemini Awards for the television industry, made an unexpected visit to a private party to launch Bernie Taupin's art exhibit at Toronto Liss Gallery. "I just happened to hear about it last minute," Costello told Spinner. Costello wound up winning Best Talk Series for 'Spectacle,' his musical ...

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Scissor Sisters Recruit Dave Grohl, Adam Lambert, Katy Perry for Viral Videos

Universal Scissor Sisters aren't afraid of a little scandal. In fact, the New York dance-pop group welcome it on their outlandish monthly comedy videos 'Scissor Sister News.' Whether it's Dave Grohl breaking down in tears as a guest on the October show, announcing his $75 million lawsuit against the band for frontman Jack Shears' wardrobe ...

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City and Colour's Next Album Promises More Piano and More Rock

Patrick Lemieux The next City and Colour album will stretch out from the haunting acoustic singer-songwriter style that has made Dallas Green's solo project just as popular as his intense melodic-hardcore band Alexisonfire. Green -- who headlined the massive Molson Amphitheatre last month in his homebase of Toronto -- has demoed 14 songs, and ...

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City and Colour's Dallas Green Records Gulf Oil Spill Song

Patrick Lemieux Plenty of musicians are angry about the BP oil spill that blanketed the Gulf Coast of the US for months. But City and Colour's Dallas Green has written and recorded a song about the disaster, called 'At the Bird's Foot,' that takes a different approach. "I talk about the thing that I think nobody is really talking about: the 11 ...

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