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Waterfall said:
Can I blatantly brag? Soundtrack of the Greatest Showman, mixed and produced by my cousin, son of a United church minister from Peterborough:

Greg Wells and The Greatest Showman get first No. 1 album of 2018

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Wow, quite a career. I think I may actually recall him from his days in the Kim Mitchell Band, actually. My brother was a huge Mitchell fan and I kind of got into him, too (not as much as brother, though). But that list of artists he's worked with since is impressive in its breadth as well as depth. Everything from Aerosmith to Katy Perry to the Count Basie Orchestra (rock to pop to jazz, IOW). Cool.
 
Mendalla said:
Wow, quite a career. I think I may actually recall him from his days in the Kim Mitchell Band, actually. My brother was a huge Mitchell fan and I kind of got into him, too (not as much as brother, though). But that list of artists he's worked with since is impressive in its breadth as well as depth. Everything from Aerosmith to Katy Perry to the Count Basie Orchestra (rock to pop to jazz, IOW). Cool.
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His brother Rob has a recording studio in Mississauga with just as impressive a list as a multi platinum producer/songwriter, but has remained in Canada.
 
Waterfall said:
His brother Rob has a recording studio in Mississauga with just as impressive a list as a multi platinum producer/songwriter, but has remained in Canada.
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Given a choice between Mississauga and LA, I'd choose Mississauga. LA may be the hub of the modern entertainment business but it's definitely in the "nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there" category for me. Even the suburbs (we stayed in Long Beach on our visit) had a big city feel.
 
Been giving podcasts another go, since reading and watching really don't seem to be turning my crank these days. Found a funny audio series called Mission to Zyxx. It's comic sf in the vein of Douglas Adams and Red Dwarf (more the latter) but done by improv comics. Quite funny at times, also very silly. They have one season done and are working on a second.
 
You have to listen to CBC Music all the time to really get excited, but s**t, I got to hear some live jazz jam from a bunch of juno nominees this afternoon. It reminded me a little of the live folk jam I enjoyed at a FAB (Folk And Boat) festival I got to enjoy on the U.K. canal a couple of years ago.
 
Watching some highlights from the Junos on the CBC Music YouTube channel.

"Hell, Yeah!" moment of the show, if not the year: Steven Page, however briefly, rejoins Barenaked Ladies:

 
Oh, memories. My kids were born in the late 80s. Our "repertoire"(we sing loudly together in the car) includes most of the BNL, lots of Great Big Sea, most of Blue Rodeo, more than you'd think of the Webber-Rice repertoire including the little-known "Chess".
 
BetteTheRed said:
Oh, memories. My kids were born in the late 80s. Our "repertoire"(we sing loudly together in the car) includes most of the BNL, lots of Great Big Sea, most of Blue Rodeo, more than you'd think of the Webber-Rice repertoire including the little-known "Chess".
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Well, except Chess isn't Lloyd-Webber & Rice, it's Ulvaeus, Andersson, & Rice. AKA Tim Rice meets ABBA.:D

But it is brilliant, one of my favorite musicals that I've never seen. Did you ever hear the recording of the 2008 concert performance with Josh Groban as The Russian/Anatoly? Best version of "Anthem" ever.

More from the Junos:

Sarah Harmer and City & Colour pay tribute to the late Gord Downie (who posthumously won several awards for his final solo album "Introduce Yourself", including Artist of the Year). Dallas Greene (City & Colour) is the perfect voice to cover Downie and his cover of "Bobcaygeon" is lovely.


Pop Album of the Year winner Lights with her hit "Giants". I love this song. Lights is a very talented young woman and I hope this is the beginning of her going really big.

 
Another multi-award winner, and one of my favorite contemporary bands, is Arcade Fire, here performing the title track from their "Album of the Year" winning Everything Now with some help from a group of indigenous musicians.


And Arkells, who ended up becoming the house band for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Games (1), were nominated for the Juno Fan Choice and Single of the Year.


(1) The story, IIRC, is that one of the athletes, possibly either Virtue or Moir since they have worked with the band, tweeted at the Arkells that everyone in Canada House was listening to them. The band tweeted back that maybe they should just come over. Air Canada then said "Great Idea, guys! How about we fly you over?" And so, Arkells ended up playing Canada House during the Olympics.
 
And the show was hosted by a jazz singer, Michael Buble, so there had to be some jazz. Buble teamed up with Diana Krall and her trio for the standard "Love". Oddly, this is the first time I've heard Diana tinkling the ivories in a while. She really is a great pianist as well as a wonderful singer.

 
I just discovered, though I think this might be the second time and I somehow forgot...Father John Misty. I’ve just been listening to him for almost an hour...eerily nostalgic of Elton John’s sound...beautiful sound, but far more depressing lyrics (and videos). Like, a dystopian Elton John (though I guess some of his are a bit depressing too). I can’t decide which video to post. They’re all kind of dark, so far. But, wow, at the same time...best I’ve heard in awhile, in that the lyrics are deep, and it has a retro sound I like a lot. They just don’t (or so rarely) make ‘em like him anymore.

Ok, this one: “Things it Would’ve Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution”

Don’t listen if you need uplifting.


 
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Deep lyrics ... a profound well? Can they be conjured or imagined from some point?

Many don't do that well ... so much mist in the dark ...
 
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