MusiCounts Band Aid Program Awards $900,000 in Musical Instruments to 90 Schools Nationwide

February 29, 2020March 6, 2020 Music Express

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 — Toronto, ON – Today MusiCounts, Canada’s leading music education charity, is pleased to announce that $900,000 in musical instruments and equipment will be distributed to 90 schools across Canada through the MusiCounts Band Aid Program. The MusiCounts Band Aid Program provides up to $15,000 worth of musical instruments and equipment to schools in need. These instruments will enable... Read More

Snotty Nose Rez Kids Announce New Ep Born Deadly

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Music Express

PREMIERE VIDEO FOR LEAD SINGLE REAL DEADLY VIA COMPLEX WATCH/SHARE HERE FIRST-EVER U.S. HEADLINING TOUR KICKS OFF APRIL 12 Haisla Nation hip-hop duo, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, today announced a new EP, Born Deadly, set for release April 3. Fans also received a taste of the new EP with a video for the lead single, Real Deadly – premiering today via... Read More

Eternity Now Makes A Positive Statement For Revamped Big Sugar

February 24, 2020February 25, 2020 Keith Sharp

By Keith Sharp It would be an understatement to say that the past five years have not been kind to Big Sugar’s Gord Johnson. In that period of time, Johnson lost his musical partner and muse, Garry Lowe to cancer, (July 7th, 2018) and saw the rest of Big Sugar virtually disband, terminating a project Johnson had been working on... Read More

Tim Hicks Reveals First Leg Of The ‘Wreck This Town World Tour” / New Single ‘No Truck Song’ Leads EP Release

February 21, 2020March 26, 2020 Music Express

Four-time JUNO Award nominee and platinum-selling CCMA Award winner Tim Hicks announced the details today for his “Wreck This Town World Tour” with DJ Johnny Rivex featured on the Canadian leg. The tour kicks off in Berlin, Germany on March 6 and travels to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, London, UK and Brisbane, Australia before landing in Canada, on May 21 for a trio... Read More

Brett Kissel to host the 2020 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards

February 20, 2020 Music Express

Brett Kissel TORONTO – The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced country artist Brett Kissel as host of the JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards Presented by Music Canada, taking place at WTC Saskatoon at Prairieland Park on Saturday, March 14, 2020 for an evening in celebration of Canadian music. This exclusive industry event will be live-streamed... Read More

New Music from Warner Music Canada: Matthew Good “Moving Walls”

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 Music Express

MOVING WALLS WILL BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 21 Leave it to Matthew Good — peerless singer/songwriter, bona fide if reluctant rock star, notorious straight-shooter — to transform a simple question into an astute observation about people’s relationship to music. To wit: ask Good to sum up his dazzling new solo album, the sumptuous, orchestral, and wildly multifaceted Moving Walls in an elevator... Read More

Rock Icon Kim Mitchell to be Inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame During Canadian Music Week, May 21st

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 Music Express

Kim Mitchell – Photo Credit Al Pettman The induction will take place as part of CMW’s Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards on Thursday, May 21 at the Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto. CMW recently announced its first slate of special awards recipients including Buffy Sainte-Marie who will receive the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award, Debra Rathwell to the Canadian Music... Read More

Meghan Patrick To Perform At The 2020 Juno Awards

February 19, 2020February 20, 2020 Music Express

Meghan Patrick will be one of the televised performers on the 2020 Juno Awards. The Warner Music recording artist will add this to her impressive resume of award show performances which also includes 3 televised performances at the Canadian Country Music Awards. Tune into the 2020 Juno Awards on Sunday, March 15th to see Meghan’s electrifying performance. In addition to this... Read More

Canada’s “Queen of the Fiddle” Natalie MacMaster Receives Eighth JUNO Award Nomination for Latest Release, Sketches

February 16, 2020February 16, 2020 Music Express

With over 300,000 albums sold, Canada’s most endeared and revered fiddler Natalie MacMaster has received a 2020 JUNO Award nomination for her newest release — and first solo album in eight years —Sketches. The number eight factors in further, as the nod for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at this March’s 2020 JUNO Awards counts as her eighth nomination.... Read More

New Vinyl Release: The First-Ever Vinyl Release of Daryl Hall & John Oates’ Top 5 Charting LP, ‘Our Kind Of Soul’

February 16, 2020February 16, 2020 Music Express

Today, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Daryl Hall & John Oates and the Friday Music collector’s club present the first vinyl release of Our Kind of Soul. This beloved 2004 LP, which debuted in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Independent Albums Chart, features the legendary duo reinterpreting some of their favourite soul classics by Aretha Franklin, The O’Jays, Gladys... Read More

Huey Lewis & The News Release “Weather”, Their First Album Of Original New Music In Nearly 20 Years

February 14, 2020February 16, 2020 Music Express

Huey Lewis & The News release “Weather” (BMG), the group’s first new collection of original music since 2001’s “Plan B”. “Weather” features six new songs and a cover of Eugene Church’s “Pretty Girls Everywhere.” Forty years into a Grammy-winning, chart-topping, and Academy Award-nominated career, Huey Lewis and The News – Johnny Colla (keyboards/saxophone/vocals), Bill Gibson (drums/vocals), Sean Hopper (keyboards/vocals), John... Read More

Buffy Sainte-Marie to Receive Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award at CMW

February 14, 2020February 16, 2020 Music Express

Iconic Indigenous Musician and Activist Buffy Sainte-Marie To Receive 10th Annual Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce Buffy Sainte-Marie as the 2020 recipient of the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award. Buffy will be honoured for her work over the last 60 years as a trailblazing musician, activist and educator at the annual Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards... Read More

Johnson’s Creek at Toronto’s legendary Horseshoe Tavern

February 14, 2020February 15, 2020 Music Express

JOHNSON’S CREEK Horseshoe Tavern Toronto Wed Feb 12th, 2020 By David Silva Photos by Andrew Clowater The Rolling Stones, The Police, Blue Rodeo, The Tragically Hip, Crowded House, Bryan Adams, Stompin Tom Connors. Well, now you can add Toronto’s Johnson’s Creek to this esteemed list who have tread the boards at Toronto’s legendary Horseshoe Tavern. It may have been just... Read More

Billy Talent Release Chapter II of Short Film

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Music Express

Billy Talent have released the second chapter of their episodic short film, Forgiveness. Based on the song “Forgiveness II” which was released by the band last November, the new episode features gripping performances from UFC superstars Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Rose Namajunas. “Forgiveness I+II,” described by Loudwire as a “musical journey” was the first new music from Billy Talent since... Read More

So What’s With The Hat?

February 10, 2020February 11, 2020 Keith Sharp

By the time you read this missive about Ed Sousa’s 5th annual McBowl Concert Series to be staged Friday, May 22nd and Saturday, May 23rd at Mississauga Ontario’s Classic Bowl, the majority of tickets for this Ronald McDonald House charities event are likely to have been snapped up. Like a pack of rabid wolves tearing at the carcass of some... Read More

Corb Lund Returns With New Album, Agricultural Tragic, Out April 24

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Music Express

Corb Lund is set to release his first album of original material in five years, Agricultural Tragic, on April 24 (Pre-order/save/add). The album’s first single, “90 Seconds Of Your Time,” is available today (stream/download). Along with today’s album news, Lund announces a 25-date Canadian tour, set to begin April 27 in Victoria, BC. A full list of dates can be... Read More

Headstones Share Video For “Horses” From Peopleskills Release

February 7, 2020February 15, 2020 Music Express

Today, the Headstones share a brand-new video for their latest single “Horses,” from their critically acclaimed full-length album PEOPLESKILLS. The video was shot at Ace And Sword Tattoo shop, which sees the band performing in-store while lead guitarist, Trent Carr, gets inked with a brand new tattoo. Watch the video here. PEOPLESKILLS, has earned them high praise from fans and critics alike with... Read More

Classified Premieres New Track “Rap Shit” Featuring Dax And Snak The Ripper

February 7, 2020February 12, 2020 Music Express

“Pick Your Poison” EP due out April 10 Celebrated Canadian hip-hop artist and producer Classified is pleased to announce today’s release of “Rap Shit” featuring DAX and SNAK THE RIPPER, from his forthcoming EP “Pick Your Poison” out April 10 via Half Life Records/Universal Music Canada. Featuring DAX, a Hip Hop artist with a huge YouTube presence of more than 1.4 million subscribers and SNAK THE RIPPER a well-known rapper... Read More

The Box perform at the historic Regent Theatre, Oshawa – Friday, March 6, 2020 8:00 PM

February 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Music Express

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 8:00 PM Presented by: Music Express in Association with Word Travels Fast The Box is a classic eighties Montreal Pop/Rock Band which enjoyed major chart success with hits like ‘Closer Together’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Carry On’, & ‘My Dreams of You’. They also perform a live show-stopping cover of Men Without Hats ‘Safety Dance’. Founded by Jean-Marc Pisapia... Read More

Scenic Route To Alaska Release New Single “Daydreaming”

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Music Express

Scenic Route to Alaska – Photo credit Lyle Bell (L to R: Shea Connor, Murray Wood & Trevor Mann) Edmonton-based indie-pop trio Scenic Route to Alaska have returned with their take on a 70’s summer rock ‘n’ roll single, “Daydreaming”. Listen + share HERE. Inspired by simpler things like warm weather and watching the sun come up with ones you love, the band hopes to... Read More

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