Jian Ghomeshi

WATCH: Bon Iver's Justin Vernon talks Grammy diss, 'selling out' for whiskey, Kathleen Edwards, defends Kanye West

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) December 8, 2011 6:46 pm
Justin Vernon, the man behind Bon Iver, generally keeps quiet when it comes to press. Luckily he sat down with Jian Ghomeshi for an excellent discussion that touched on his negative words about the Grammy's, the issues with music press, his campaign for Bushmill's whiskey (which evoked some hate from acclaimed sample-heads The Avalanches), solo...
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WATCH: The Black Keys talk 'selling out' with Jian Ghomeshi

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By Dan Busheikin (CHARTattack) December 2, 2011 10:24 am
Yesterday, acclaimed garage-rock duo The Black Keys swung by the Q studio to speak with Jian Ghomeshi. Here's a particularly interesting short excerpt from that conversation in which the two Ohioans discuss their choices in licensing music for TV, film, and commercials, and the idea of 'selling out.'"Just depends on how many zeroes are in the...
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LIGHTS, Hedley, Jian Ghomeshi Help Music Journalist Tackle Racism

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 15, 2010 10:18 am
Toronto music journalist Karen Bliss has partnered with Canadian musicians like LIGHTS, Hedley's Jacob Hoggard, Jully Black, Skye Sweetnam, Nelly Furtado, Chris Bosh and CBC Radio's Jian Ghomeshi to create The Girl With The Pinhead Parents, an anti-racism animation project.Bliss wrote the PSA, which was animated by Halifax's Copernicus Studios. It...
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K'Naan At Polaris Music Prize 2009 Gala

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Photographer: 
John Papamarko
Venue: 
Masonic Temple
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
September 21, 2009
Polaris Music Prize 2009

Billy Bob Thornton Fiasco: Explained!

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By CHARTattack Staff April 9, 2009 4:06 pm
When CBC Q host Jian Ghomeshi interviewed The Boxmasters on Wednesday, he had one hell of an ordeal in dealing with the band's drummer, Billy Bob Thornton, for mentioning his acting career. (If you're one of the two people left who doesn't know what I'm talking about, you check it out for yourself here.) But now, Vancouver singer-songwriter...
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Douchebag Billy Bob Thornton

ECMA Hosts And Performers Set

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By CHARTattack Staff February 11, 2009 3:06 pm
Newfoundland singer/songwriter Damhnait Doyle and radio and television broadcaster, singer, musician, artist manager, writer and producer Jian Ghomeshi will host the East Coast Music Awards show in Corner Brook, Nfld. on March 1. Hey Rosetta!, Jill Barber, Tara Oram, Christina Martin, Meaghan Blanchard, Radio Radio, MIR, David Myles, Ryan...
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Damhnait Doyle (photo by Andrew MacNaughtan)

Kreviazuk Gets Quizzed On SOCAN

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By CHARTattack Staff January 12, 2009 2:43 pm
CHARTattack's Steve McLean attacked unsuspecting artists at the 2008 SOCAN Awards with a quiz about the performing rights organization. See how Chantal Kreviazuk, The Waking Eyes, Sean Jones and CBC Radio's Jian Ghomeshi fared on the test.
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