Simon Roosé – A Musical journey with Love

Thu Apr 25 2024
Simon Roosé

Knock Knock!

Since he was five years old, Simon Roosé wanted to be a musician. Coming from a musical family, music was already in his blood. What started out as an interest became at the age of thirteen a complete obsession with listening to, playing and creating music.

For the past nine years, he has experimented with many musical genres, everything from pop, rock, indie all the way to hip-hop, jazz, funk, and fusion.From singing in choirs to attending Christian 4:s Gymnasium in Kristianstadto study songwriting and production in Stockholm, Blekinge and Skåne. (Sweden). At the same time, he also studied a variety of instruments to finally fall in love with the guitar which has been his main instrument since.

Ken Tizzard And Music For Goats “The Dagg Sessions”

Thu Apr 25 2024
Ken Tizzard And Music For Goats

Ken Tizzard has released his debut album “The Dagg Sessions” and has some insight on the background of this new offering:

"I am once again looking to release another album of original music with the current line-up of Music For Goats; Neil Lucy (guitar) Ken Grant (bass) and Dave Lawrence (drums) and Steve Dagg (RIP - drums). This album titled “The Dagg Sessions” celebrates the songs created before our original drummer Steve Dagg was diagnosed with Cancer. After a year-long battle of treatments Steve passed away in the winter of 2023. We had recorded the drums for the entire record in September before Steve’s illness was terminal".

Check out the first single "Barstools And Broken Hearts" here:

Married Singer-Songwriters Marc Jordan And Amy Sky Show Off An Enduring Love On Time-Capsule Track “Into You”

Thu Apr 25 2024
Marc Jordan and Amy Sky

It’s one thing for a couple to stay together for decades while plying their trade in different corners of the same business. It’s another for them to collaborate on a project that celebrates the durability of their bond with the deepest sincerity. And it’s still another thing entirely for them to sit on that document for a quarter century, then have it feel as fresh and honest as a newly written wedding vow when it finally does come out.

The Muffins' Martha Johnson Sets The Pace For World Parkinson's Month With 'Slow Emotion'

Thu Apr 25, 2024

They say music can be the best therapy but leave it to community-minded Canadian legend Martha Johnson to make her music a form of group therapy. Her new single, “Slow Emotion,” is a fortifying hit of emotional oxygen for those living with Parkinson’s Disease. That’s a topic relevant not just to Johnson herself—who was diagnosed with the condition nearly a quarter-century ago—but to every fellow patient she’s met or just envisioned along the way. 

Check out “Slow Emotion” on YouTube here:

Canada’s Teen Jam Coming To Toronto’s TD Music Hall October 10

Sat Apr 20 2024
Canada’s Teen Jam

Toronto TD Music Hall - October 10th, 2024 6:00pm
$20 Adults, $15 Student Tickets Now Available Here
Sudbury Grace Hartman Amphitheater - July 21st, 2024 7:00pm (tickets are free)

Some of the best, most innovative musical acts ever started out when they were merely teens – The Runaways, The Strokes, The Arctic Monkeys, to name just a few – and Canada’s Teen Jam, a first-of-its-kind performance showcase, is aware of the immense talent and creativity that can be developed during that wonderful time of life. 

Canada's Teen Jam’s Discovery Program has proven hugely successful in uniting undiscovered musical teens and providing high-level opportunities such as performing on the same concert stages used by iconic Canadian music stars, and absorbing the professional world that surrounds them!

Back in July, Canada’s Teen Jam hosted its inaugural launch at the Wayback Festival in Kitchener ON, receiving a whopping 300 submissions in their search for teen talent.Now, Canada’s Teen Jam has acquired a major Sponsor, United Van Lines Canada, for a multi-year deal!

Acclaimed Vocalist Lizz Wright Releases Career-Defining Studio Album “Shadow”

Fri Apr 19, 2024

Acclaimed vocalist Lizz Wright embraces her newfound freedom with a classic recording that encapsulates an illustrious 20-year career since the release of her debut album, Salt (Verve, 2003). Wright’s studio debut on her label Blues & Greens Records (with licensing/distribution through Lightyear Entertainment/Virgin Music), Shadow, solidifies Wright as one of the great modern American singers. Wright celebrates intimacy, loss, community, and healing. 

On Shadow Wright pens five originals including “Root of Mercy,” “Circling,” “This Way,” “Sparrow” which features Angelique Kidjo and “Your Love” with Meshell Ndegeocello. She showcases along with her own works singular renditions of songs by Cole Porter, Gillian Welch & David RawlingsSandy DennyCandi StatonToshi Reagon, and Caitlin Canty.

Three Chords And The Sleuth: Murdoch Mysteries Soundtrack Album Is A Real Whosungit

Fri Apr 12 2024
Murdoch Mysteries

The first-ever musical episode of the CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries was a hit with just about everybody. The fans loved it. Bill Brioux of Brioux.tv called actor Thomas Craig’s big number, “Bloody Hell,” “bloody marvelous.”

And on March 25, the night before the episode aired, JUNO Awards host Nelly Furtado even gave this melodic milestone, a special shout-out from the stage of Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre. The episode subsequently premiered on Alibi in the U.K. on April 4 and on Ovation in the U.S. on April 6. It will also air on Acorn in the U.S. soon.

Check out The Making of

Just Announced: Burton Cummings and his Band with special guest Colin James to play PNE

Fri Apr 12 2024
Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings & his Band are set to headline opening night at the PNE (Vancouver) Sat, Aug 17th, 2024, with special guest Colin James.

Join Burton Cummings, the unmistakable voice of the original The Guess Who’s classic hits, and his band playing the songs you know, sung by the voice on the records and the writer/co-writer of the hit songs such as “American Woman”, “These Eyes”, “Laughing”, “No Time”, “Star Baby”, “Albert Flasher”, "Clap for the Wolfman", “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature”, “Share the Land” and from his solo career, “Stand Tall” and “My Own Way to Rock”.

The Dynamic Reggae-Rock Band Black Creek Reign Unveils “Wall Street”

Fri Apr 12, 2024

Black Creek Reign is a dynamic reggae-rock band based in the Greater Toronto Area. Comprised of Darren Armoogam, Lex Stultz, LOGUN, and Nathan Khan, the band draws inspiration from adverse range of musical influences to create a sound that is uniquely their own. With a string of successful releases and notable achievements, Black Creek Reign continues to captivate audiences with their infectious energy and socially conscious lyrics.

Now with the new release of a Reggae-Rock Anthem for social change "Wall Street" it is more than just a song - it's a call to action. Through impassioned lyrics and infectious rhythms, Black Creek Reign challenges listeners to stand up and make a difference in their communities.

Check it Out on YouTube here:

Canadian Music Week Announces Nominees for the 23rd Annual Jim Beam® INDIES Finger Eleven to Headline

Fri Apr 05 2024
CMW

VOTING NOW OPEN AT INDIES.CA/VOTING

Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce the nominees for the 23rd Anniversary Jim Beam® INDIE Awards taking place June 6, 2024 at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. Allison Russell, Charlotte Cardin, and The Beaches lead with four nominations each.

Finger Eleven, nominated for Rock Artist/Group or Duo of the Year, will be closing out the Jim Beam® INDIES with a headline set. Tickets are currently on sale and can purchased at the following link: ticketmaster.ca/event/10006056D8592BE7

Canadian Smooth Jazz R&B Artist Releases New Cover of Disco Smash Hit – “Rockin’ Chair”

Fri Apr 05, 2024

A great story of how an artist takes their career, talent and amazing voice to reinvent themselves in the current market and JC Sol has done just that.

Canadian-born JC Sol is a multi-talented singer/songwriter and performer, whose passion and love of R&B and the classic Philly sound has raised her profile in the world of independent artists. JC delivers a smooth and sensual vocal offering that has found a way of capturing the soulful grooves of that special retro sound while creating current and refreshing productions.

Not new to the music scene, JC Sol is a legacy artist who has toured for many years as a lead singer, providing entertainment on a global level. Today, JC’s special brand of song-writing and production has garnered a fan-based popularity from R & B and Adult Contemporary music enthusiasts all over the world. 

Tom Rush Garden Old Flowers New

Fri Mar 29, 2024

Tom Rush, is an American treasure credited by Rolling Stone as ushering in the era of the singer-songwriter.

Although he wrote his own songs he was the first to record songs by then unknown talents like Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne and James Taylor helping them gain name recognition. Tom was looking for material to make an album when he heard some songs by Joni, Jackson and James that spoke to him and that he found refreshing and different from the more traditional folksongs of the day , lyrically and musically. “. I wasn’t looking into usher in anything – I was just looking for some songs. “

Fast forward a bunch of decades and Tom Rush is still out there paving roads and entertaining as only he can, and has released a new album, his first in five years.

“I want to thank Matt Nakoa for prodding me into making this happen. I think he got tired of hearing me say that maybe someday I would make another album and went ahead and booked a studio, some brilliant players and here we are.”

The True Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Alan Freed Moondog Coronation Ball

Sat Mar 23 2024
Moondog Coronation Ball

On March 21, way back in 1952, rock and roll music was close to being born…but suffered its first setback. However, the setback would turn into a win eventually.

 “The Alan Freed Moondog Coronation Ball” was a concert of acts performing what the pioneer DJ Alan Freed coined “rock and roll” music at the Cleveland Arena. March 21, 1952 was a Friday night. The event turned into an unmitigated disaster.

 That's because there were as many counterfeit tickets sold as legitimate ones. When some 22,000 people tried to cram into a building meant to hold only about 12,000, a full-scale riot erupted. Extra police had to be called along with firemen who'd use their hoses to break up the mess. To escape injury, Freed had to be hoisted via a rope to the upper level announcer's booth. 

Bad Romance: Insider-Turned-Novelist Puts Music-Biz Types In The “Crush” Groove

Sat Mar 23 2024
Hunter Snow

If you had to assign the music business to a literary category, you’d have lots of options: horror, true crime, maybe science fiction. But none of those possibilities has the storytelling potential of a good romance. Enter Rock Crush and Roll, an amorous potboiler from author Hunter Snow that shows what happens behind the scenes can be even spicier than what goes on in the lyrics.

The plot in a nutshell: A female artist manager named Tyler Robertson works at a company that represents the biggest rock star in the world, Cary Kingston. But when their relationship becomes more than professional, she has a lot of soul-searching to do. For one thing, she’s violating her hard-earned policy against dating musicians. (Ever been in or around a band? Good call!) And his lifestyle is hardly conducive to having a serious relationship. Now she must navigate a precarious courtship while trying to figure out if her attraction is really to him, or merely to what he represents.

“This book, at its core, is about navigating relationships,” says author Snow. “Friends, families, partners, colleagues, and what truly makes you happy at the end of the day.”

Hugh’s Room Live Presents ‘Walking Through The Fire’

Sat Mar 23 2024
Walking Through The Fire

Sultans of String & Indigenous Collaborators across Turtle Island Create Trailblazing Musical Response to the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action

Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 8:00pm

Hugh’s Room Live presents
‘Walking Through the Fire’ – Indigenous Collaborations with Sultans of String

Featuring Dr. Duke Redbird, The North Sound, Shannon Thunderbird, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk, Marc Meriläinen (Nadjiwan), and a multimedia extravaganza including Northern Cree, Kendra Tagoona, Tracy Sarazin, and more!

Hugh’s Room Live
296 Broadview Avenue,
Toronto ON M4M 2G7

TIX: $45 in advance, $50 at the door, 647-347-4769

showpass.com/sultans-of-string-walking-through-the-fire/

Eric Alper Expands His PR Services to New Streaming Options

Sat Mar 23 2024
Eric Alper

What sets businesses apart and makes a good business a great business is the ability and foresight to continue to grow and change with market demands and needs.

Eric Alper of Eric Alper PR is an embodiment of that mindset, embracing change and fluidity “Change is constant – not a bad thing. And change in the music business is happening at an ever-accelerating pace.”

Eric Alper has been at the forefront of the Canadian entertainment industry for the past 25 plus years and his forward thinking is what keeps him at the top of his field.

Bif Naked Secures Prestigious Screen Award Nomination From The Academy Of Canadian Cinema & Television

Sat Mar 23 2024
Bif Naked

Bif Naked has garnered a coveted nomination for the prestigious Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series by The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. This esteemed recognition is in tribute to her outstanding portrayal in the captivating new CBC Gem original series, ‘I Hate People, People Hate Me’.

‘I Hate People, People Hate Me’ has picked up 4 Canadian Screen Award nominations.

Bif Naked's unparalleled talent, dedication, and enduring impact continue to captivate audiences worldwide. As she embarks on this remarkable journey, the celebration of her illustrious career and the anticipation surrounding her latest accolades reach new heights.

About Bif Naked

Bif Naked, a dynamic force in music, TV, film, and dance, boasts a storied career as a multi-platinum and gold singer-songwriter. Celebrated and notorious in equal measure, her journey reads like a whirlwind—a gripping saga of resilience, rebellion, and unwavering advocacy.

Art During Wartime Podcast Examines Cultural Beauty of Ukraine, Kicks Off Its Second Season With Rapper OTOY

Sat Mar 23 2024
Art During Wartime

Art During Wartime, a podcast that examines the beauty and richness of Ukrainian culture, kicks off its second season with an interview with rapper OTOY, one of the most conceptual Ukrainian rappers today.

The podcast was conceived by Ohio native David Junk, who first started working in Ukraine in 1999, not long after the fall of the Soviet Union, as a record executive for Universal Music. At the time, no other Western record label had ventured into Ukraine. David played a pivotal role in opening Universal's first branch office in the country, which was a major boost to the early development of the Ukrainian music industry. Check out the podcasts here: podcasts.apple.com/ua/podcast/art-during-wartime/id1716447606

Lisa Hartt Releases Hypnotic New Video Offering for Release of “The Night I Learned to Dance.”

Sat Mar 23, 2024
(l-r) Lisa Hartt & Pat Nunn at the Pyramids 1971
(l-r) Lisa Hartt & Pat Nunn at the Pyramids 1971

Lisa Hartt has had quite a whirlwind year, launching her career back full steam ahead with single releases, an EP release, 2 tours to Sweden, the first being the amazing time she was greeted at Lilla By Festivalen as the Canadian legend she truly is. She deserves that recognition for a story long untold about her collaboration with Sweden’s hero, Ted Gardestad.

Tom Wilson Takes His Story To The Stage With Beautiful Scars Musical At Hamilton’s Theatre Aquarius

Fri Mar 15 2024
Tom Wilson

April 24 to May 11, 2024: Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton, Ontario

Tickets to Beautiful Scars the musical are $25 and up at www.theatreaquarius.org, or call the box office at (905) 522-7529

Tom Wilson’s identity crisis began in earnest at the age of 4, when his mother looked him square in the eye and told him “There are secrets I know about you that I’ll take to my grave.” What she meant, and how he finally figured it out, is a topic the Canadian writer-musician explored to stunning effect in his best-selling 2017 novel, Beautiful Scars: Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home, and a 2022 documentary film of the same name. Now his gripping story is coming to the stage as a world-premiere musical created by Wilson and Shaun Smyth, under the direction of Mary Francis Moore.