The NewMusic

The NewMusic

"The NewMusic" is a weekly music and culture television newsmagazine that airs on the Canadian television stations MuchMusic and on Toronto's newschannel CP24. Created by John Martin as a bridge between the spirits of "Rolling Stone" and "New Musical Express" and the formatics of a television newsmagazine, "The NewMusic" presents current popular music in a broad social, political and economic context. It won an Iris Award in 1984.

Hosts

*Jeanne Beker (1979 - 1985)
*J. D. Roberts (1979 - 1985)
*Daniel Richler (1985 - 1987)
*Laurie Brown (1985 - 1990)
*Denise Donlon (1986 - 1993)
*Jana Lynne White (1990 - 1996)
*Avi Lewis (1996 - 1999)
*Byron Wong (1999 - 2000)
*George Stroumboulopoulos (2000 - 2004)
*Hannah Sung (2004 - 2006)
*Hannah Simone (2006 - present)

Theme song

There have been many songs used for the theme during the opening credits,reflecting the music of the time. The original music was the opening bars of "Overture" from Rush's "2112", whereas the current theme song is an interpolation of Pigbag's Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag.

External links

* [http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/thenewmusic/ The NewMusic]
* [http://blog.muchmusic.com/ The NewMusic blog]


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