Rock ’n’ roll will never die

The music business has changed enormously over the last six decades, but as bands like April Wine demonstrate, the music itself goes on.
One of April Wine’s songs suggests ‘rock ’n’ roll is a vicious game,’ but in 2024, they will probably play more gigs than they have in years, writes Andrew Caddell.

MONTREAL, QUE.—It was 60 years ago, in early 1964, that I was an 11-year-old who had a serious addiction to the radio. I was a precocious wannabe teenager who knew every lyric of every song on the hit parade. For a year, I had been tuning into radio stations from Montreal ...

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