True North
A Life Inside the Music Business
by Bernie Finkelstein
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Pub Date Apr 17 2012 | Archive Date Nov 19 2012
Description
Bernie Finkelstein has been a prominent figure in the Canadian music industry for nearly five decades. Now, a couple years after selling his beloved True North label and only recently stepping down from his role at MuchFACT, which has given out more than $63 million in grants to Grammy-winning acts like Sarah McLachlan, Nelly Furtado and Arcade Fire, Bernie is finally ready to talk. In this wildly entertaining and outspoken memoir, the producer, label owner, and artist manager opens up about his childhood, breaking into the Greenwich Village scene with The Paupers at age 19, discovering Bruce Cockburn, producing the "loudest band in the world," Kensington Market, managing and producing Murray McLauchlan, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and Rough Trade, winning 40 Junos, and much more.
Advance Praise
"A fast-paced, fascinating tour of the tumultuous birth of the Canadian
music industry, by an insider who knows the business and the
personalities better than anyone else. Gripping, gritty and gracefully
written -- it doesn't get better than this."
—Robert Charles Wilson,
Hugo Award-winning author of Spin
"Bernie Finkelstein is
an able and charming guide through the beginnings of a music scene that
most of us now take for granted. In this book, he moves Zelig-like
through some of the most salient moments in modern pop history; never
invasive, but never impersonal. A wild and true read."
—Dave Bidini,
author of On a Cold Road
“From the very beginnings of
the music industry in Canada to the unfolding present, Bernie
Finkelstein has been at the centre of the goings on. His unique
perspective provides the framework for this book. On that frame hangs a
wondrous array of stories both personal and public; encounters with
figures known and unknown whose presence has shaped the music scene as
we know it. This is must-read for anybody who wants an inside view of
how we got where we are. Pour yourself a glass of wine and listen to
Bernie tell his tale...”
—Bruce Cockburn
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780771047930 |
| PRICE | CA$32.99 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 304 |
