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Today: Books and CDs

New Year's Eve survival guide
"I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world!" Michael Stipe proclaimed this year on R.E.M.'s Accelerate CD.

Rose year's top gun
Everything old? It really does become new again.

COLUMN: Sound check
What a year it was . . .

Top album has a local connection
Doug MacGregor and Bryan (Bry) Webb's road to the peak of their band's album, Kensington Heights, hitting No. 1 in AP list started at Arva's Medway secondary school.

Family harmonies ring out
While Cape Breton musical act the Rankin Family staged a reunion tour earlier this year, fellow islanders and Celtic group the Barra MacNeils have no notions about mounting a similar trek.


CD LOOKAHEAD: A-listers' discs set to drop "Nothing changes on New Year's Day," Bono once claimed. Maybe not. But a week later? That's another story. Full Story




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CD LOOKAHEAD: A-listers' discs set to drop (Jan. 3, 2009)
"Nothing changes on New Year's Day," Bono once claimed. Maybe not. But a week later? That's another story.

New Year's Eve survival guide (Dec. 30, 2008)
"I'm gonna DJ at the end of the world!" Michael Stipe proclaimed this year on R.E.M.'s Accelerate CD.

COLUMN: Sound check (Dec. 27, 2008)
What a year it was . . .

Rose year's top gun (Dec. 27, 2008)
Everything old? It really does become new again.

Top album has a local connection (Dec. 27, 2008)
Doug MacGregor and Bryan (Bry) Webb's road to the peak of their band's album, Kensington Heights, hitting No. 1 in AP list started at Arva's Medway secondary school.

Family harmonies ring out (Dec. 22, 2008)
While Cape Breton musical act the Rankin Family staged a reunion tour earlier this year, fellow islanders and Celtic group the Barra MacNeils have no notions about mounting a similar trek.

CD REVIEWS: Best of the season (Dec. 21, 2008)
Deck the malls with CD best-ofs, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la,

2008 THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Our Top 10 CD list (Dec. 20, 2008)
Once again, we have had an exceptional year for London albums.

HOLIDAY GIVING: Get in tune to rock a music lover's world (Dec. 20, 2008)
Sure, everyone's musical taste is different. But at this time of year, there are lots of gift options to please your favourite music lover. Here are some options:

Whitney and Bobby 'loved the hell out of each other,' Foster says (Dec. 17, 2008)
Celine Dion stands out in David Foster's new book, Hit Man, as his favourite artist to work with, but there is one artist who was so difficult that Foster says he'll never do it again "for no amount of money."

Foster gets set for Round 3 (Dec. 17, 2008)
From a four-year-old kid with perfect pitch to a wildly successful producer to the stars, David Foster claims he is now on his third act in life.

REVIEW: Oasis the real deal (Dec. 16, 2008)
Just in case there were any lingering doubts, Oasis still knows how to make an entrance -- and an exit.

Songwriting partners hold selves to highest standards (Dec. 16, 2008)
Sheila Carabine says when she gets together with Amanda Walther to make music the pair can be their own worst critics.

Hockey sweater song a heart-breaker (Dec. 16, 2008)
Singing about a hockey jersey doesn't exactly evoke romantic images of Romeo and Juliet, but for Toronto duo Dala it's certainly helped reach wider audiences across Canada.

Bennett, 82, ignores retirement (Dec. 15, 2008)
A Swingin' Christmas is exactly what Tony Bennett delivered when the legendary crooner reunited with the Count Basie Big Band for his first holiday album in 40 years.

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