Lonny Knapp
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Lonny Knapp is freelance writer and musician with a serious cycling problem. When not coaxing sentences onto a blank Word document, Lonny might be found picking tunes on his mandolin in a partied-out Queen West kitchen.
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Jamie McCarthy, Getty
Steve Earle is eating breakfast at Toronto's Drake Hotel. It's mid-morning on a weekday, but the place is packed with serious folks in sharp business attire, freelance types and baby-toting hipster moms. In this crowd, Earle is easy to spot.
Sitting alone, with a blue western shirt opened to his chest, a long two-tone ...
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Neil Preston
If you're a fan of Led Zeppelin, you're familiar with photographer Neal Preston's work. From 1973 onwards, Preston served as tour photographer for the notoriously press-adverse band.
With unprecedented access to the band, he snapped now-iconic shots of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham and more than any ...
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Erika Goldring, Getty
Back in December, when the list of 2013 Grammy Awards nominees dropped, some of Canada's biggest exports were absent from the list.
While some Canadians complained that Nickelback, Feist, and 18-year-old pop prodigy (and purported pot aficionado) Justin Bieber were snubbed, the folks at Toronto-based indie label Dine ...
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Epitaph
In 2011, some humourless journalist misinterpreted a quip by Bad Religion singer Greg Graffin, and reported that the band's newly released record, True North, would be its last. The news was retweeted, reposted, and regurgitated all over the Internet.
But when the band took the stage for an intimate show at Toronto's Horseshoe ...
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Kevin Winter, Getty
When Denver-based roots act the Lumineers appeared on "Saturday Night Live" last week, performing "Ho Hey" and "Stubborn Love" from their Grammy nominated self-titled debut album, the band stomped, shouted, hooted and hollered like holy-ghost afflicted parishioners at an Evangelical tent revival.
The millions that tuned ...
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Jason Bonham Led Zeppelin Experience Facebook
Jason Bonham, the son of late Led Zeppelin basher, John Bonham, has made a career of keeping his father's legacy alive. So, it's surprising when he says he didn't always want to be a drummer.
"Growing up my heroes were American motocross riders," he tells Spinner. "I didn't want to be a ...
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Lindi Ortega Facebook
It's not easy being the opening act.
Sure, you get to play bigger venues and perform for larger audiences, but every night you face a roomful of music fans that shelled out good money to see the act performing after you.
Ask Toronto-raised and Nashville-based singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega and she'll tell you that ...
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