LISTEN: RUSH AT THE CANADIAN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME

Back in March, Rush was inducted into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall

of Fame.  Seemed like a cool event that didn't get much press here.  But I just discovered the CBC Radio 2 has posted audio clips from the event so you can listen to the parts that you want to hear (Rush wasn't the only artist to recieve the honor, so it was probably a long ceremony).  You can hear Neal Peart's acceptance speech and also Les Claypool and his solo band performing "Spirit Of The Radio." Check it out here. This is normally the type of thing I tweet about - since I'm not using this blog to cover news, but I thought this was so cool I had to share it here and on twitter. Follow me on twitter here.

RUSH HAS TWO NEW SONGS!

I didn't see this coming.  Rush just released two new songs: "Caravan" and "BU2B" on itunes today. They will be playing both of them on their upcoming tour.  They will both be on their next album, Clockwork Angels, due out next year. Rush really never play songs live before releasing them (they haven't done that in over twenty years), nor do they usually release songs this far in advance of an album. But I'm not complaining!