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steve newton

@earofnewt

freelance music-writer and journalist for 40 years; author of the 2018 beer-table book Gord Downie; check out my interviews with rock legends on my Patreon page

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just posted the audio of my 2021 interview with Vancouver soul singer #KrystleDosSantos, who performed four times at the #VancouverFolkMusicFestival today that lady can sing! patreon.com/posts/krystle-… Orchard Sky Vancouver Folk Music Festival Teresa Trovato Guilt & Co. Firehall Arts Centre

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“Israel is in non-stop war crime status, in genocidal status, without shame, without remorse, without truth... This is a murderous gang in government. They are zealots. They are not going to stop.” —Prof. Jeffrey Sachs

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happy 78th birthday to the one-and-only #CarlosSantana. When I interviewed him back in 2001 I asked him who his favourite guitar player was earofnewt.com/2020/01/18/tha… Carlos Santana #OtisRush Jimi Hendrix B.B. King Museum Guitar World Guitarist Magazine #BBKing #JimiHendrix #guitar

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Israeli forces killed at least 115 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, most while waiting for food, in one of the deadliest aid-related incidents since May aje.io/phqwl6

Israeli forces killed at least 115 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, most while waiting for food, in one of the deadliest aid-related incidents since May aje.io/phqwl6
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remembering blues great #LongJohnBaldry, born on this day in 1941 in Northamptonshire, England Back in 1985 I had a real nice chat with him earofnewt.com/2015/09/07/lon…

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remembering #Streetheart vocalist #KennyShields, who passed away on this day in 2017 "...as far as the ideas and experiences of Streetheart are concerned... It always seemed that we were dancing with danger, on the edge of something." -Kenny S., 1983 earofnewt.com/2015/04/29/str…

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looking forward to seeing #BritFloyd for the first time in #Vancouver this Thursday (July 24) Here's the full audio of the interview I did with guitarist-vocalist #DamianDarlington the last time the band came through town patreon.com/posts/damian-o… Brit Floyd Palladium Entertainment

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it was cool to see #BuddyGuy at the very end of the vampires-in-a-juke-joint flick #Sinners last night His appearance is set in 1992 Here's the interview I did with him the year before that patreon.com/posts/buddy-gu… PROXIMITY MEDIA SinnersMovie Buddy Guy Michael B. Jordan

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remembering #JohnMayall, who passed away a year ago today at the age of 90 “I never hired anyone who wasn’t outstanding. You can’t compare them, though. Each had his way to play, his own distinctive sound.” earofnewt.com/2018/12/22/joh… Walter Trout #CocoMontoya #Bluesbreakers

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my interview with #Ozzy from 1984: "People get this impression that I’m some sort of f***ing warlock that wants to go around changing people into satanists. Those aren’t my intentions at all." earofnewt.com/2014/03/22/ozz… Rudy Sarzo THIS DAY IN METAL #OzzyOsbourne #OzzyForever

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audio excerpt from my 1984 interview with #OzzyOsbourne: "I don’t go out and sorta turn people into Satanists or anything." earofnewt.com/2017/01/14/tha… David Wight Rudy Sarzo #BarkAtTheMoonTour THIS DAY IN METAL #OzzySpeaks #OzzyForever Classic Rock Magazine BLABBERMOUTH.NET

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happy 60th birthday to #Slash. Here's the interview I did with him when he was 28: "It’s a great lineup that we have, but I’m not gonna say anything against the lineup that we had before when it was rocking." earofnewt.com/2014/01/27/sla… Slash Slash News Todd Dammit Kerns