Toronto tunesmith Jason Collett worked classic-rock influences into Here’s to Being Here

The annual South by Southwest festival is one of the primo events in rock ’n’ roll, and Toronto’s Jason Collett is an enthusiastic supporter.

That time I wondered how cool it would be to see Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush opening for Rush

I thought it might be coolly Canadian if Mahogany Rush opened for Rush when they got here. What a (double) rush that would be, right?

"We're all huge Band fans, and I'm a big Dylan fan. So it was kinda cool to sort of pretend to be The Band, and he [Hayden] was Bob Dylan."

Once you've acquired the services of a big-shot producer like Bob Rock, you're not supposed to fire his ass then bring him back again.

I'm not a big fan of mainstream country music. You won't find any Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn, or even Foster Brooks CDs in my collection.

At the 2005 East Coast Music Awards Nathan Wiley's sophomore CD, High Low, took the prize for alternative recording of the year.

In recent press clippings, Blurton has revealed that C'mon takes its power-trio heritage from such threesomes as ZZ Top, Nirvana, and Budgie.

Jones describes the music on Never Too Loud as more melodic than his previous three CDs, and more of a nod to some classic-rock acts.

Back in August of 1989 I did my third interview with Kim Mitchell, who was touring behind his third solo album, Rockland.

“You know, Neil [Young] would sit down to record with Crazy Horse...and he would have a couple of riffs, and that would be it."

Saskatoon alt-country artists the Deep Dark Woods are no strangers to the hazards of snow-covered Canadian roads.

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have announced that Rush will recruit German drummer Anika Nilles and return to the concert stage next year.

Longtime Triumph fans will remember back in the late '80s when guitarist Rik Emmett shocked the Canuck-rock world by quitting the band.