Author Archives: Scott James

In The Q New Music Lab: Pearl Jam
Image: Universal Music Canada Single number four from Pearl Jam's Dark Matter album is Waiting For Stevie - and yes, it was inspired by Stevie Wonder. He was booked to play some harp on Eddie Vedder's...
Dr. Scott James Sep 06, 2024

The Q's Classic Album For Wednesday September 11 2024
Image: Geffen Records Aerosmith may be done with touring, but their music will most certainly live on. Their tenth album, the seven times platinum Pump, dropped September 12 1989, and it's our next cl...
Dr. Scott James Sep 06, 2024

The Q's Classic Album For Wednesday September 04 2024
Image: MCA Records The Tragically Hip's debut album Up To Here will be 35 years old on Thursday - it remains one of their most successful, and it's this week's classic album selection. Join Ryan Awram...
Dr. Scott James Sep 01, 2024

In The Q New Music Lab: Sheepdogs
Image: Right On Records As they mark twenty years of being a band, The Sheepdogs have dropped a new EP, Paradise Alone - and it's the debut for their very own Right On Records label. The lead single i...
Dr. Scott James Aug 22, 2024

The Q's Classic Album For Wednesday August 28 2024
Image: Columbia Records Steel Wheels - album number nineteen from The Rolling Stones - dropped August 29 1989 in North America, and September 11 in the UK; it was the final batch of new music they rec...
Dr. Scott James Aug 22, 2024

The Q's Classic Album For Wednesday August 21 2024
Image: Swan Song Records August 22 1979, Led Zeppelin dropped their eighth and final album, In Through The Out Door - their last one before the death of John Bonham the following year, which marked th...
Dr. Scott James Aug 17, 2024

The Hip's No Dress Rehearsal Is Coming To Prime Video Canada
Image: YouTube The late Gord Downie's brother Mike - the same Mike who got a mention in The Tragically Hip's 38 Years Old - put together a four part docuseries chronicling the band's 40 year journey f...
Dr. Scott James Aug 14, 2024

The Q's Classic Album For Wednesday August 14: BTO - Not Fragile
Image: Mercury Records Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Not Fragile, which dropped fifty years ago this month and turned out to be their biggest success, is this week's classic selection; I'll play all nine...
Dr. Scott James Aug 12, 2024

In The Q New Music Lab: Eddie Vedder
Image: Apple TV+ Eddie Vedder's latest soundtrack contribution appears on the new Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey, which drops Wednesday. It's a cover of Tom Petty's Room At The Top, from his 1995 Echo al...
Dr. Scott James Aug 09, 2024

The Final Flight Of The Martin Mars Water Bomber Is This Sunday
Image: BC Aviation Museum The people at the BC Aviation Museum tell us that the final flight of the legendary Hawaii Martin Mars water bomber will be happening this Sunday, as it arrives at its final ...
Dr. Scott James Aug 08, 2024
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