Lots of new music this week as post-summer tuneage is in full swing. Just ask Drake who now occupies half of the Top10 on the Billboard magazine charts. It’s also drawn battle lines between old pop music fans and new because Drake’s positioning on the charts breaks a handful of records previously set by The Beatles. Vitriol has been flying around social media dismissing Drake and his accomplishments. GWN celebrates any Canadian artist who has managed to raise the ire of a generation of music lovers who refuse to acknowledge that time has passed, and that a new generation also makes music that people love. We are here three times a month extolling the virtues of those new artists and that new music. Other music exists in the same universe as The Beatles…resistance is fertile.
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GWNtertainment #28 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Books, Canadian Music, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags Andrew Allen, April Wine, Bill Piton, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Chin Injeti, Chris Nine, Crash n Burn, Dana Countryman, Darrell Millar, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drake, Eleanor McCain, Emily Molloy, Famous Underground, Francis Nicolas, Gary Kendall, George Koller, Glenn Crosse, GWNtertainment, Hawksley Workman, High Loves, Hogtown Allstars, Jaimie Vernon, jim henman, Jr. Gone Wild, Julian Taylor, Kevin Breit, Killer Dwarfs, Laura Fernandez, Marc Jordan, Martina Griffiths, Marty Zylstra, Merle Marlow Band, Myles Goodwyn, Oscar Peterson, Ritesh Das, Rod Stewart, Ryan Shane Owen, Steven Heighton, Terry Draper, The Beatles, The Canadian Cover Crew, The Red Dirt Skinners, Tom Jackson, Tonia Evans Cianciulli, Toronto Tabla Ensemble, Wine Lips on September 20, 2021 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – THE POWER OF POP
Posted in Opinion with tags American music, Amplifier Magazine, Badfinger, Beatles, Big Star, Big Takeover, Bob Segarini, British Invasion, Britpop, Buddy Holly, Canadian Music, Cheap Trick, Chuck Berry, crooners, Dana Countryman, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, doo-wop, Elvis, Enuff Z'nuff, Fastball, Fountains of Wayne, International Pop Overthrow Festival, Jaimie Vernon, Jam Recordings, Jellyfish, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kool Kat Music, Little Richard, Material Issue, Matthew Sweet, Monkees, Not Lame Recordings, paul revere, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Permanent Press Recordings, Pop music, Power Pop, Spongetones, Terry Melcher., The Association, The Beach Boys, The Beau Brummels, The Byrds, The Jackson 5, The Knack, The Masticators, The Osmonds, The Raspberries, The Rolling Stones, The Shoes, The Turtles, The Ventures, The Who, Tommy Keene, Viet Nam War, Wackers, Weezer on October 11, 2014 by segariniJAIMIE VERNON – OCTOBER DISCoveries
Posted in Opinion with tags Best Buy, Bob Segarini, brick and mortar, Canadian Music, CD death, Compact Disc, Dana Countryman, DBAWIS, Dee Long, distribution, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Jaimie Vernon, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Klaatu, Larry Wilkes, Moog, Pop, Power Pop, retail, Sticky Henderson, Sunshine Pop, WalMart on October 26, 2013 by segariniIs the compact disc dead? Everyone assumes that it is but the industry doesn’t want to discuss it. What they don’t want anyone to know – most notably the artists who thrive on the ability to reach non-media savvy old-timers is that the entire future of the physical product rests on two entities: Best Buy and WalMart.