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Luke Doucet, Justin Rutledge and NQ Arbuckle @ NXNE 2009

By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 19, 2009 3:34 pm

Background/ Composition: Six Shooter Records' Outlaws & Gunslingers Showcase featured a series of triple-threat rounds, with Blue Rodeo's Glenn Milchem and Bazil Donovan acting as backup band. The evening's third and final improvised trio — starring three of this country's hottest folk-rock commodities — was aimed at making the ladies swoon...

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Luke Doucet Pleases All Ages

By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) March 2, 2009 5:08 pm

Luke Doucet And The White Falcon are in an enviable position. More than a year after the release of their lauded Blood's Too Rich, the Hamilton-based crew are still able to tour and fill clubs. The secret to Doucet's success isn't difficult to figure out; you only need to stop by one of his shows and have a look at the patrons. Doucet And The...

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Justin Rutledge Takes It To Church

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 2, 2008 3:00 pm

The last thing you expect is to walk into a church that's more than 100 years old and see a stage adorned with daisies, photographs and book shelves filled with volumes clearly transplanted from someone's home. This is what Justin Rutledge brought to the stage inside Trinity-St. Paul's United Church on Friday. Most of the props were provided by...

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Luke Doucet And The White Falcon — Blood's Too Rich

By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) January 15, 2008 8:39 pm

Luke Doucet has always been a bit of a soft touch in the singer/songwriter game so he's decided to enlist the services of a real life White Falcon to help buck this trend. It seems to have worked as this fine, feathered band has added plenty of bite to Doucet's brew on his Blood's Too Rich full-length. The album is full of dense, countrified indie...

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Luke Doucet — Outlaws: Live And Unreleased

By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) September 28, 2004 3:39 pm

Luke Doucet is a busy guy. He’s released three albums as the frontman for Veal, a solo disc and has backed up several prominent Canadians including Sarah McLachlan and Chantal Kreviazuk. Instead of taking his precious time in a studio, Doucet follows up Aloha, Manitoba with a disc of live tracks. Doucet’s picked a good mix of songs to represent...

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Luke Doucet - Outlaws: Live And Unreleased

Luke Doucet — Aloha, Manitoba

By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 3, 2001 2:04 pm

Luke Doucet, along with fellow Toronto crooner Danny Michel, has developed a distinct musical style that effectively transfuses the rootsy styles of the past with emotional stresses of the modern urban lifestyle. Throughout Aloha, Manitoba, Doucet mixes various styles: the playful jazz-based Cajun music (via Danial Lanois), the hybrid sound of Old...

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Juno Songwriter's Circle Full Of Amusing, Adorable Moments

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 24, 2011 2:14 pm

"Every man's got a plan until he gets punched in the mouth," Sylvia Tyson sang on stage at Toronto's Massey Hall last night, prompting raucous laughter from the crowd at the annual Juno Awards Songwriter's Circle.In case you're wondering, that's not some rare, unreleased tune Tyson's been keeping from you all these years. Well, actually, it kind...

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16th Annual Year-End Readers' Poll - Sexiest Canadian Man

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 8, 2010 10:26 am

#4 The Throw Your Underwear Award Male (Sexiest Canadian Man)online survey Next Question: #5 The Throw Your Underwear Award Female (Sexiest Canadian Women)

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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 22, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 22, 2010 1:53 pm

The Dears will launch a webcast at 7 p.m. EST today to preview their upcoming Degeneration Street album. The series will continue until the LP comes out Feb. 15. —Livestream Luke Doucet and blues artist Harrison Kennedy both won three Hamilton Music Awards on Sunday night. No, the trophies were not made of steel. —Hamilton Spectator Wavves' Nathan...

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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 7, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 7, 2010 12:23 pm

Stone Temple Pilots have announced two western Canadian dates to take place in Vancouver and Calgary on Nov. 4 and 6, respectively. —Live Nation Luke Doucet's scheduled a Canadian tour to take place this November in support of his recently released Steel City Trawler album. He'll have Sunparlour Players and The Beauties with him on...

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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 10, 2010

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 10, 2010 1:12 pm

Tegan And Sara are auctioning a signed Yamaha guitar and two tickets to see them in Toronto with City And Colour. The proceeds go to War Child Canada. —eBayLuke Doucet's new album, Steel City Trawler, is out Aug. 31 through Six Shooter. Protest The Hero have just released a guitar tabs book for their 2006 Kezia debut album. Now all you...

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Gomez, Luke Doucet Go Together Nicely In Vancouver

By Brian Pascual (CHARTattack) March 17, 2010 1:21 pm

It's fitting that Luke Doucet would return to Vancouver as part of the Cultural Olympiad series, seeing as he first made a name for himself as a member of Veal, one of the city's mid-'90s, indie pop buzz bands. Doucet's almost 10 years removed from that part of his career, and is now a full-fledged singer/songwriter troubadour, complete with...

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In The Dead Of Winter Thaws Some Of Halifax's Deep Freeze

By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) February 2, 2010 4:20 pm

Despite Ani DiFranco's last minute cancellation, this year's In The Dead Of Winter festival roused listeners out of their seasonal hibernation.The wintry festival, which spanned from Jan. 26 to 30, has breathed a little life back into the empty streets of Halifax for the last five years. Instead of incubating at home, In The Dead Of Winter...

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Canadians Abound At Great Escape Fest

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 2, 2009 11:17 am

Nearly 20 Canadian acts will play Brighton, England's The Great Escape festival from May 14 to 16. The fourth edition of the festival will feature these Canadian acts: Arkells, The Acorn, Beast, Brian Borcherdt, Dan Mangan, Duchess Says, Hey Rosetta!, Holy Fuck, LIGHTS, Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland, Metric, Rebekah Higgs and her Ruby Jean...

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