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Paper Lions Announce September 16th Release Date For New Album “Full Colour” / SUPER SHOW in PEI Announced

Paper Lions Announce September 16th Release Date For New Album “Full Colour” / SUPER SHOW in PEI Announced
“With a little Passion Pit, a little Walk the Moon, and a hell of a lot of energy, Paper Lions are bringing exuberant dance pop straight from the Great White North” – Baeble Music “Poised for a huge mainstream breakthrough” – PopMatters Toronto, ON (July 26, 2016) – This year has been jam-packed for Canadian indie pop group Paper Lions. ... Read More

The Trews Back to the Future

The Trews Back to the Future
THE TREWS SET TO RELEASE CAREER-SPANNING ALBUM TIME CAPSULE, INCLUDING FOUR BRAND NEW TRACKS   Toronto, ON – Beloved Canadian rockers The Trews are simultaneously looking back and forward with their latest album Time Capsule, available September 9, 2016 via HOME Music  / Entertainment One. The 20-track collection gathers 16 of the band’s biggest hits and fan favourites including “Not... Read More

One Final Opportunity!

One Final Opportunity!
By Keith Sharp If you haven’t secured tickets to see the Tragically Hip’s final Man Machine Poem tour and the idea of paying inflated scalper rates to the likes of Stub Hub does not fit in your budget, the band is dangling one final purchasing opportunity in the form of a ticket lottery. It works like this: On the day of... Read More

Rising Rap Star Raz Fresco Details His 5% Nation Journey In God Body Video

Rising Rap Star Raz Fresco Details His 5% Nation Journey In God Body Video
What do Jay Z, Nas, Joey Badass, Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica, Wu Tang Clan and Rakim have in common? Outside of the fact that they have all created enduring music, if you dig a little deeper you will have also noticed that they have either used Five Percent Nation slang repeatedly or referenced their teachings in their rhymes. Toronto-based rapper Raz... Read More

Pemberton Music Festival Wraps Up Its Third Consecutive Year and Shatters All Previous Attendance Records

Pemberton Music Festival Wraps Up Its Third Consecutive Year and Shatters All Previous Attendance Records
Fans across North America and fifteen countries around the world arrived by the thousands to enjoy four days and four nights of music, comedy, a festive camping environment, and scenic shuttle rides to and from Whistler for the third installment of Pemberton Music Festival.   Double rainbows and one of the world’s most majestic settings welcomed approximately 45,000 fans per... Read More

COLD CREEK COUNTY PETERBOROUGH MUSICFEST

COLD CREEK COUNTY  PETERBOROUGH MUSICFEST
COLD CREEK COUNTY PETERBOROUGH MUSICFEST DEL CRARY PARK SAT JULY 16 2016 By Keith Sharp It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for Brighton’s Cold Creek County as they’ve criss-crossed the dominion, performing at major Country Music festivals. From Dauphin Manitoba, CCC played at the Cavendish Music Fest in Prince Edward Island, Kitchener’s CMT Music Fest, and the Calgary Stampede... Read More

SHAWN MENDES SET TO ILLUMINATE NEW RECORD

SHAWN MENDES SET TO ILLUMINATE NEW RECORD
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HEADLINING SHOW & SPECIAL ALBUM EVENT ANNOUNCED FOR SEPTEMBER 10 06 JULY 2016 (Toronto, ON) – Singer-songwriter and multi-platinum recording artist Shawn Mendes’ highly-anticipated sophomore album, Illuminate, will be released September 23 via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The album, featuring current hit single “Treat You Better” is available for pre-order now at shawnmendesofficial.com... Read More

Haverock Revival Brings The Thunder

Haverock Revival Brings The Thunder
The First Annual Haverock Revival Festival kicked into full effect this past weekend (July 8/9) in Havelock, Ontario at the Havelock Jamboree Grounds — braving ever changing weather from heat and humidity to an incredible light show from Mother Nature on Friday night. Bringing a change from the annual Country Music event that happens later this summer, the Revival brought... Read More

NEW FACES – THE DAMN TRUTH – RELEASE NEW ALBUM “DEVILISH FOLK”

NEW FACES – THE DAMN TRUTH – RELEASE NEW ALBUM “DEVILISH FOLK”
  BAND TO RELEASE VIDEO OF “LOVE IS BLINDNESS” FOLLOWING PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO YVES SAINT LAURENT COMMERCIAL   SUMMER/FALL 2016 TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED BAND PERFORMS JULY 30 AT OSHEAGA     Montreal, July 7, 2016. If you haven’t already, you’re going to hear Montreal’s The Damn Truth soon. And even if you have, you’re about to hear them with... Read More

Gowan Live At The Peterborough Rock Fest

Gowan Live At The Peterborough Rock Fest
Lawrence Gowan Wednesday July 6th 2016 Del Crary Park Peterborough On. By Ted Van Boort Considering that he’s been a key vocalist/keyboardist  with Chicago mega stars Styx since 1999, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that before Lawrence Gowan replaced Dennis DeYoung with Styx, he boasted a pretty impressive solo career. We are fortunately reminded of his solo prowess when Gowan... Read More

Dolly Parton Announces Canadian Dates To Promote New Sony Release

Dolly Parton Announces Canadian Dates To Promote New Sony Release
      Toronto, Ontario – July 7, 2016 – Today, world-renowned singer/songwriter/entertainer Dolly Partonand Sony Music Nashville announced a joint venture and the launch of Dolly’s new studio album,Pure & Simple, for worldwide distribution on August 19. Releasing on Dolly Records/RCA Nashville,Pure & Simple can be pre-ordered starting Friday, July 8. “I may not be pure, but I’m as... Read More

Haverock Fulfills A Legacy

Haverock Fulfills A Legacy
Performing on the festivals twin stages, a who's who of Canadian and U.S classic rock acts covering the past four decades will assemble this weekend. Featured acts include George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels and Canned Heat from the States plus mega Canadian icons such as Loverboy, Trooper, Chilliwack and Kim Mitchell. Read More

Award-Winning Rapper Classified Releases New Video For Hard To Understand

Award-Winning Rapper Classified Releases New Video For Hard To Understand
Juno Award-winning rapper Classified boasts over 25 million views of his videos on Youtube, has recorded fruitful collaborations with a number of the most respected figures in hip hop culture including Snoop Dogg, Raekwon, Brother Ali, Joe Budden, RA The Rugged Man, Atmosphere and DJ Premier, and consistently sells out his own headlining tours. Classified also holds the distinction of having recorded... Read More

IAN THOMAS: ORCHESTAL PROJECT HELD IN CZECH

IAN THOMAS: ORCHESTAL PROJECT HELD IN CZECH
By Keith Sharp In June 2014, Ian Thomas donated his musical archives to his alma mater, Hamilton’s McMaster University. In appreciation of Thomas’s donation, Hamilton saxophonist Darcy Hepner staged a concert in which a couple of Thomas’s key compositions were performed by a small orchestral string section.  The response was so positive that Thomas, Hepner (whose father Lee, founded the... Read More