Long before he ever picked up a sword as Bronn in Game of Thrones, Jerome Flynn and his Soldier Soldier co-star Robson Green also performed as Robson & Jerome in the later half of the 1990s. They released a version of “Unchained Melody”, which stayed at number 1 for 7 weeks on the UK Chart, selling more than a million copies and becoming the best-selling single of 1995. The duo had two further number 1 singles: “I Believe” and “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”. Their eponymous debut album and the follow-up Take Two both reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart.
Canadian Music Week and Radio Trailblazers Announce Carmela Laurignano As The 2019 The Rosalie Award Recipient
Canadian Music Week and Radio Trailblazers are proud to announce Carmela Laurignano, Vice-President and Radio Group Manager at Evanov Radio Group, as the 2019 Rosalie Award Recipient. Carmela Laurignano will receive the award at the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner on Thursday, May 9 at Rebel Entertainment Complex.
The Rosalie Award was established in 2005 to recognize Canadian women who have blazed new trails in radio. Rosalie Award recipients are women who are successful in the radio industry and are seen as leaders, mentors, and people making a difference in the business. The Rosalie Award is supported by CBC and Slaight Music, and Direct Media Sales.
Carmela Laurignano is Vice-President and Radio Group Manager at Evanov Radio Group (ERG). She is also part owner of four of the company’s radio properties and serves on the company’s board.
Carmela began her decades-long career in the broadcasting industry at CHIN Radio, serving as Sales Assistant, Sales Manager, and was later promoted to Vice-President of Sales, Marketing and Promotions, becoming the first woman to hold a Vice-President position with a Canadian ethnic broadcaster and one of the youngest Vice-Presidents in the Canadian radio industry at the time.
In 1993, she joined ERG as Vice-President & Radio Group Manager where she has been instrumental in helping to grow ERG, constantly fostering opportunities for the company to acquire and launch new stations. When she first joined, ERG only had one ethnic station (CIAO-AM Brampton) and an equity interest in CING-FM Burlington. ERG now has 19 stations across four provinces, serving major, medium and small markets in a wide variety of formats (including Specialty, Ethnic, Christian, Top 40, and Adult Contemporary, Country and even LBGTQ2+).
She has worked to foster talent in the Canadian music and broadcasting industry. She has helped to administer ERG’s over $10 million in direct contributions to Canadian artists and talent, and has worked to provide airplay, on-air mentions, and performance opportunities. Carmela is also dedicated to mentoring the next generation of professionals in the broadcasting industry – she introduced an internship program at ERG, and has helped to set up four separate ERG broadcasting endowments across the country at major universities and broadcasting schools.
Outside of ERG, Carmela serves as Secretary of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors, and has been involved in a wide range of broadcasting policy and regulatory work over the years. She is also involved in the broader community, serving as a board member for a number of not-for-profit organizations, supporting community programs and partnership initiatives between business and organizations.
Carmela is a past recipient of the 2011 Trailblazer Canadian Women in Communications Leadership Excellence Awards.
The Rosalie Award is named in honour of Rosalie Trombley, renowned Music Director at Windsor-Detroit Top 40 powerhouse CKLW-AM “The Big 8”, and the first-ever recipient of the Rosalie Award in 2005.
Weezer: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
This is probably the loosest you’ll ever see Weezer. Known for meticulously produced — and electric — live shows, frontman Rivers Cuomo and the rest of the band settled in behind the Tiny Desk for an entirely acoustic set without the in-ear monitors, click track or vocal separation they usually employ to stay locked-in and tight for bigger performances. The result is surprisingly intimate, with songs that feel lived-in and rumpled, like an old flannel shirt from the ’90s.
SET LIST
“Longtime Sunshine”
“Living in L.A.”
“Across the Sea”
“High as a Kite”
Zach Galifianakis Goes Undercover on the Internet
On this episode of “Actually Me,” Zach Galifianakis goes undercover on the Internet and responds to real comments from Twitter, Reddit, Quora, YouTube, and more. How did Zach get an interview President Obama? What is his favorite Between Two Ferns episode?
Why Don’t We received first ever Gold plaques in Toronto
Earlier this week, American pop group Why Don’t We played their biggest Canadian shows to date, stopping at Laval, QC’s Place Bell and Toronto, ON’s Coca-Cola Coliseum as part of their 2019 North American tour. Ahead of Tuesday’s sold-out show in Toronto, Warner Music Canada surprised the band with their first ever award plaques for any territory, commemorating the Canadian Gold certification of the their single “8 Letters,” the title track of their 2018 debut album.
Via Music Canada
Scott Helman surprised with Gold plaque for “Hang Ups” on stage at hometown show
One of the nicest guys in music, Toronto singer-songwriter Scott Helman returned to his hometown earlier this month for a sold out show at the Danforth Music Hall as part of his 2019 cross-Canada tour. During a break in his set, Warner Music Canada surprised the JUNO-nominee with his third Canadian Gold award plaque for 2018 single “Hang Ups.”
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Watch A Pre-CNN Anderson Cooper’s News Story On Straight Edge Music In 1995
Back in 1995, a pre-CNN Anderson Cooper was a correspondent for ABC News, and filed this news story on Justin O’Hare of Green Rage and his brother Trevor focusing on straight edge and veganism.
By the way, in 2000, Anderson switched career paths, taking a job as the host of ABC’s reality show The Mole, one of the greatest television shows ever aired. Anderson can do absolutely no wrong by me.
How The Beatles got their logo
Have you ever thought about how The Beatles got their logo? Well wonder no more, The Vinyl Geek did the research for you!
That time the KKK threatened The Beatles for John Lennon’s statement about Jesus Christ in 1966
“More popular than Jesus” was part of a longer remark made by John Lennon during a 1966 interview in which he argued that the public was more infatuated with the Beatles than with Jesus, and that rock music might outlast Christianity. His opinions drew no controversy when originally published in the United Kingdom, but when they were republished in the United States a few months later, angry reactions flared up in Christian communities. The full quotation was:
Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that; I’m right and I’ll be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.
The statement originates from a March 1966 article for the London newspaper the Evening Standard. When Datebook, a US teen magazine, quoted Lennon’s comments in July, extensive protests broke out in the US, particularly throughout the Bible Belt. Some radio stations stopped playing Beatles songs, their records were publicly burned, press conferences were cancelled, and threats were made. The controversy coincided with the group’s US tour in August 1966, and Lennon and Brian Epstein attempted to quell the dispute at a series of press conferences. Some tour events experienced disruption and intimidation, including a picketing by the Ku Klux Klan. Press coverage of their just-released album Revolver was also overshadowed by the controversy.
And yet, here we are today. The KKK are still in the news. More focus on The Beatles, less on the KKK in the future, ok?
Walkmans vs. Boom Boxes Face Off On The CBS Evening News In 1981
Nothing wrong with headphones. Nothing wrong with blasting music a few decibles higher than your average airplane, too.
Sometimes. Looks like a few people in New York City back in 1981 had a problem with boom boxes.
And hey, I know the original term Ghettoblaster is used in the segment, now considered insulting or complimentary depending on the context. The word originated in the US, apparently reflecting the belief that they are popular in poor inner-city neighborhoods (ghettos), especially those populated by black Americans. Ghettoblaster rather than boom box became the common term in the UK and Australia for large portable stereos, perhaps because it carried less meaning.