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Chappell Roan is the latest pop star to venture into country music, after debuting a provocative new song on Saturday Night Live last weekend. The Giver, with lyrics that unambiguously discuss sexual relationships with women, has resurrected conversations about queer representation in country music, a genre where the charts are dominated …
Read More »Pascal Siakam happy to be named in rap song
By John Chidley-Hill The Canadian Press Posted November 24, 2023 11:50 pm Updated November 25, 2023 9:55 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Pascal Siakam is living a hip-hop head’s dream. The Toronto Raptors forward was name-checked in a new song released by the rap …
Read More »New season, new goal song for Maple Leafs
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 12, 2023 11:58 am Updated October 12, 2023 12:02 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – After a five-year run, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Hall & Oates are out of touch. The pop duo’s hit “You Make My …
Read More »Father-son duo creates Punjabi Christmas song – Winnipeg
Amrit Kang was humming a familiar Punjabi tune one day in July when an idea came to him. “I was singing the song, and said ‘aaya Santa’ instead,” he said. The original song, “De De Gehra” by Balbir Baporai, is popular at weddings. Kang knew the song’s producer, Sukpal Sukh …
Read More »Why this Thunder Bay folk singer brought back his 1979 protest song to speak out against nuclear waste
What’s old is new again in the debate around whether to store nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario. In 1979, when Atomic Energy of Canada was consulting on its plan to bury nuclear waste near Atikokan, Thunder Bay folk singer Rodney Brown’s gave a five-minute deputation expressing his opposition to the …
Read More »Doodle Doodle Do: Williams Lake Stampede song revived for 50th anniversary
It’s the kind of thing only a local would miss. When Beth Veenkamp started working for the City of Williams Lake in 2017, she noticed that the annual stampede song didn’t seem to be in use any more. The economic development officer grew up in the city, located in the Central …
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