Month: April 2017

Kelowna, BC rockers, The Wild!, have announced new Canadian tour dates. The band will tour through May and June to showcase their dynamic performance and tracks from sophomore release, Wild At Heart. The Wild! will begin their tour on May 6th in Halifax, NS at Live 105 Springfling 2017. Following, they will join Pennsylvania hard rock trio, CKY, on June 4th... Read More

The countdown begins for one of Canada’s biggest street parties as Much announced today the first slate of performers for THE 2017 IHEARTRADIO MUCH MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS. Descending on Toronto this year for Canada’s iconic music awards show are former MMVA host Joe Jonas and his multi-platinum pop-rock outfit DNCE; award-winning female rapper Iggy Azalea; Las Vegas anthemic rockers and... Read More

Sound of Music Festival presented by Tim Hortons is proud to announce the Festival’s 2017 free concert schedule! Once again this year, festival-goers will be able to enjoy FREE SHOWS on Father’s Day Weekend, June 15-18. Concerts will feature artists USS, Finger Eleven, The Trews, Moist, The Road Hammers, Wintersleep, Steven Page, Bleeker, Doc Walker, The Mahones, Harrison Kennedy, Terra... Read More

A dazzling roster of musical, literary and stage talent is set to host an  uplifting evening while raising funds for a dementia support program.   A marquee Canadian line-up – iconic folk singer/songwriter Murray McLauchlan, best-selling author Margaret Atwood, East Coast fiddle sensation Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, Soulpepper Theatre Company founder, actor/director Albert Schultz, acclaimed Canadian tenor Ben Heppner,... Read More

Shania Makes Historic Appearance As Fifth Judge on The Voice, In Addition To Her Role As Key Advisor To The Remaining 12 Contestants, Monday, April 24  Shania Twain revealed new music news when making an appearance on this week’s episode of The Voice. While Shania served as a first-time-ever fifth judge on the hit show and a key advisor to... Read More

Michael Wekerle and El Mocambo Entertainment Inc. are proud to announce the signing of iconic Canadian alt-rockers 54•40 to their new artist and label services arm, El Mocambo Records. The signing includes the release of 54•40’s new single, “Keep on Walking,” and coincides with the band’s induction into the Halls of Fame of both the Independent Music Awards (The Indies) and the Canadian Music and... Read More

Three-time Juno award winner Ron Sexsmith releases his new album, The Last Rider today.  This, Ron’s thirteenth studio recording was co-produced at The Bathouse Studios in Kingston, Ontario by longtime drummer and collaborator Don Kerr and Sexsmith. The album is his first self-produced album and the first to include Ron’s touring band.  A fun-loving animated video for the single “Radio” was launched... Read More

eadstones, one of Canada’s most enduring and hardest rocking bands, announced earlier this year that they were heading to the studio to record their forthcoming album Little Army.  Today they are thrilled to reveal it will be unleashed to the world on June 2nd via Cadence Music and have given fans a first taste of the album with first single... Read More

FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN 14 YEARS Welcome one and all to THE MISSION, STYX’s sonically sweet 16th studio album and its most ambitious, most challenging, and most rewarding release to date. Please take note of the official stardate, as THE MISSION has duly been set for liftoff June 16 on the band’s label, Alpha Dog 2T via UMe/Universal Music Canada, the... Read More

The 35th Annual Canadian Music Week Announces Winners For The 2017 Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards   Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce the winners of the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards (CMBIA), which took place April 20, 2017 in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Centre Toronto. The CMBIA gala was hosted by Jessi Cruickshank and celebrated the... Read More

Canadian Music Week (CMW) is pleased to announce the winners of the 20th AnnualCanadian Radio Music Awards (CRMA), which took place on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.   Alessia Cara came out on top withthree wins, while Ruth B, Justin Bieber and The Strumbellas snatched two awards each. The late Gary Russell was inducted into the Broadcast... Read More

ILLUMINATE WORLD TOUR KICKS OFF APRIL 27 20 April 2017 (Toronto, ON) – Today, on the brink of kicking off his arena headlining Illuminate World Tour, multi-platinum singer/songwriter Shawn Mendes releases brand-new single “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” via Island Records / Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Shawn revealed to Billboard, “The minute I wrote this song I knew I wanted to... Read More

TO PERFORM LIMITED ENGAGEMENT OF 5 SHOWS THIS JUNE Pressed on a white vinyl as a single LP for the first time, the Record Store Day release will be hand-numbered out of 1977, an homage to the 40th anniversary of the Blizzard of ‘77 which paralyzed portions of Southern Ontario and New York State. The theme is woven throughout the... Read More

Canadian Music Week is excited to announce the winners from last night’s 2017 Indies – the 17thAnnual Independent Music Awards – presented by Jim Beam with Indie88 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in downtown Toronto. Hosted by Indie88’s Josie Dye and Matt Hart,  A Tribe Called Red, The Strumbellas, Kaytranada, and July Talk took home the top honours of the... Read More

  Diamond-certified, global award winning rock band, Nickelback, officially premiered the video for their Top 10 radio single “Feed The Machine” today on the band’s YouTube channel. Directed by Simian Design, the video premiere comes as the band continues to prepare for the release of their ninth studio album Feed The Machine on June 16th and the colossal headlining 45+... Read More

 A CONCEPT ALBUM AND COMIC BOOK SERIES Album Set for Release Fall 2017, First Taste of Comic Book Due in May 18 April 2017 (Toronto, ON) – Electro-pop sensation Lights has revealed the details of her next project, Skin&Earth – an album and comic book series written and illustrated in full by Lights. The digital intro issue will be released in... Read More