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Dave Stewart speaks and performs at Canadian Music Week on March 12/13

Dave Stewart speaks and performs at Canadian Music Week on March 12/13

This Friday and Saturday Dave Stewart and Cindy Gomez are going to appear at the Canadian Music Week in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which is opening today. Canadian Music Week is Canada’s leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining four information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; a film festival; four awards shows and the nation's largest New Music Festival – Canadian Music Fest - … more
Behind the video: The

Behind the video: The “Chain Reaction” from Dave Stewart to John Farnham

Yesterday I presented you here another video pearl from the pre-dvd age of Dave Stewart recording a great song in a 16-track-studio set up in his hotel room (!) on the 30th floor of the Four-Seasons-Hotel in Toronto, Canada with an unkown Canadia trio called "The Girls". Now the story behind the song has been told by Dave Stewart on Twitter who co-wrote the song with his wife Siobhan Fahey Stewart: The song is … more
Videos worth watching: Dave Stewart recording with

Videos worth watching: Dave Stewart recording with “The Girls” in Canada 1987

Here's another video pearl from the pre-dvd age with an unreleased (?) song I'd like to show you: In 1987 when Dave Stewart visited Toronto, Canada, he set up a 16-track-studio in his hotel room (!) on the 30th floor of the Four-Seasons-Hotel which caused a lot of chaos. This was where he recorded an unknown song written by himself with an unkown Canadia trio called "The Girls". The song as well as the voices … more
The Cindy Gomez story / Name of Dave Stewart's new superband revealed

The Cindy Gomez story / Name of Dave Stewart’s new superband revealed

The Canadian TIME magazine MacLean's published a 4 pages article in their online and print version about Cindy Gomez and her discoverer Dave Stewart in which her remarkable career so far is described including quotes from herself and Dave amonst others. If you read closely, you can even find in the article a name of Dave Stewart's new supergroup featuring himself, Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, A. R. Rahman … more
Candice Breitz exhibition shows Eurythmics installation

Candice Breitz exhibition shows Eurythmics installation

The PowerPlant museum in Toronto, Canada is presenting the exhibition "Candice Breitz: Same Same" from September 19 to November 15, 2009 (opening reception Friday, September 18, 2009, 8-11pm) which is going to include the installation "The Four Duets" consisting of : Double Karen (Karen Carpenter: Close To You), 1970 - 2000 Double Olivia (Olivia Newton John: Hopelessly Devoted To You), 1977 - 2000 Double Annie (Eurythmics: Thorn In My Side … more