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"I couldn't come to Sault Ste. Marie and not play this song," said Canadian indie rocker Joel Plaskett as he kicked into Light of the Moon early into his second set at the Great Northern Hotel and Conference Centre Saturday night.

Joel Plaskett says the Sault shouldn't take it personally that he hasn't performed here since 2005. He has definitely enjoyed the the city the few times he has visited.

Recently returning from a tour that took it to China and Tokyo, BC's dance punk band extraordinaire You Say Party! We Say Die! (YSP! WSD!) is eagerly hitting the Canadian dusty trail once again with a new-found appetite for live performance.

Teenage Head's Gord Lewis announced yesterday that the band's lead singer Frank Kerr, AKA Frankie Venom, had passed away of natural causes. Dubbed as Canada's answer to the Ramones, the iconic Canadian punk band formed in Hamilton, ON in 1975.

Not only are brothers Rob and Sandy Campbell (AKA The Mudpipers) an integral part of Toronto's celtic punk band extraordinaire, The Mudmen, they're also wrestlers, exceptional musicians and really, really nice guys.

Two Sault bands will celebrate the release of debut CDs coming this October. On Saturday, October 11, Loplops Gallery-Lounge (651 Queen St. E.) will host Al Wood and the Woodsmen as the band honours the launch of Mood Swingin' Blues .

The Essar Centre has confirmed this morning that Bob Dylan and his band will indeed be playing in Sault Ste. Marie on Sunday, November 9, 2008. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the show commencing at 7:30 p.m.

A confident and downright sexy Sheryl Crow happily shared a career-spanning evening of music with a near-capacity Essar Centre audience last night in Sault Ste. Marie.

Two very special exhibitions were celebrated at an opening reception Thursday evening at the Art Gallery of Algoma. Drawn Together in Algoma pays tribute to the 1918 boxcar excursion made by the Group of Seven to the Algoma region.

Critically acclaimed Canadian rising star Nathan Lawr is scheduled to perform in the Sault in the most intimate setting possible. A house concert.