Stompin' Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Connors — The Ballad Of Stompin' Tom

in
By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) October 30, 2008 12:19 pm
Stompin' Tom's 50th album (and 23rd of original material) sees him singing more songs about Canada and Canadians, complete with passion, compassion and humour. He's added a verse to "The Olympic Song" in recognition of the Vancouver 2010 winter games, and also re-recorded "The Hockey Song" to give it a fuller sound than the...
More
Music Review
The Ballad Of Stompin' Tom
  • Read more
  • Share this
  • Comments

The Chart Time Tunnel: Stompin' Tom Connors

in
By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) December 18, 2009 12:19 pm
Ten years this week — when some thought it may be the last Christmas we would have with computers and electricity — Danko Jones' My Love Is Bold was once again the most popular album on the campus charts. The disc rose a place to push Stereolab's Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night out of the #1 spot for the week of Dec. 9 to...
More
News
Stompin' Tom Connors' Move Along With Stompin' Tom

Stompin' Tom Has Big Summer Ahead

in
By Craig Clark (CHARTattack) May 13, 2009 12:20 pm
Canadian icon Stompin' Tom Connors will tour eastern Canada this summer in support of last fall's The Ballad Of Stompin' Tom. The tour will include Connors' first performance in Newfoundland in almost 20 years and his first musical stops on Canada's east coast in seven years. The singer/songwriter will also make his debut at Casino Rama near...
More
News
Stompin' Tom Connors

Happy birthday, Stompin' Tom

Submitted by Steve McLean on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 11:52am
in
By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) February 9, 2009 11:52 am
Stompin' Tom Connors turns 73 today. Celebrate it in a manner that would make him proud.
More
Riff
blog-steve.gif

Stompin' Tom: Rebel With A Cause

in
By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) December 22, 2008 10:32 am
When asked who Canada's biggest punk stars are, many would say Billy Talent or Alexisonfire. They'd be wrong. Canada's top punk is a 72-year-old with a song called "Lady Slipper" on his new album: Stompin' Tom Connors. Why? He's done things his own way over more than 40 years and 50 albums, and he still won't take any shit from those...
More
Feature
Stompin' Tom

Stompin' Tom Speaks Out

in
By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) October 28, 2008 4:30 pm
Stompin' Tom Connors' 50th album, and 23rd of original songs, The Ballad Of Stompin' Tom, arrived in stores on Tuesday via EMI Music Canada. The man has written more than 150 songs about Canada, the subject that's closest to his heart, and I recently had the opportunity to chat with the outspoken and often controversial icon about his...
More
News
Stompin' Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Talks Politicians

in
By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) October 9, 2008 3:51 pm
Canadians go to the polls on Oct. 14 to elect a new prime minister and parliament. Since there's probably no one who's seen more of Canada or who feels more passionately about the country than Stompin' Tom Connors, I asked him for his opinion on the election. The short answer: "Who can have an opinion about the Canadian election right now?...
More
News
Stompin' Tom Connors

Hangin' With Stompin' Tom

Submitted by Steve McLean on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 12:13pm
in
By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) October 3, 2008 12:13 pm
Did you spend seven hours hanging out with Stompin' Tom Connors at his house yesterday? My fellow ChartAttack editor Aaron Brophy and I did. EMI Music Canada invited us, along with other media and retail people, to listen to The Ballad Of Stompin' Tom, which will be released on Oct. 28. Tom talked about some of the songs on the album, I...
More
Riff
blog-steve.gif

Vote For Stompin' Tom

Submitted by Steve McLean on Thu, 09/11/2008 - 12:45pm
in
By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) September 11, 2008 12:45 pm
If you haven't yet voted in our daily poll that asks readers who's the greater Canadian, Neil Young or Stompin' Tom Connors, show your support for Connors now. I'm a big Young fan, but he's been living in California for about 40 years. Connors lives in rural Ontario and almost all of his songs are Canadian-related. So there's only one choice to...
More
Riff
blog-steve.gif

Radiohead Know Who Stompin' Tom Is

in
By Noah Love (CHARTattack) April 11, 2008 1:30 pm
When Radiohead decided to release In Rainbows, their seventh full-length, first as an independent download, it sent shockwaves through the record industry. Half a year later, it's still considered one of the defining musical moments of this era. Bassist Colin Greenwood doesn't entirely agree with that sentiment. As far as he's concerned, it had...
More
News
Radiohead

Les Claypool Hearts Stompin' Tom Connors

in
By Tim Melton (CHARTattack) August 4, 2006 6:00 pm
OK, if you're any kind of Les Claypool fan, you already know of the juggernaut-thumbed bassist's teenaged fascination with our own Canadian monster of the bass, Geddy Lee. But as ChartAttack found out from a sit-down with Claypool before his sold-out gig at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre, he also has admiration for another Canadian icon we...
More
News
Les Claypool

Stompin' Tom Connors Gets His TV Special, And A DVD, After All

in
By CHARTattack Staff June 27, 2006 5:00 pm
The CBC turned its back on Stompin' Tom Connors, but CTV has stepped in to air his first prime-time concert special, Stompin' Tom In Live Concert. The one-hour show will premiere, appropriately, on Canada Day at 8 p.m. It will feature performances of 13 of the patriotic troubadour's favourite songs from a concert shot in high-definition at...
More
News
Stompin' Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Concert Special Turned Down By CBC

in
By CHARTattack Staff May 24, 2006 5:00 pm
Stompin' Tom Connors has put his foot down and told the CBC to "shove it." The Canadian country music living legend and a crew used high definition equipment to record a concert in Hamilton last September and, after years of receiving requests from the CBC for a Stompin' Tom music special, team Tom thought that they had just what the...
More
News
Stompin' Tom Connors

Stompin' Tom Connors — The Hockey Mom Tribute

in
By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) September 14, 2004 2:15 pm
There is no question that Stompin' Tom Connors is a Canadian icon. He’s the wandering traveller, singing for his supper and then writing a song about the whole experience for dessert. However, Dr. Connors could benefit from a bit of a makeover, much in the way Johnny Cash did with Rick Rubin. Connors has attempted to spice the music up, adding...
More
Music Review
Stompin' Tom Connors - The Hockey Mom Tribute

Stompin' Tom Kicks Around Ontario

in
By Shawn Despres (CHARTattack) October 7, 2003 2:00 pm
There are few things that Stompin' Tom Connors hasn't done. The East Coast folk and country singer has spent the majority of his life writing about and touring throughout Canada. He's released over 20 albums of original music. He's written several children's books and two autobiographies. He's been given the Order Of Canada, an Honourary...
More
News
Stompin' Tom

Stompin' Tom To Sell His Stompin' Board

in
By CHARTattack Staff June 26, 2002 3:00 pm
A few months back, we told you that the honourable Stompin' Tom Connors was planning a massive tour of the eastern part of the country. Well, that tour is almost ready to wrap up (the last date is July 3 in Guelph) and you know what that means: The selling of the stompin' board. Seems that stompin' boards aren't much good for more than one...
More
News
Stompin' Tom

Stompin' Tom Connors Hits Charlottetown With J.P. Cormier

in
By Ryan O'Connor (CHARTattack) June 12, 2002 5:30 pm
His voice may be rusty, his once formidable stomp may be little more than a symbolic tap against the plywood and he may forget his own lyrics on occasion. The undeniable fact, however, is that Canadians love their Stompin' Tom. Judging by the 800 or so fans gathered at his recent stop in Charlottetown, Islanders are no exception to this rule....
More
Live Review
Stompin' Tom file photo

Stompin' Tom: No Beaver Jokes Allowed

in
By Neil Haverty (CHARTattack) May 2, 2002 4:30 pm
It's hard to avoid the Canadian cliches when writing about Stompin' Tom Connors. Every other article we've ever read on the country's unofficial anthem writer has traveled that same tired road. We challenge you to find one music journalist that's ever written a piece on Connors without including some beaver, beer or hockey joke. How many times...
More
News
Stompin' Tom

Rheostatics Marathon A Nod To Stompin' Tom

in
By Tim Melton (CHARTattack) October 17, 2001 4:00 pm
What do you do when you've damn near done everything under the musical sun — from soundtracks, to children's albums — and have covered almost every base on the musical map? If you're Toronto's Rheostatics you prepare to release your sonically heaviest album, Night Of The Shooting Stars, due October 23 on Perimeter Records and courageously book...
More
News
Rheostatics

Stompin' Tom Connors Back On The Trans-Canada

in
By Lisa Sarracini (CHARTattack) June 14, 2001 4:30 pm
This intern almost dared to snicker when she heard the name Stompin' Tom Connors being thrown around the ChartAttack office, but that was before she was almost thrashed for doing so. Ahh... Being such a young thing I never realized the extent of his hardcore following in Canada. But after a quick lesson and a stern talking to by my "all-...
More
News
Stompin' Tom
Syndicate content