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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. www.lonnyknapp.com

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Paul Rodgers: Classic Rocker Talks 'All Right Now,' Adam Lambert and Becoming Canadian
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Paul Rodgers: Classic Rocker Talks 'All Right Now,' Adam Lambert and Becoming Canadian

Gareth Davies, Getty Images Platinum selling singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers has one of the most distinctive voices on classic rock radio. His unique timbre earned him the nickname "the Voice." It's a fitting handle; as frontman for English blues band Free, '70's supergroup Bad Company, Jimmy Page's post-Led Zeppelin project the Firm, and ...

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Bush's Gavin Rossdale Calls Tabloids 'Sour Vicarious-Living Parasites,' Blames Readers

Pascal Le Segretain, Getty Images Gavin Rossdale is the handsome leader of the reformed '90s alternative rock band Bush. His wife is Gwen Stefani, the fashion designer, perfume purveyor, and lead singer for beloved and enduring '90s rock act No Doubt. They are a high-profile Hollywood couple and therefore produce plenty of fodder for the ...

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Books on Tape: The Top 10 Collabs Between Authors and Musicians

Roadrunner Records Can you imagine a world where, instead of fossil fuels, modern machinery runs on the power of steam and everyone's favourite band is Rush? If so, you've glimpsed into the alternate reality that unfolds in the forthcoming steampunk novel from sci-fi author Kevin J. Anderson. The best-selling scribe of over 100 genre ...

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Dave Bidini: Rheostatics Icon Chases Gordon Lightfoot, Lands 'In the Rock Hall'

Courtesy of Pheromone Recordings Rock music and literature usually inhabit separate ends of the arts and culture spectrum but Dave Bidini, founding member of seminal Canadian art-rock outfit the Rheostatics and current leader of the Bidiniband, is determined to bridge both worlds. The musician has authored 10 books -- including 'On a Cold ...

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Leonard Cohen: 'Old Ideas' Icon Celebrated by Rufus Wainwright and Others

Joel Sage, AFP/Getty Images If a cover is the highest compliment one songwriter can bestow upon another, then few songwriters command as much respect as Leonard Cohen. It seems like thousands of artists have interpreted his work, especially his signature late-career song 'Hallelujah' which Cohen once told the CBC could use "a break." With ...

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Jason Collett Heads Back to the Basement for His Annual Holiday Revue

M Barnes On stage, Broken Social Scene alumnus Jason Collett watches apprehensively as Canadian celebrity chef Michael P. Clive mixes brown sugar, nutmeg, sliced bananas, and a generous helping of rum in a sizzling saucepan. Moments later, he sets flame to the concoction generating a spectacular fireball. "Does anyone else smell burning ...

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Meaghan Smith Is Wishing for a 'Christmas Kiss' This Holiday Season

Nettwerk Records On stage at the Rivoli, a tiny club on Toronto's hip Queen St. strip, Halifax, NS, singer-songwriter Meaghan Smith does her best to inject Yuletide spirit into a room full of big-city hipsters. With only a single guitarist as accompaniment, Smith -- looking more Zooey Deschanel than Mrs. Claus in her high black boots and ...

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