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Toronto’s Teen Prodigy Sydney <3 Sparks Musical Revolution With K-Pop Elegance In ‘Picture Perfect’

Eric Alper
Toronto’s Teen Prodigy Sydney <3 Sparks Musical Revolution With K-Pop Elegance In ‘Picture Perfect’
16-year-old budding pop sensation Sydney <3 is ready to introduce herself to the world with electric feel-good anthem “Picture Perfect.” Hailing from Toronto, Ontario, the artist is known for a unique sound that adeptly blends the soaring synths of Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers with Korean pop music, bridging the sonic gap between Taylor Swift and MAMAMOO. Collaborating with 5x Grammy... Read More

Econoline Crush Unveils Powerful “Locked In Your Stone” Written Through Grief and Healing

Eric Alper
Econoline Crush Unveils Powerful “Locked In Your Stone” Written Through Grief and Healing
Grief is a complicated and emotional process. People handle it in different ways. For Econoline Crush frontman Trevor Hurst, music is his therapy. In March 2022, the Canadian rock band’s guitarist David “Ziggy” Sigmund died. Hurst learned of his close friend’s passing over the phone 15 minutes before he was to leave to listen to the final mixes of Econoline... Read More

54•40 Release New Single ‘West Coast Band’ From Forthcoming Album

Eric Alper
54•40 Release New Single ‘West Coast Band’ From Forthcoming Album
54-40 has been telling Canada where they came from and where they’re going for the last 40 years. Now, it’s time for lead vocalist and guitarist Neil Osborne, bassist Brad Merritt, guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist Dave Genn, and drummer Matt Johnson (with the help of keyboardist David “Oz” Osborne) to reveal their band culture in a collection of songs called... Read More

Canada’s Teen Jam, A Prelude to Kitchener’s Wayback Festival – JUNO Award Winners KIM MITCHELL and SASS JORDAN To Headline

Eric Alper
Canada’s Teen Jam, A Prelude to Kitchener’s Wayback Festival – JUNO Award Winners KIM MITCHELL and SASS JORDAN To Headline
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 well aware of the immense talent and creativity that can be developed during that wonderful time of life. Read More

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy Create A Musical Canvas With New Studio Album

Eric Alper
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy Create A Musical Canvas With New Studio Album
Photos Credit Rebekah Littlejohn A blank canvas is full of possibilities—much like the partnership of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, whose new album Canvas comes out on March 17, 2023.  They are two of the world’s top Celtic fiddlers: she is a renowned, award-winning solo artist from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; he is from the legendary Leahy family of Ontario,... Read More

April Wine Founder And Singer Myles Goodwyn Announces Departure from Touring; Marc Parent To Replace

Eric Alper
April Wine Founder And Singer Myles Goodwyn Announces Departure from Touring; Marc Parent To Replace
Singer, guitarist, writer, producer and leader of Canadian rock legends April Wine, Myles Goodwyn, has announced his departure from touring with the group. Goodwyn will continue to lead the band, and he will continue to write new material for the band and produce their recordings. Goodwyn’s last live performance with April Wine will be on March 2, 2023, in Nova... Read More

Could Gowan see a Stranger Things Moment For “(You’re A) Strange Animal” from Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’?

Eric Alper
Could Gowan see a Stranger Things Moment For “(You’re A) Strange Animal” from Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’?
Gowan Live – Photo by Claude Dufresne A new wave of music is coming out of the world Jordan Peele created in his latest #1 box office film, NOPE, and it’s the sound of Canadian prog-rocker Gowan. No spoilers here. But Jordan Peele has always used music as dramatic irony, using Gowan’s 80s hit “(You’re a) Strange Animal,” a song where... Read More

Sue Foley’s New Album, Pinky’s Blues Takes the Wheel

Eric Alper
Sue Foley’s New Album, Pinky’s Blues Takes the Wheel
Sue Foley – Photo by Danny Clinch Stony Plain Records announces an October 22 release date for Pinky’s Blues, the new album from award-winning blues guitarist/singer Sue Foley. Featuring several Sue Foley originals, as well as songs from some of her favourite blues and roots artists, Pinky’s Blues was recorded at Fire Station Studios in San Marcos, Texas. Joining Sue... Read More

Myles Goodwyn Releases Striking Statement on Residential School System in “Some Of These Children (They Never Grew Up)”

Eric Alper
Myles Goodwyn Releases Striking Statement on Residential School System in “Some Of These Children (They Never Grew Up)”
Multi-Platinum selling and award-winning Hall of Fame producer, songwriter, and artist Myles Goodwyn, relays a sombre and striking statement on the residential school system in this, his new song “Some Of These Children (They Never Grew Up) — available now. “It’s a personal response by Jim Henman and I to the recent finding of unmarked graves of Indigenous children in Canada,” Goodwyn... Read More

Tonic for Our Troubled Times, Chris de Burgh Re-Imagines a Fabled Tale & Folklore Favourite in New Album, The Legend of Robin Hood

Eric Alper
Tonic for Our Troubled Times, Chris de Burgh Re-Imagines a Fabled Tale & Folklore Favourite in New Album, The Legend of Robin Hood
Re-imagining the fabled tale of a folklore favourite has been the latest creative challenge for Chris de Burgh, and his new album, The Legend of Robin Hood, finds the iconic artist at his imaginative best. Available now, the compelling release breathes music and lyrical life into a centuries-old and much-loved classic, re-telling the story with a cinematic vision coupled seamlessly... Read More

The Trews Acoustic Trio, Corey Hart & The Tragically Hip’s Gord Sinclair Join Canadian Non-Profit Make Music Matter’s September 9th Exclusive Event, #UnpluggedTogether

Eric Alper
The Trews Acoustic Trio, Corey Hart & The Tragically Hip’s Gord Sinclair Join Canadian Non-Profit Make Music Matter’s September 9th Exclusive Event, #UnpluggedTogether
The Trews Acoustic Trio, Corey Hart & The Tragically Hip’s Gord Sinclair Join Canadian Non-Profit Make Music Matter’s September 9th Exclusive Event, #UnpluggedTogether September 9th — The Trews Acoustic Trio w/ Special Performance by Corey Hart & Live Q&A with The Trews & The Tragically Hip’s Gord Sinclair Tickets September 23rd — Cone McCaslin (Sum 41), Ian D’Sa (Billy Talent) &... Read More

Barney Bentall & Geoffrey Kelly are RanchWriters – “Bonaparte Plateau” Out Now – Album Released Sept 17

Eric Alper
Barney Bentall & Geoffrey Kelly are RanchWriters – “Bonaparte Plateau” Out Now – Album Released Sept 17
A ‘Cinematic Canadiana’ Collaboration  Available September 17, 2021 When two multi-Platinum and Gold-selling Canadian artists pass time together with the best way they know-how, the result is certain to turn ears. And such is the case for award-winning musicians Barney Bentall and Geoffrey Kelly and their newly announced album, RanchWriters — available this Fall via True North Records. Beloved around... Read More

The Kings Certified Platinum and Gold for 1980 Debuts — ”The Kings Are Here” & “This Beat Goes On / Switchin’ to Glide”

Eric Alper
The Kings Certified Platinum and Gold for 1980 Debuts — ”The Kings Are Here” & “This Beat Goes On / Switchin’ to Glide”
The Canadian Classic Rockers Are Celebrating with Release of Swingin’ New Video for “I Know So” — Available Now! Watch “I Know So” via YouTube Here A hallmark in Canadian rock history since its 1980 release, The Kings’ debut album, The Kings Are Here — and breakthrough single “This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide” — have finally been crowned certified... Read More

Platinum-Selling Rockers Universal Honey Makes Up For Lost Time with TWO New Albums in Over a Decade

Eric Alper
Platinum-Selling Rockers Universal Honey Makes Up For Lost Time with TWO New Albums in Over a Decade
Just when you thought this year couldn’t have any more plot twists,  it’s time to get another taste of award-winning Platinum-selling Canadian rockers, Universal Honey. A double, in fact. First up, co-fronts Johnny Sinclair and Leslie Stanwyck have their brand new EP, UH EP 2020, including lead single “Rolling Back Time” — PLUS a rollickin’ re-release of their holiday classic,... Read More

Harmonium Goes Symphonic After 44 Years!

Eric Alper
Harmonium Goes Symphonic After 44 Years!
And, now imagine this timeless music performed by 68 musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), conducted by Maestro Leclerc, and you get Histoires sans paroles – Harmonium symphonique co-produced by Serge Fiori and Simon Leclerc, under the artistic direction of Nicolas Lemieux, president of GSI Musique. The first project from the fabled Harmonium since the release of L’Heptade 44 years ago, the symphonic performance of Histoires sans paroles, totalling more than... Read More