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Music News Digest, Nov. 22, 2021
Gathering to pay tribute to departing Warner Music Canada head Steve Kane and his wife, Debbie Rix, at Toronto’s famed Horseshoe Tavern on Friday night was a large chunk of the city’s music biz elite. They congregated in what seemed like the first large in-person gathering of the clan in almost two years, and the atmosphere was fittingly joyous and celebratory. The guest list was rather a Who’s Who of the Toronto music industry, with representatives from all sectors – record labels, managers, agents, publishers, club bookers, publicists, industry org execs, broadcasters, journalists, and, of course, musicians. Members of the latter group we spied included Barenaked Ladies Tyler Stewart and Kevin…
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Music News Digest, Nov. 18, 2021
Revered singer/songwriter/activist Sarah Harmer has introduced facts of an substantial 2022 North American tour. Her 2019 album Are You Absent acquired Juno and Polaris Prize nominations, but the pandemic prevented good tour assist for it until finally now. The tour launches with two exhibits at Peterborough’s Marketplace Corridor (Feb. 23 and 24), and concludes with a May 27 live performance at Guelph’s War Memorial Auditorium. A March 25 date at Toronto’s Massey Corridor is a very likely tour spotlight. Itinerary and tickets right here – Tomorrow (Nov. 19), Curve Tunes (via Warner New music Canada) releases a 10th Anniversary re-concern of Garth Hudson Provides: A Canadian Celebration of The Band. This version…
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Music News Digest, Oct. 18, 2021
CARAS and Slaight Tunes have announced the artists selected for the 2021/2022 Allan Slaight Juno Grasp Course program: Jesse Gold, Riell and Sebastian Gaskin. These rising musicians, picked by a Super Jury of songs business notables, will join Jhyve the 2021 winner of CBC’s once-a-year search to discover the next terrific Canadian artist, and acquire vital equipment to aid them turn into “Juno ready”. The 4 selected artists will participate in a hybrid digital and in-man or woman custom made mentorship 7 days in Toronto, from Oct. 18 – 22, in collaboration with Canada’s Music Incubator (CMI). The software is now in its 7th 12 months. “My father, Allan, was a correct chief in championing Canadian artists, and I know that he would be…
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Music News Digest, Sept. 27, 2021
The 2021 Polaris Music Prize Winner will be named tonight (Sept. 27) at 8 pm ET. Viewers can watch the announcement on CBC Gem, CBC Music’s Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and YouTube pages. More info on how to watch can be found here. Check the 10 albums short-listed for the $50K prize here. The nine runners-up from the shortlist each receive $3K, provided by Slaight Music. – On Oct. 15, the Western Canadian Music Alliance celebrates artists and music industry professionals from across the region with a live-streamed event honouring the winners of the 2021 WCMAwards. BreakOut West’s Facebook page has the broadcast, starting at 6 pm CT, revealing the winners of the 24 Artistic Award categories and six Industry Award categories. An…
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Music News Digest, Sept. 23, 2021
Today (Sept. 23), on Global’s The Morning Show, The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) is inducting the rock classic, What About Love, one of the most successful international hits for the band Heart. The honour goes to the tune’s three Canadian songwriters, Brian Allen, Sheron Alton, and Jim Vallance, and the event features a special appearance by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Heart’s Ann Wilson. As part of the virtual presentation, Toronto artist SATE will perform the song live from the El Mocambo. The track was initially written for the band Toronto (featuring Allen and Alton), but was omitted from that group’s third album. It found its way to Heart, whose 1985 version enjoyed 12 weeks on the…
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Music News Digest, Oct. 4, 2021
The imagineNative Movie + Media Arts Festival, the world’s premier Indigenous competition showcasing film, online video, audio, and electronic + interactive media produced by Indigenous monitor-articles creators, has declared a robust lineup of tunes programming for the 22nd Festival, managing Oct. 19-24 in Toronto. The yearly concert The Conquer moves all over the world and online on Oct. 23 with digital performances by Nimkish, Indigo, and DJ Shub. Offered in partnership with 50/50 Arts Collective, this evening also attributes some of the best Indigenous audio films and performances of 2021 and will identify the 2021 Harmonize Mentorship recipient, winner of prizes such as $10K cash from Slaight Music. On Oct. 23, the songs movie program Reverberate showcases 11 new music movies…
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