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Reuben and the Dark: Hold Me Like A Fire

The new video for this favourite fan track was recorded at the National Music Centre. A 70-voice choir supplements the rich and resonant vocals of mainman Reuben Bullock, imparting a gospel feel.

 Reuben and the Dark: Hold Me Like A Fire

By Kerry Doole

Reuben and the Dark - "Hold Me Like A Fire" (Arts & Crafts): On the eve of a new Canadian tour, Reuben and the Dark (aka singer/songwriter Reuben Bullock) has released a new video for this previously unreleased fan favourite track.


The video, recorded at the National Music Centre in frontman Bullock’s hometown of Calgary, features a full 70-voice choir of fans and National Music Centre members joining the chorus. In December 2018, NMC welcomed Reuben and the Dark to Studio Bell as Artist in Residence, a program supported by Bell Media, and this recording concluded the residency.

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In a press release, Bullock explains that "the song started as some kind of mantra for myself. I found I was singing the words over and over on an endless loop. It’s comforting. It felt healing. The first time we played it, the audience did the same thing, sang it over and over again past the end of the song. That’s all I want to do as a songwriter. Write something for myself, then give it away to be someone else’s. The song deals with finding comfort in the things that confuse you. Coming to peace with the things you don’t understand. Faith in chaos.”

Bullock's rich and resonant vocals are boosted but never overshadowed by the massed voices that transport the tune into gospel territory. Powerful stuff.

Reuben and the Dark's Canadian tour begins with a soldout show at Hamilton's Mills Hardware on Feb. 21, closing out at Kingston's Grad Club on March 6. There are further Ontario shows n June. Tour dates here

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Billboard France Announces the Launch of Billboard Paris
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Billboard France Announces the Launch of Billboard Paris

The French edition of the world's leading music media outlet is creating a local vertical to cover music news in the Greater Paris region.

Billboard France, the French edition of the world’s leading music media outlet, today announced the official launch of Billboard Paris.

This new vertical, which has already reached 10 million views on social media, will focus exclusively on music news from across the Paris region, covering local events — from small-scale concerts and club nights to music exhibitions — as well as major celebrations such as Fête de la Musique, Nuit Blanche, Techno Parade, and Pride Month.

Billboard Paris will be operated by Billboard France under the leadership of Nicolas Baudoin and Ulysse Hennessy. Yanis Si Youcef has been appointed editor-in-chief, with support from Julien Zeidan.

“In the space of a year, Billboard France has established itself as both a leading outlet for French and international music news and a reference point for industry professionals," Nicolas Baudoin and Ulysse Hennessy, president and managing Director of Billboard France and Billboard Paris, said in a joint statement. "This new Paris-focused event vertical allows us to build a highly localized audience while simultaneously expanding both our editorial and commercial offering. We are pleased to entrust it to Yanis Si Youcef, whose expertise closely aligns with our editorial ambitions.”

“Paris deserved its own benchmark music platform. Billboard Paris will tell the story of the city through its music, its scenes, and its nightlife, with the standards that have defined the Billboard brand for more than a century," added Yanis Si Youcef, editor-in-chief of Billboard Paris.

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