The Cliks’ Lucas Silveira was blown away when his sister brought home the Pretenders’ debut album

As a kid growing up in Portugal, Lucas Silveira got an accidental taste of early-'80s guitar rock that would prove hugely influential on him.

Former punk-rocker Corb Lund dons cavalry garb to go kickass country with the Hurtin’ Albertans

“One half [of my fan base] is cowboys and rural people and the other half are sort of college-radio and underground-music fans."

The guitar-driven music on Bridges is reminiscent of 54-40, although overall it's more in the darkly melodic Death Cab for Cutie vein.

I interviewed Raine Maida back in April of 2006, when Our Lady Peace was touring behind its sixth studio album, Healthy in Paranoid Times.

When blues-rocker Steve Marriner calls me to chat about his new CD, Going Up, he's dialing in from the northerly blues mecca of Whitehorse.

Being mainly a rock and blues fan, the mainstream Canadian pop acts normally celebrated by the Junos don't really turn my crank.

Nathan Wiley was 20 years old the first time he moved away from his home in Summerside, P.E.I., setting his sights on Vancouver.

“If you think your children are getting into the dark spirits you’re supposed to literally watch your candles, watch your knives.”

"The main difference is that on the second album all four of us are writing tunes, and all four of us are singing.”

The Golden Dogs’ faithful rendition of “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” ends with a frenzied Telecaster wipeout by Dave Azzolini.

“There’s a lot of great music coming out of [Hamilton], ’cause it’s a workingman’s city and it lends itself to a lot of creativity."

"We had the good fortune of playing with a lot of up-and-coming British bands that are starting to get quite a buzz."

These days Lund has left the hard-rock road behind, stuck on a cowboy hat, and launched a career as a shit-kickin' country artist.