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  • Musical Colours

    Marches of the UK and Canadian Forces
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    On the cover of the 1970 record THE VANISHING REGIMENTS, Colonel CH Jaeger OBE made an interesting observation: ‘Be it true or not that old soldiers never die but only fade away, it is absolutely certain that the music connected with soldiering...


  • If My Life Were A Song

    A Memoir
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    From the Appalachian foothills of Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the turbulent streets of Watts, Los Angeles, If My Life Were A Song takes you on a gripping journey of survival, resilience, and redemption. This memoir delves into the life of a young...


  • Gritty City

    An Oral History of Winnipeg Hip-Hop Music: 1980-2005
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    Gritty City is a love letter to Winnipeg, a prairie metropolis born out of rebellion, a river city marooned in the middle of a continent. Maybe there is something in the water that makes us different... Gritty City is the first book to tackle the...


  • Journeys to the Bandstand

    Thirty Jazz Lives in Vancouver
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    What I didn’t know [when starting to research and write this book]: I would become full-on, hopelessly obsessed with finding out every arcane detail about the artists gathered in these pages, whether they are living or long gone. Those myriad...


  • The Beatles in Los Angeles

    Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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    The Beatles in Los Angeles takes you past the velvet ropes and inside the mansion gates where The Beatles loved, explored, and experienced all the adventures and mystical chaos that swirls around LA like no other city. With brand new interviews...


  • Bach's Sonic Tapestry

    The Well-Tempered Clavier of 1722
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    There is a reason why good teachers insist their pupils study Bach. Every note counts as with no other composer. I’ve played some Bach in my time . . . but it is fair to say that he has never been front and centre in my repertoire. Until now . ....


  • Beach Music

    Stories of a Barbershop Quartet
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    Beach Music: Stories of a Barbershop Quartet is a collection of fun, memorable, and entertaining vignettes from the fifteen years author André Brillaud has been a member of the barbershop quartet, Beach Music. The group “sang on beaches, boats,...


  • Saskatchewan Stories

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    “You can go home again, but it may be better to stick with memories.” Award-winning author, editor and broadcaster, Lyndon Grove, looks back at his early years in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in this whimsical set of essays. With humour and a dash of...


  • Promo Monkey: My Life as a BellHop in the Waldorf Hysteria

    Friends and Enemas
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    “…to the Creative Spirit that let me in, and to all my Music Buds who took the journey back then, and by guile, gall, hand, heart, and mind, sound or otherwise, had the will, persistence, tenacity, and desire to succeed back when it was still...


  • Music for the Soul

    Experiencing Classical Music through Informed Listening
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    "Informed listening demands knowledge, context, and meditative practice. Even in ideal circumstances, imparting the musical knowledge required for engaged listening is a challenge not easily met. It is refreshing to encounter a well-reasoned and...