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Drawing from the musical traditions of indigenous countries, this singer-songwriter and teacher is known for her work in the a cappella trio Mayim as well as her own eclectic and poetic pop epics.

It's my first half-marathon, and I'm willing to buy into anything that might get me round those 13.1 miles.

Submitted by News Staff on 2 October 2008 - 12:00am. Science & Society Dr. Costas Karageorghis of Brunel University's School of Sport and Education today revealed a study stating that carefully selected music ...

Pirate metal? That's right, pirate metal is on the menu at McGuinn's Place at 9 p.m. Friday when Ewing's Swashbuckle pillages for cheap beers and easy girls.

Pop quiz, hotshot: name two Canadian hip hop artists. Some of you probably got Kardinal Offishall, and maybe some of you may know K-os or K'Naan. But other than that, Canada has been pretty void of energetic ...

John Wiese at the Circle of Hope, Philadelphia. TUESDAY MxPx at the TLA, Philadelphia.

Dave Wakeling and the English Beat remind fans of the glory days of Two Tone Records.

Suresh from Spotlight Toronto offers a recap of the Bowman's Ball at the Beer Festival last night .

LIVE: The Beat Go Well With Beer Friday August 08, 2008 @ 05:00 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff The English Beat Photo by Steve McLean Aug.

This year's edition of the ever-popular Toronto's Festival of Beer takes place next weekend at Historic Fort York, and as with last year's fest, the fun will be starting with the Bowman's Ball on Thursday, ...

HE'S enjoyed a 30-year career in the music business and shared stages with all the big names of the late 1970s.

"I want to bite the hand that feeds me/I want to bite that hand so badly/I want to make them wish they'd never seen me." Against a backbeat of pulsating bass and tremulous keyboards, Elvis Costello first ...

This year's edition of Toronto's Festival of Beer at Historic Fort York is just over a week away, and your time to get tickets is rapidly running out, as are the tickets themselves - Friday and Saturday are ...

The Truckee Reggae Festival is this Saturday, July 26 starting at 4:30 p.m. at the Truckee Regional Park Amphitheater where Pato Banton with Mystic Roots Band will be headlining a stellar bill including ...

The Truckee Reggae Festival is this Saturday, July 26 starting at 4:30 p.m. at the Truckee Regional Park Amphitheater where Pato Banton with Mystic Roots Band will be headlining a stellar bill including ...

The Wikis of the world remember the English Beat as a two-tone ska revival band, but the group's three albums can be heard as contemporaneous with XTC and the Clash.

Saturday, July 12, 2008; Page C08 Fran ois Rabbath Voltaire is reported to have said to a celebrated cellist of his day, "Sir, you make me believe in miracles; you know how to turn an ox into a nightingale!" ...

Most UK music fans will be familiar with this clip from The Specials live in Colchester, but if you're from elsewhere or have somehow missed it over the years, you're in for a treat.

Could today's artist be channelling the spirit of the Police? In the sense of producing whip-smart reggae-rock that is, not tooling around a village green on a bike with a bobby's helmet and whistle Paul Lester ...

ONE of the highlights of the local music calendar, the Maker Sunshine Festival, is just under a month away.