Tom Cochrane to be inducted to the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame

February 28, 2014March 12, 2014 Music Express

Canadian Music Week has announced Tom Cochrane as a 2014 inductee to the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. Cochrane is an award winning singer, songwriter, producer, activist and Canadian icon, and will be honoured amongst his peers at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards gala, taking place on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at the Kool Haus in Toronto.... Read More

Down With Webster: Playing By Their Own Rules

February 25, 2014February 25, 2014 Keith Sharp

Uncompromising, that’s the word that best describes the rise to fame of Toronto band Down With Webster. If any young band wants to follow a template on how to successfully break through into the music business, they could do worse than follow the route carved by these six musicians who have maintained their independence in establishing a career which has... Read More

THE SAM ROBERTS BAND – Lo Fantasy

February 23, 2014February 23, 2014 Keith Sharp

(Universal) To suggest Lo Fantasy is a comeback record of sorts maybe a little unfair to Montreal Sam Roberts but he’s certainly been flying low under the radar for the past few years. Having now recorded his fifth release in 11 years, Roberts has always taken his time over projects, usually spacing his work out over two or three years.... Read More

3-2-1…Brett Kissel Blasts Off

February 16, 2014 Roman Mitz

Brett Kissel is on a roll. The 22-year-old country singer from Flat Lake Alberta was recently signed to a major record label deal and he has already scored two Top 10 hits with Started With A Song and Raise Your Glass. He also just won two Alberta Country Music Association Awards for Rising Star and single of the year (Started... Read More

Marianas Trench’s Matt Webb: Taking A Bus Man’s Holiday

February 13, 2014February 13, 2014 Keith Sharp

Marianas Trench lead guitarist, Matt Webb can hear the howls of protest already. As he prepares to promote the release of his second, Ep, “Right Direction” with a mini tour kicking off in Hamlton March 5th, he knows that cynics will be anticipating a band split just as Marianas Trench come off their most successful year to date, having been... Read More

Down With Webster – LIVE in Calgary

February 11, 2014February 11, 2014 Music Express

Calgary, AB. Feb 1, 2014 MacEwan Conference & Event Centre 123…Jump! Dynamic energy Down with Webster jolts to the stage pending an apprehensive audience. A crowd waiting for something to happen. And “happen” it did! Not to disappoint Martin “Bucky” Seja opens with One in a Million, arms rise instantly in unison. It’s on! The throngs of young girls squishing... Read More

Lorraine Segato: Emerging From The Shadows

February 7, 2014February 9, 2014 Keith Sharp

Lorraine Segato may have been out of the recording spotlight for the past 26 years but this doesn’t mean she’s been inactive! Working as an Artistic Direct, film-maker and writer, Lorraine has been developing her many other artistic skills. And although, she hasn’t been in the recording studio since releasing solo albums; her 1990 “Phoenix” and 1998 “Luminous City” releases... Read More

Lawrence Gowan: A Really Strange Animal!

February 6, 2014February 12, 2014 Keith Sharp

The irony that Lawrence Gowan is now a spokesperson for legendary Chicago classic rock band Styx is not lost on the affable Scottish-born singer who original carved out a name for himself in Canada, recording six solo albums in the mid-eighties and early nineties up until the “Best of Gowan” album in 1998. Set to execute a number of phone... Read More

ARCADE FIRE Dominates 2014 Juno Nominations

February 4, 2014 Music Express

Toronto, ON (February 4, 2014) – The nominees for the 2014 JUNO Awards were announced by The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) at a press conference in Toronto this morning, as Canada’s top artists now get ready for a trip to Manitoba during JUNO Week in Winnipeg, March 24 – March 30, 2014. Arcade Fire leads the... Read More

2014 Music Express Awards – Voting OPEN

February 3, 2014February 26, 2014 Music Express

It’s that time of year again – the time when you, our readers, get to vote for your favourites from the Canadian music industry to determine who will win a 2014 Music Express Award! All nominations for the 2014 Music Express were selected by a committee of Music Express writers and photographers…but it is you the Music Express reader who... Read More

Month: February 2014