A promoter calls and offers you a gig for BIG money. Who’s paying? Sometimes it might be a dictator or some kind of criminal.

Writing musical scores for movies is big, big business and is an integral part to every film made today. But what was the first-ever movie with an original score written for it? It was The ...

A few years back, Canadian’s Juno-nominated Julian Taylor and My Morning Jacket guy, Jim James, were at a Robbie Roberts tribute gig in LA and got to talking and became friends. That inevitably led to ...

When Sony introduced the Walkman in 1979, the company had no idea they would spawn today’s sound zombies.

He then started stabbing himself–for real-with a big knife in some weird gesture of hari-kari. The weird thing was that the crowd thought it was part of the show and gave him a big cheer.

How’s this for a rare collectible? Legend has it that a Toronto man may have the last-ever autograph signed by Kurt Cobain. This guy just happened to be in Seattle on April 2, 1994, for–believe it or ...

When Drake was a teenager, he’d stand outside Toronto’s long-gone Escape Nightclub handing out flyers just to get inside and ...

To be part of the “mainstream” music scene doesn’t mean what it used to. Yet in today’s world, you don’t have to be ...

Health care providers have long suggested stressed-out patients spend time outdoors. Now hundreds of providers are going a step further and issuing formal prescriptions to get outside. The tactic is ...

Tune in to Q107 daily and listen for the $10k Double Play! When you hear two songs play back-to-back by the same artist, enter the song titles and artist name below for your chance to score $10,000!

This week’s New Music Friday is pretty meaty with new singles from the Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, and Nick Cave along with albums from Big Wreck and The Lemonheads ...

Toronto's Rock StationThe Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1059: Peaked Too Soon - Bands That were Before Their Time.