Larry LeBlanc is a

music journalist Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music. Journalists began writing about music in the eighteenth century, providing commentary on ...

who wrote hundreds of articles about the music industry in Canada as the Canadian bureau chief of ''

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'' as well as a number of other publications, and contributed to the development of the

National Music Centre The National Music Centre (NMC; ) is a non-profit museum, performance venue, and recording studio located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The centre's permanent building, branded Studio Bell, is located at 850 4th Street S.E. in Downtown East Villag ...

in Calgary. He is currently senior writer of the weekly U.S. entertainment trade ''CelebrityAccess'', where he is responsible for the series "In The Hot Seat". He is the recipient of a 2013 Juno Special Achievement Award."Doing the Full Mountie at the Junos"
''Huffington Post'', Sean Wainsteim, 04/21/2013

Career

In the 1970s, LeBlanc was a correspondent for Rolling Stone magazine. In 1973 and 1974, LeBlanc was a writer for the Ian Tyson Show. From 1970 to 1980, LeBlanc edited Canadian articles for the magazine ''

Record World ''Record World'' magazine was one of three major weekly music industry trade magazines in the United States, with ''Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 as ''Music Vendor''. In 1964, it was changed to ''Record World'' under the ...

''. During the late 1970s and early 1980s he hosted the Sunday afternoon radio program ''Backstage Pass'' on Q107 in Toronto, where he introduced many New Wave and Punk acts to his audience. In 1981, he co-founded the music industry magazine ''The Record''. LeBlanc was the Canadian bureau chief for ''Billboard'' Magazine from 1991 to 2007."Larry LeBlanc, making the Canadian Music Hall of Fame happen"
Brad Wheeler, TORONTO — ''The Globe and Mail'', July 26, 2015 In 2010 LeBlanc co-authored the book "Music From Far And Wide: Celebrating 40 Years Of The Juno Awards" with Karen Bliss, Nick Krewen, and Jason Schneider, released by Key Porter Books. In 2013 LeBlanc was presented with a 2013 Juno Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award for his contributions to the Canadian music industry. In 2015 LeBlanc worked as a consultant during the development of the new National Music Centre in

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. In 2016 he was a writer for the magazine Celebrity Access and also hosted a show on

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entitled "Larry and the three Wise Men". Currently LeBlanc is the senior writer of the weekly U.S. entertainment trade CelebrityAccess, where he is responsible for the series "In The Hot Seat"."In the Hot Seat with Larry LeBlanc"
- CelebrityAccess Additionally he was a six-year board member of the

Mariposa Folk Festival Mariposa Folk Festival is a Canadian music festival founded in 1961 in Orillia, Ontario. It was held in Orillia for three years before being banned because of disturbances by festival-goers. After being held in various places in Ontario for a fe ...

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, and a Lifetime Member of the

Songwriters Hall of Fame The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represent and maintain the heri ...

References

External links

Biography at the National Music CentreLarry LeBlanc Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (2017) {{DEFAULTSORT:LeBlanc, Larry Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian music journalists