Samaritan Mag

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Nineteen-year-old Albertan country singer Tenille has been “playing it forward” for a number of years now, knowing there are many kids that don’t have it as good as she may. Her...
Tom Cochrane’s Juno Award honouring his humanitarianism was given out last month during a private, industry-only gala dinner which was not webcast or shown on television. Footage of his...
A limited edition compilation CD featuring tracks from Alan Frew of Glass Tiger fame, new wave legends The Spoons, Tarmac Adam featuring onetime Crowded House members Nick Seymour and the late Paul...
Leave it to a musician to make environmental activism look cool. When not fronting American alt-rockers Guster, 39-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Gardner serves as co-director of...
Toronto singer-songwriter Amy Sky revealed publicly in 2006 that she had dealt with depression and postpartum depression since 1990 and started hearing from others going through the same thing. As a...
Justin Hines' upcoming Vehicle of Change tour will not only bring exposure to his new album, How We Fly (out on May 14), but after hopefully raising $40,000 through a crowd-funding campaign, the...
Folks can quibble until they’re blue over who wins what at the 42nd annual Juno Awards this weekend in Regina. But one area virtually impervious to criticism — yet largely invisible to...
Noted Canadian singer-songwriter Tom Cochrane has been a lot of places and seen a lot of things, but one of his most poignant experiences occurred when he spent two-and-a-half weeks traveling through...
In his autobiography, Who I Am, The Who guitarist Pete Townshend addresses a multitude of issues he has struggled with throughout his 67 years from bullying to alcohol abuse to manic depressive...
Kevin DeAbreu and his wife Kathy have managed to acquire 13 signed guitars by the likes of Rush, Blue Rodeo, Finger Eleven and Anne Murray since starting Music Heals The Soul last August in...

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