Music

When Did Concerts Get So Damn Perfect? The sound is better. The lights are better. The shows are safer. So why does it sometimes feel like we lost something along the way? I've been watching clips of Rush's current tour with Anika Nilles, and they sound great. Really great, actually. Considering we're talking about musicians whose history stretches back more than 50 years, it's remarkable. The playing is there, the […]

10 Canadian Songs Everyone Here Knows, But Americans Probably Don't There was once an entire layer of Canadian music that could be enormous north of the border and practically invisible a few hours south. If you grew up here, some of these songs weren't simply hits. They were part of the wallpaper. There's a funny thing that happens when Canadians talk about music with Americans. You mention a song you […]