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Today in Music History - Feb. 20
The Canadian Press 2021-02-20
Today in Music History for Feb. 20:
In 1941, Quebec singer and songwriter La Bolduc died in Montreal. She was 46. Her songs, detailing the life of ordinary Quebecers in the 1920s and 30s, were very popular at the time, and had a great influence on later Quebec singers.
In 1941, folk singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie was born on the Piapot Reserve near Regina. She s among the best-known of contemporary folk singers, attaining international success in the 1960s with such songs as Until It s Time For You To Go and Universal Soldier. Donovan s 1965 hit recording of Universal Soldier led many people to believe it was his composition, but Sainte-Marie had written the song while appearing at Toronto s Purple Onion coffee house. She won a 1982 Oscar for writing Up Where We Belong, from the movie An Officer and a Gentleman. She re-entered the music scene with her 1993 comeback album, Coincidence and
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Working in isolation, the Paramore leader extends the healing narrative of last year’s Petals for Armor with a sparse, unadorned album that casts a mournful glance to the past.
Steel Panther as being anything other than their comedic
glam-rock selves. Before they started writing their own material, though, they performed
glam-metal covers under the name
Metal Skool. At least that describes the roots of their signature aesthetic…
Knuckle Puck
What better way to break out on the heels of the mainstream alternative heyday than by performing preestablished hits? That’s exactly how
Knuckle Puck set their foundations, playing covers for the first year of their tenure. While we’re certainly glad that they went on to write their own tracks, we’d give anything to go back and catch an eclectic set.