![]() – Mike Devlin, Times Colonist Canadian country music stars to perform live from the Commodore Ballroom Three Vancouver Island music programs have won their respective age categories in the annual Canadian Music Class Challenge, with several others placing among the top finishers in the national CBC competition. – Charles Lefebvre, CTV News Island kids win prizes in CBC national music-class challenge The song doesn’t remain the same: How record stores adapted to a challenging yearĢ020 could be described as a difficult year for record store owners, and not just because of a global pandemic. However, record stores persevered, and by adapting their sales practices, and retaining the support of loyal customers, have managed to make the most of 2020, while looking ahead to 2021. He has now published a fascinating memoir. – Larry LeBlanc, Celebrity Access ![]() All booked for decades in Canada by Brian Edwards of Rocklands Entertainment based in Peterborough, a speck of a city in Central Ontario. If there was a Mount Rushmore honouring Canadian musical artists, perhaps in the Canadian Rockies, it’d feature the legendary Canadian country performers Hank Snow, Wilf Carter, Tommy Hunter, Rita MacNeil, Stompin’ Tom Connors, and Carroll Baker. – Buddy Iahn, The Music Universe This week In the Hot Seat with Larry LeBlanc: Brian Edwards, CEO/President, Rocklands Entertainment Inc. All the Anniversary Edition releases were overseen by Robbie Robertson and boast a new stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain from the original multi-track masters. On February 12th, Capitol/UMe will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stage Fright, with a suite of newly remixed, remastered and expanded packages, including a multi-format Super Deluxe 2 CD/Blu-ray/1 LP/7-inch vinyl box set photo booklet digital, 2 CD, 180-gram black vinyl, and limited edition 180-gram color vinyl packages. – CBC Music The Band's classic third album gets the reissue treatment – Nicholas Jennings, The Globe and Mail CBC Music's top 100 Canadian songs of 2020Ĭharlotte Cardin, William Prince, Kaytranada, Jayda G and more soundtracked this year. For the next quarter of a century, he presided over four different record companies and helped shape the careers of some of Canada’s biggest stars, from Gino Vannelli and Bryan Adams to Rita MacNeil and Shania Twain. ![]() After his group disbanded, he moved into the record business and became known as a fabulously coiffured executive with a knack for not only hearing hits, but knowing how to market them. Chappell’s taste for crazy promotion schemes and flashy sports cars never waned. Record label executive Doug Chappell had a knack for spotting hits
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