Blue Rodeo News

Maybe it's old age, but the JUNOs seem to be more relevant as each year passes. It is probably that the music is getting better or at least that better music is finding its way onto those award stages and to the ears of those who decide who gets what and for why.

According to a press release issued yesterday by Juno broadcast sponsors CTV , the much-maligned Canuck rockers, along with Abbotsford, BC pop rockers Hedley will join previously announced performers, which include Canadian Hall of Fame inductees Blue Rodeo , City and Colour , deadmau5 and Feist .

In another life, long before Bob Egan became the steel guitar player for Blue Rodeo, he was a corporate consultant in Chicago, specializing in employee attitude research.

Deadmau5, a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman, peers around a curtain as he is introduced during the Juno Award nominations announcement in Toronto on Tuesday February 7 , 2012 .THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO - City and Colour, Dan Mangan, Drake, Feist, Hedley and Nickelback led the Juno Award nominations Tuesday with four nods apiece, setting up a ... (more)

Take a few musicians with bluegrass roots, grow them up in Canadian soil, nourish them with influences like the Band, Blue Rodeo and Neil Young, and cultivate their talents in the tree-planting camps of northern British Columbia.

Jim Cuddy is not a name that requires introduction in these parts. Actually, it's unlikely Cuddy needs an introduction anywhere in Canada, as his band Blue Rodeo has been a crucial vertebra in the spine of independent Canadian music since the late 80s.

In the song Hasn't Hit Me Yet, Blue Rodeo sings: "I stand transfixed before this streetlight, watching the snow fall on this cold December night." It was a cold and treacherous winter night 18 years ago this week when I saw Blue Rodeo - one of Canada's most accomplished and beloved bands - in concert for the very first time.

Jim Cuddy, a member of the iconic Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo, will be coming to Cornwall on February 13 for a solo performance at Aultsville Theatre.

Despite the frigid weather outdoors, hundreds braved the extreme temperature to fill a good portion of the Conexus Arts Centre on Wednesday for a night with Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy.

Pariah When Meryl Streep accepted her Golden Globe for The Iron Lady, she named a bunch of women who gave brilliant performances, including Adapero Oduye, the star of this powerful indie film about a young African-American lesbian coming out in Brooklyn.

The nakedness of Voyageur by Kathleen Edwards creates an intimacy when discussing the new record with the artist.

January 15, 2012 - Jim Cuddy, a member of the iconic Canadian country rock band Blue Rodeo, will be coming to Cornwall on February 13th for a solo performance at Aultsville Theatre.