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When former American Idol contestant Kimberly Caldwell was a little girl she dreamed of appearing on Ed McMahon’s Star Search television show. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

It was 2011 and musician Adrian Chalifour had just spent a year living in Vancouver when he found himself depressed and moving back to Victoria nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

From Europe to South America, music has taken world and reggae musician @auresiamusic all over the globe. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

Juno Award-winning musician @JesseCookHQ has become accustomed to seeing landscapes from inside an airplane, train or bus during his career. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

Canada was celebrating the success of the Olympic Winter Games in 2010, and twin sisters @carmencamille Thomas were celebrating too. But it was for an entirely different reason. nsnews.com/local-arts/carmen…

When Iulia Hanganu first arrived in Canada, she expected to hear English; instead, the first words she heard were in French. “I didn’t know it was going to be bilingual,” Hanganu recalled. “I was surprised, but in a great way.” nanaimobulletin.com/entertai… Happy Canada Day, Canada!

Victoria singer-songwriter Jaimey Hamilton knows a thing or two about overcoming adversity. Before Hamilton reached her teens, she had been diagnosed with Leukemia three times and she survived a bone marrow transplant. cheknews.ca/jaimey-hamilton-…

When Ali Prince discovered the ukulele, she became curious. “I just started picking away on it and looked up how to play online and taught myself,” Prince said. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

For Andrew York, a career in music was something he was willing to gamble on. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai… via @NanaimoBulletin

Singer/songwriter Shannon Lyon was working on an olive farm in Spain when he realized it was time to come home. nsnews.com/local-arts/shanno…

When it came time for classical guitarist Liona Boyd to make a decision about her future, she faced a dilemma. “Do I do English literature, which I loved or do I do music?” Boyd said. “I did music, which I am very happy about.” nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

It was when Bahareh Poureslami joined the choir that she found her true calling. “In high school I played in band and I got really interested in music but when I joined my choir in grade 9 that’s when I really got into singing.” nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

It was January 2006, and the year was only a few hours old when gypsy-rock singer Hazen Sage experienced death first-hand. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

United by their love for music, Jason Parsons and Ash Buchholz (@USSMUSIC) realize their dreams of performing around the world. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

When Dusty Exner takes to the stage each night with her punk-rock band Kill Matilda, she wants to be viewed no differently than her male counterparts. Unfortunately, that usually isn’t the case. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

One day Jena Gogo was performing out front of the British Columbia Legislature in Victoria when she met vocalist and guitarist Jay Mitchell. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

When @thetrews bandmates and brothers John-Angus and Colin MacDonald began writing the song Highway of Heroes, they had no idea just how powerful it would become. nanaimobulletin.com/entertai…

It all started with a simple dare from her roommate at the University of Ottawa, urging her to enter a contest put on by Marianas Trench. nsnews.com/local-arts/jessic…