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Newt’s Rock Hall inducts Mountain, the Cramps, Roy Buchanan, Nazareth, the Georgia Satellites, the New York Dolls, and the Tragically Hip

December 14, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

  By Steve Newton As you may have already heard, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2019 a couple of days ago. It includes: Stevie […]

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Exclusive excerpt from my new book, Gord Downie, about the late frontman of the Tragically Hip

February 17, 2018by the newt 3 Comments

By Steve Newton The following is the Preface from my new coffeetable book, Gord Downie, published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. of New York City and currently available at Indigo, […]

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The Tragically Hip gets messy with a surprise gig at Vancouver’s wee Railway Club

January 29, 2018by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JULY 20, 1995 By Steve Newton Canadian guitar-rock heroes the Tragically Hip took all of Vancouver by surprise on July 12 when they announced […]

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Rock producer Chris Tsangarides, known for his work with Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, and the Tragically Hip, dead at 61

January 7, 2018by the newt 1 Comment

By Steve Newton Sad news to report today. Chris Tsangarides–who produced such albums as Thin Lizzy’s Thunder and Lightning, Gary Moore’s Back on the Streets, and the Tragically Hip’s Fully […]

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Album review: The Tragically Hip, Phantom Power (1998)

November 10, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

  ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, AUG. 20, 1998 By Steve Newton I took my wife, Dawn, to see the Tragically Hip at Thunderbird Stadium last summer when she […]

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Album review: The Tragically Hip, Live Between Us (1997)

November 8, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JUNE 5, 1997 By Steve Newton It beats the hell outta me why the most Canadian rock band of all time had to go […]

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Album review: The Tragically Hip, Trouble at the Henhouse (1996)

November 4, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

  ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, MAY 9, 1996 By Steve Newton With this, its sixth album, the Tragically Hip appears to be taking the moody musical route favoured […]

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15 minutes on the phone with 25-year-old Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip

October 18, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton Back in 1989 I did the first of my five Georgia Straight interviews with Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip. I know a lot of my fellow Hip […]

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Album review: The Tragically Hip, Day for Night (1994)

October 13, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, SEPT. 29, 1994 Having gotten kinda used to the Hip starting off its CDs with hard-rocking tunes like “Blow at High Dough” and “Little […]

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That time Gord Downie told me that he thought the Tragically Hip was a success from day one

May 11, 2017by the newt Leave a comment

By Steve Newton As I mentioned in a blog last month, the last time I interviewed Gord Downie he got a little “cunty” (his word) when I brought up the […]

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