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Pearl Jam Plays the Apollo Theater for First Time Exclusively for SiriusXM on March 26

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Pearl Jam Plays the Apollo Theater for First Time Exclusively for SiriusXM on March 26

SiriusXM announced today that Pearl Jam will perform at Harlem’s world-famous Apollo Theater in a special invitation-only concert for SiriusXM subscribers and Pandora listeners on Thursday, March 26.

The exclusive concert marks the first time that Pearl Jam has performed at the iconic venue and their first concert in New York City in almost three years. The special event comes days before the band embarks on the U.S. leg of their Pearl Jam 2020 tour. The concert will take place just hours ahead of the release of the band’s new album Gigaton, which goes on sale at midnight.

Concert will air live nationwide on the band’s dedicated channel, SiriusXM’s Pearl Jam Radio channel 22, now in its 10th year on SiriusXM. Directly following the live concert, Pearl Jam Radio will broadcast and premiere the new album in North America.  Upon the album’s release, Pandora will release both a new Pearl Jam Live: A-Z playlist, which will include some of the band’s greatest live performances, and a Pandora Story, where the band will share insights and stories about their new music and iconic songs.

“We are incredibly humbled and honored to take the stage at the legendary Apollo Theater,” said Stone Gossard. “We look forward to a memorable show to celebrate Gigaton and the 10-year anniversary of Pearl Jam Radio at SiriusXM. It’s hard to understate the sacred and historical importance of the Apollo to the history of American popular music and African Americans’ preeminent role in its invention. We will play this special one time show with those artists in mind.”

Pearl Jam will release their much-anticipated eleventh studio album, Gigaton, on March 27, just hours after their special concert at the Apollo Theater. Gigaton marks the band’s first studio album since their GRAMMY award-winning album, Lightning Bolt, which was released over six years ago.  Gigaton is available for pre-order now at www.pearljam.com. In support of Gigaton, Pearl Jam will embark on their first leg of North American tour dates in March and April.

SiriusXM has had a long-standing relationship with Pearl Jam, having created a full-time music channel with the band, Pearl Jam Radio, in 2010, which features archival concerts throughout the band’s 30-year career, rarities, unreleased material from the band’s personal music library and music from the band’s side projects, including solo and pre-Pearl Jam music.

The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its founding the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world. For more information, visit www.apollotheater.org.

SiriusXM has presented special, private concerts at the Apollo Theater with Paul McCartney in 2010, Bruce Springsteen in 2012, Metallica in 2013, James Taylor in 2015, Guns N’ Roses in 2017, U2 in 2018 and Lady Gaga in 2019.

SiriusXM subscribers will have numerous opportunities to win a pair of tickets to this private SiriusXM & Pandora performance, including on-air on Pearl Jam Radio, via e-mail to qualified subscribers who have consented to e-mail marketing from SiriusXM and who have registered their music interests with us at siriusxm.com/perks. Pandora fans will have a similar opportunity based upon their listening histories. Additionally, SiriusXM subscribers since January 22, 2020 will be able to enter for the chance to win a trip for two to New York, NY including airfare, hotel stay, and a pair of tickets to SiriusXM & Pandora Present Pearl Jam at The Apollo Theater. See Official Rules for complete details at siriusxm.com/PJApollo.

Pearl Jam Radio features archival concerts from throughout the band’s celebrated 30-year career, rarities, unreleased material from the band’s personal music library and music from the band’s side projects, including solo and pre-Pearl Jam music. SiriusXM’s exclusive Pearl Jam Radio channel is an example of SiriusXM channels created with iconic and leading artists including The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Phish, Eminem, LL COOL J, Diplo, Elvis Presley, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Frank Sinatra and more.

Jimi Hendrix’s Landmark Final Album, ‘Band Of Gypsys,’ Celebrated With Remastered 50th Anniversary Vinyl Editions

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Jimi Hendrix’s Landmark Final Album, ‘Band Of Gypsys,’ Celebrated With Remastered 50th Anniversary Vinyl Editions

Jimi Hendrix’s immortal 1970 live album, Band of Gypsys, is one of his most influential releases, with the charismatic guitar icon testing the bounds of his creative approach to produce some of the most ambitious music of his career. Capitol/UMe will honor this landmark record on March 27, almost exactly 50 years from its original release, with special 50th anniversary vinyl editions of Band of Gypsys that recapture the album’s boundary-breaking spirit.

This new, all analog edition of Band of Gypsys has been mastered from the original analog stereo tapes by longtime Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer and will be pressed on 180-gram audiophile black vinyl by Quality Record Pressings, along with a limited color pressing on 180-gram translucent cream, red, yellow and green swirl vinyl. The unique color vinyl edition will be available exclusively through AuthenticHendrix.com. All editions of the Band of Gypsys 50th anniversary LP will be packaged with an eight-page booklet filled with rare images from the concerts and an essay by John McDermott. This special edition will feature a 24″ x 36″ replica of Capitol Records’ original promotional Band of Gypsys poster.

“This is more than the commemoration of an anniversary,” said Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix, “that, of course, is something momentous, but it is also the celebration of a cathartic event in Jimi’s life…a sort of changing of the guards. He demonstrated that there was no limit to his musical landscape. It was broad and beautiful, and like the leader of a true band of gypsies, Jimi could go anywhere on the spectrum of genres and be at home there musically!  This is our way of celebrating that part of Jimi’s journey.”

As the 1960s drew to a close, Hendrix was at the apex of his fame and influence. His first three albums with The Jimi Hendrix Experience—Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love and Electric Ladyland—had established him as both a musical visionary and an international superstar. By the end of the decade, though, Hendrix was looking for new musical challenges and feeling the need to work with new collaborators. Towards that end, he assembled the Band of Gypsys lineup, with bassist Billy Cox, an old friend from Hendrix’s early days playing in R&B combos, and drummer Buddy Miles, already well known for his work with the Electric Flag and the Buddy Miles Express. The resulting album is a revolutionary fusion of blues, funk and rock that stands as a unique chapter in Hendrix’s seminal body of work.

Beyond Hendrix’s meteoric growth as a musician and composer, the guitarist was hamstrung by a lawsuit whose roots drew back to 1965 when Hendrix was an unknown sideman and occasional studio musician. Hendrix contributed guitar to a series of recordings for the R&B group Curtis Knight & the Squires. Despite having already signed an exclusive recording contract the previous July with Sue Records, Hendrix inexplicably signed a one-page artist agreement with PPX Industries which bound his services not just for the Knight sessions but for a period of three years. Two 45rpm singles from these studio recordings were licensed by PPX Industries in early 1966 to RSVP Records, a small, New York based independent label. Neither record made any commercial impact and Hendrix and Knight quickly went their separate ways. These recordings and the one-page agreement with PPX [for which Hendrix received one dollar] were still in effect after he achieved international recognition. In direct competition against Hendrix albums such as Are You Experienced, Get That Feeling, a collection of recordings from the sessions Hendrix had recorded with Curtis Knight was released. Following litigation, in 1968 a settlement required Hendrix to deliver an album of original material to Capitol Records for distribution.

Recalls Billy Cox, “There had been a lawsuit against him and the only way out of that was to give them something. Jimi came to me and explained what had happened. Then it was decided to give them an album. I said let’s go for it. At that time Mitch was in England, but Buddy would frequent the studios with us and he decided the same thing; lets help our friend in need. Ultimately we became the Band of Gypsys.” Band of Gypsys was recorded by legendary remote recording engineer Wally Heider during two historic performances at New York’s Fillmore East on New Year’s Day 1970. “Who Knows” and “Machine Gun” were drawn from the 1/1/70 first show while the remaining four songs which make up the album’s second side were recorded during the 1/1/70 last show.

The album encompasses six then-unreleased songs, with the searing original blues “Machine Gun”—an anti-war epic performed by two musicians in Hendrix and Cox who had actually served in the US Army coupled with such powerful numbers as “Message to Love,” “Power of Soul,” each documenting Hendrix’s decisive shift in musical direction, laying the groundwork for many of the funk rock experiments that would follow in the decades to come. In their original 1970 review of the record, Rolling Stone declared, “This album is Hendrix the musician. With just bass and drum support he is able to transfuse and transfix on the strength of his guitar-work alone.” 50 years on, Band of Gypsys continues to inspire and influence generations of musicians while its significance has only grown critically. In their retrospective reviews of the album, Ultimate Classic Rock enthused, “no testimonial can do justice to Hendrix’s revelatory fretwork, especially on ‘Machine Gun,’ which continues to define the sonic possibilities of the electric guitar” while All Music hailed it as “not only an important part of the Hendrix legacy, but one of the greatest live albums ever.”

Originally released in America on March 25, 1970, Band of Gypsys peaked at #5 during a 61-week run on the Billboard album chart. At the time of his death in September 1970, it was Hendrix’s bestselling U.S. album since Are You Experienced. The last album that Hendrix released during his lifetime, Band of Gypsys offers a tantalizing glimpse at what might have been.

JIMI HENDRIX – BAND OF GYPSYS 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1) Who Knows
2) Machine Gun
Recorded January 1, 1970 Early Show

SIDE B
1) Changes
2) Power To Love
3) Message To Love
4) We Gotta Live Together
Recorded January 1, 1970 Late Show

Jennifer Lopez And Live Nation Partner On Exclusive Multi-Year Touring Deal

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Jennifer Lopez And Live Nation Partner On Exclusive Multi-Year Touring Deal

Jennifer Lopez and Live Nation Entertainment, the world’s leading live entertainment company, announced an exclusive multi-year touring partnership. Live Nation will produce and promote Jennifer Lopez concert events around the world including her next outing.

Most recently, Lopez gave a record breaking and critically applauded Super Bowl halftime performance at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. In 2019, the multi-hyphenate talent plotted her globally sold out and critically-acclaimed It’s My Party Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the tour featured a nonstop party mix of Jennifer’s new and classic anthems, showstopping choreography and dancers, dazzling wardrobe, jaw-dropping technology and set design, and all of the glamour and wow-factor fans have come to expect of Jenny from the Block. She can next be seen in Universal’s feature film Marry Me, co-starring Owen Wilson and Maluma. Set in the culture of pop music, MARRY ME celebrates the unlikely romance between a pop star and a fan, giving each a glimpse into the other’s world. In addition to producing and starring in the film, Lopez also performs a collection of new, original songs.

My Next Read: ‘Any Night of the Week A D.I.Y. History of Toronto Music, 1957-2001’ by Jonny Dovercourt

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My Next Read: ‘Any Night of the Week A D.I.Y. History of Toronto Music, 1957-2001’ by Jonny Dovercourt

The story of Toronto’s massive influence on popular music, from an indie/DIY community-based perspective. Part civic history and part memoir from this veteran scene-builder and co-founder of the acclaimed Wavelength concert series, Any Night of the Week charts the evolution of Toronto’s diverse independent music scene in the latter half of the 20th century. From the Yorkville and Yonge Street scenes that spawned Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and The Band in the sixties, through to the hip-hop, indie rock, and electronica-laden nineties, with acts like Broken Social Scene, Maestro Fresh-Wes, and Peaches, Dovercourt tells the story of how key venues, neighbourhoods, artists and promoters laid the groundwork for this provincial outpost to grow into a music mecca.

The book is set to arrive March 17 through Coach House Books.

Photo Gallery: Gowan at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall

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Photo Gallery: Gowan at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall

All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com

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Singer/Songwriting Sisters Caardia Caution Against Cell Phone and Social Media Dependency in New Video “The Deep End”

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Singer/Songwriting Sisters Caardia Caution Against Cell Phone and Social Media Dependency in New Video “The Deep End”

Toronto alt pop singer/songwriters Caardia caution the dangers of cell phone and social media dependency in their newest single and video, “The Deep End” — available now.

The second single — and the title track — from their critically acclaimed debut EP, The Deep End, sisters Celia and Annie Siriopoulos penned the song with producer Ryan Guay and Erik Van Wissen.

“‘The Deep End’ is about the dependency people have on cell phones in society today,” Celia offers on the song’s origin.

“And the false reality they create for themselves,” Annie adds.

For the song, the Siriopoulos sisters were keen to shine a light on the issue by stressing the importance of wrongly-represented realities and false intimacies of relationships — no matter the context — through a screen. The pair spare no allusive punches staking claim to the severity of the situation, playing out real relationships fragmenting and handcuffs attached to cell phones.

“Not only do people depend on social media, but they fall so far into this false reality that they are unable to escape,” Annie continues. “The video is a visual experience symbolizing how lost and vulnerable people become.”

“Mental illness can commonly be a result of this,” Celia considers. “People find themselves in the deep end, following individuals everywhere, leading no escape back to the surface… Back to reality.”

Their latest release, “Walking Away” — co-written, recorded and produced by multi-Platinum and JUNO Award winner Chris Perry — equally displayed the duo’s ability and interest in leveraging their songwriting skills to tackle social flash points.

The notions are very much part of the sisters’ cause du coeur; in the few spare moments not centred on their own music, they are co-founders and co-organizers of Youth Jam TO, an annual music festival in Toronto hosting 2,500+ attendees, as well as were in-demand public speakers with ‘Kill It With Kindness,’ an anti-bullying initiative. In addition, they were recently featured in a book highlighting social activists, called Awaken Your Inner Hero.

For Caardia, they are the recipients of both CBC Searchlight’s Top 50 Judge’s Choice (for the second year in a row) and the York Region Celebration of the Arts Bursary for vocals, have been seen, heard and heralded on CBC, SiriusXM, Global, CJLO, CP24, CTV, Rogers TV, Girls’ World Magazine, and more — as well as Canadian Indie Week and annually at the Distillery District’s Toronto Christmas Market.

“The Deep End” and its namesake EP are available now.

CMW Honours Groundbreaking Female Music Exec Debra Rathwell With Canadian Music Industry Hall Fame Induction

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CMW Honours Groundbreaking Female Music Exec Debra Rathwell With Canadian Music Industry Hall Fame Induction

Canadian Music Week today announced that Debra Rathwell, Executive VP, Global Touring & Talent at AEG Presents, will be inducted into the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame. Debra will be honoured for her remarkable career in the music industry at the annual Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards Gala at Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto on Thursday, May 21, 2020. She will also give a Keynote Interview prior to the Awards as part of the Canadian Music Week Music Summit at the Sheraton Centre.

Debra Rathwell is the Executive Vice President of Global Touring and Talent at AEG Presents, one of the world’s largest producers and promoters of live tours and music events. Debra is one of the most respected and admired professionals in the music industry, as well as being one of the highest-ranking female executives working on the live side of the business today.

After attending Carleton University in Ottawa, Debra began her career in that city as Executive Assistant to Canadian music legend Harvey Glatt at his full service music companies, Treble Clef and Bass Clef. She also counts Harold Levin and the late Howard Lapides as mentors during her time there; the support and guidance the two provided helped her rise to Concert Manager at the company.

In 1982, Debra moved to Montreal to join Donald K Donald Productions, that city’s leading concert promoter, as the company’s first Vice President. She was soon after promoted to Senior Vice President, managing a staff of 20. During her tenure DKD promoted shows by Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, The Who, David Bowie, Madonna, Rush, and Celine Dion, among many others. Under Debra’s direction, DKD produced five musicals that have been brought to Broadway, including “Tango Argentino”, “Flamenco Puro” and the Tony Award winning “Black and Blue,” in addition to countless events, and presenting approximately 300 concerts each year. Other signature projects under her auspices were “The Moscow Circus”, “Torvill and Dean,” and “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber”.

1994 brought yet another move, this time to the States, when Debra accepted the position of Senior Vice President at New York’s Metropolitan Entertainment. Under her guidance, the company’s concert division presented the biggest names in rock and pop music — including the Woodstock anniversary concerts of 1994 and 1999 — while the touring division presented successful outings from artists including Whitney Houston and Sarah Brightman, and created concept tours such as “Down From the Mountain”, “Family Values” and “Up in Smoke”.

She joined AEG’s concert division to open its New York office in January 2003 — heading up a small team of eight to focus on both one-off shows and tours — overseeing a territory running from the Carolinas to Eastern Canada. She lent her leadership and vision to the launch of the American Idol tour franchise, and followed that with a string of successes in the “television meets live event” sphere: Dancing With the Stars, America’s Got Talent, and So You Think You Can Dance, to name a few. The company’s success brought growth and change: the staff grew to 45 and focused its strength on its touring business. The newly-christened AEG Presents became the exclusive touring company for artists such as Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, The Who, John Mellencamp, Miley Cyrus, JoJo Siwa, Shania Twain, and many others. More growth and expansion soon followed in New York as AEG Presents formed a partnership with promoters Bowery Presents, further broadening the concert division’s presence. Simultaneously, AEG Presents’ entire touring division was renamed Global Touring and became a standalone entity existing side-by-side with concert promotion, with a group of talented Senior Vice Presidents — Debra among them — in charge of the touring agenda. Her recent promotion to Executive Vice President has given her an expanded role across artist development and global tour strategy. It’s a roster that includes not only the aforementioned artists, but also Maggie Rogers, Lauren Daigle, Dan + Shay, Luke Combs, Hugh Jackman, Tame Impala, and Tyler, The Creator to name a few.

Today, Debra’s current focus is orchestrating the “Elton John: Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour”, launching arena and stadium dates with Justin Bieber, working the last 50 dates of a 150-show worldwide tour for JoJo Siwa, and putting up a number of “too soon to talk about” tours slated for late 2020 and 2021.

Canadian Music Week will return to Toronto May 19 – 23, 2020.

Now in its 38th year, Canadian Music Week is Canada’s leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining multifaceted information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; awards shows and the nation’s largest new music festival which spans five nights of performances, with hundreds of showcasing bands at more than 40 live music venues in downtown Toronto. All conference functions take place at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West in Toronto.

Award-winning Musician and Producer Steve Dawson Announces The Black Hen Roadshow Vol. 4

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Award-winning Musician and Producer Steve Dawson Announces The Black Hen Roadshow Vol. 4

The acclaimed Black Hen Roadshow is back, and better than ever! Coming to stages across Canada in the spring of 2020, this fourth incarnation of the travelling revue features a stellar line-up of artists and promises an evening of unique collaborations and musical entertainment, cementing the Roadshow as an exemplary touring showcase of contemporary roots music.

Steve Dawson and his Black Hen label need no introduction to Canadian roots music fans. A musician’s musician in the truest sense, Dawson is both a highly sought-after producer, and an in-demand sideman and session player, with his unique voice on the slide guitar, pedal steel and more. Currently residing in Nashville, Dawson owns and operates The Henhouse Studio and Black Hen Music, now entering its 21st year. Lately Steve has been recording and working on projects with Matt Andersen, Birds of Chicago, and Big Dave McLean to name but a few of his many collaborators. Known for bringing the best out in everyone he works with; the multiple Juno Award winner and renowned guitar slinger couldn’t be more excited about taking this incredible group of musicians on the road. “Each of these powerhouse performers has their own unique artistic voice and having them all together on stage at once is guaranteed to be a breath-taking phenomenon.”

Oh Susanna has a voice that can pierce a heart of stone. Her superbly crafted songs tell stories of troubled souls who rebel against their circumstances to attain a quiet dignity. She writes of love and longing, joys and pain, simple feelings and strong passions, thereby revealing our beautifully flawed human hearts. Performing since 1996, Oh Susanna has released eight critically acclaimed and award-winning albums. This year marks the 20th anniversary of her folk-noir full-length debut Johnstown.

Stephen Fearing’s music is a mesmerizing blend of roots, folk and pop. Co-founder of Canadian roots-rock supergroup Blackie and The Rodeo Kings, he is an alluring songwriter—an insightful chronicler of life’s journeys—and a master guitarist who continues to tour and delight audiences throughout North America, the UK and Europe. A multiple Juno Award winner, Fearing’s 10th solo album Every Soul’s a Sailor was named Worldwide Album of the Year by Blues Roots Radio and earned him Contemporary Singer of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards. The Halifax Herald calls him “a king among minstrels” … Acoustic Guitar Magazine states, “Fearing’s music crackles with ideas and collaborative energy … masterful guitar work from acoustic rock rhythm to elegant finger style.”

Catherine MacLellan is one of Canada’s finest and favourite east coast singer-songwriters. She has released several albums, including the Juno Award-winning The Raven’s Sun, as well as a tribute album to her late father, Gene MacLellan. That album If It’s Alright With You contains 13 of his most famous compositions, including Snowbird, a trademark hit for Anne Murray. With her obvious passion and seemingly effortless delivery, MacLellan never ceases to enchant and enthrall.

Steve Dawson—with busy first-call, upright bassist Jeremy Holmes and drummer Liam MacDonald by his side—will lead this remarkable collection of renowned artists through two killer sets of authentic and inspiring music. The opening set showcases each headliner individually, with Steve, Liam and Jeremy supporting. For the second half of the evening, the entire entourage comes together on stage to play a full set of collaborative group numbers … more songs, guitars, harmonies, camaraderie, instrumental breaks, laughter … musical magic at its best!

The Black Hen Roadshow Vol. 4 Canadian Tour Dates
May 28 – Penticton, BC – Dream Cafe
May 29 – Vancouver, BC – York Theatre – Get Tickets
May 30 – Victoria, BC – St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church – Get Tickets
May 31 – Comox, BC – Native Sons Hall – Get Tickets
June 2 – Saskatoon, SK – The Bassment – Get Tickets
June 3 – Lethbridge, AB – Sterndale Bennett Theatre
June 4 – Sherwood Park, AB – Festival Place – Get Tickets
June 5 – Calgary, AB – Fish Creek Concerts – Southwood United Church – Get Tickets
June 10 – London, ON – Aeolian Hall – Get Tickets
June 11 – Collingwood, ON – Gayety Theatre – Get Tickets
June 12 – Oshawa, ON – Regent Theatre – Get Tickets
June 13 – Peterborough, ON – Market Hall – Get Tickets
June 14 – Ottawa, ON – Shenkman Arts Centre – Get Tickets
June 15 – Toronto. ON – Paradise Theatre ** Stephen Fearing will be replaced by another special guest at this show only

Toronto’s Downtown Yonge BIA obtains iconic sign from legendary Jamaican store

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Toronto’s Downtown Yonge BIA obtains iconic sign from legendary Jamaican store

Another iconic sign from Toronto’s musical past will be part of the Toronto Neon Museum collection: the double-sided sign from the legendary Record Nook. The sign was found for sale at a west-end antiques store early this year and rescued by the Downtown Yonge BIA before it fell into the hands of a private collector.

“The discovery and preservation of the Record Nook sign is a big win for cultural heritage in the city,” says Downtown Yonge Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director Mark Garner. “Like the iconic Sam the Record Man sign, it is an important relic from our past and a priceless artifact – a reminder of the major role Toronto played in reggae music history and Jamaican culture.”

The Record Nook sign, which measures 5’ x 3’ x 1’, originally hung outside the store at 1400 Bathurst Street, just below Vaughan Road. The store was owned and operated by Jamaican-born reggae legends Jackie Mittoo and Lord Tanamo, who used it as an outlet for their friend Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s recordings.

Specializing in Studio One vinyl albums and singles, the Record Nook became a popular hub for Toronto’s sizeable Jamaican community.

“In the 1970s, Toronto had the world’s biggest reggae scene outside of Kingston, Jamaica, with stars like Jackie Mittoo, Lord Tanamo, Leroy Sibbles, Stranger Cole, Ernie Smith, Carlene Davis and others all making their home here,” says Garner. “The Record Nook was significant as both a retail store and a popular gathering place, almost like a kind of community centre for Jamaicans living here.”

The Record Nook sign joins the dazzling artifacts being collected and curated for the Neon Museum Toronto currently in development. Downtown Yonge has been working for five years to establish a permanent home for the neon signs that once lit up Toronto streets. A Neon Museum Toronto management board is now in place and is developing plans to install the collection in pop-up spaces, laneways and in a permanent location.

This Record Nook sign acquisition has been in partnership with the Neon Museum Toronto, the Toronto Music Museum and the existing Friar’s Music Museum (in the Yonge-Dundas Shoppers Drug Mart). It could be on display as part of the next exhibit, supporting the Downtown Yonge BIA’s Music Strategy.

Best Options for Soundproofing Your Space

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Best Options for Soundproofing Your Space

Have you ever listened to an artist you really loved and wondered where they recorded? It’s possible they never leave the house to record your favorite song, album, or podcast. The key is having a great soundproof set up with noise cancellation.

Maybe you’ve tried to create your own studio at home, yet still battle outside traffic and sounds from other rooms in the house. It’s impossible to get a decent recording with so much commotion right outside the walls.

So, how can you soundproof your studio?

First, do your research. There are plenty of options for soundproofing your studio, home, garage, or part of your home you want to make soundproof. A Quiet Refuge has the product knowledge to assist you with your own private, sound-proof oasis.

However, we’re going to help you get started with some easy ways to make your at-home studio set up soundproof:

Soundproofing Options 

There are quite a few ways to make an area of your home soundproof. We’re going to focus on two methods:

  • Open-cell Foam
  • Fiberglass Insulation

Both of these options have unique advantages. Since open-cell foam panels are the ones you probably see the most, let’s explore these first.

Open-cell Foam Panels

These panels increase air resistance so that soundwaves decrease.

What’s great about these panels is that you can purchase them in different sizes and place them strategically around the room you intent to soundproof. Additionally, these panels are easy to install so you can do it yourself or with the help of a friend.

Note that you can use these panels all over your house. It doesn’t have to be for your recording studio only. If you have a wall that needs soundproofing from your neighbors, this foam works wonders.

Thickness and Patterns 

One thing to remember with any type of foam panels: the thicker the foam, the better the soundproofing. Don’t worry so much about the patterns as the thickness of the material.

Noise Reduction Rating

When shopping for foam panels, look for the Noise Reduction Rating or NRC. The higher the rating, the better the soundproofing.

Fiberglass Insulation 

This is one of the best insulations you can get for noise reduction and soundproofing. It’s important to know that you can’t just do a fiberglass insulation at your home like you can sound panels. The reason is because fiberglass insulation works best when installed as construction is underway.

Sure, there are always ways around something you really want, but although you can argue that glass insulation is superior to foam insulation, the installation of foam panels outweighs the benefits.

If you’re building a new studio, talk about fiberglass insulation with your construction professional. Otherwise, sticking to foam panels is the easiest and least expensive way to soundproof your home or studio.

Other Options 

Perhaps you don’t like either of the two options given above and that’s fair. You can also look into foam spray. The main difference is that foam spray is a good option during construction or renovations. Foam panels are easier and cheaper.

As far as foam panels, if you find yourself shopping around and not finding what you need, you can also make your own. With this option, educate yourself on what you’ll need before making any purchases. But if you’re the type of person who enjoys DYI projects, this would be a fun alternative.

Which Set Up is Best For You? 

Soundproofing your space doesn’t seem as monumental when you have the right information. Research your preference according to budget, in no time, you’ll have a soundproof setup that truly cancels all noise around you .

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