Corey Hart Announces 2019 Come-Back Tour

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Keith Sharp

The Boy In The Box has decided to exit that box as Montreal’s Corey Hart staged a press conference Thursday in Toronto to announce a 12-date national Canadian tour in May and June 2019 which will support the release of a new EP, `Dreaming Time Again’ (to be released May 3rd) produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin. Hart, who stormed... Read More

Colin James – Livin’ On Blues Power

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Roman Mitz

By Roman Mitz Colin James has won six Juno Awards, including one for Best Blues Album for his ‘National Steel’ LP. He’s also received 20 Maple Blues Awards from the Toronto Blues Society, both for his solo offerings and the work he did with his swing outfit Colin James & The Little Big Band. With so much blues blood running through... Read More

The Strumbellas return with their new single, Salvation.

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Music Express

Toronto, ON – November 29, 2018 – Today, The Strumbellas return with their new single, Salvation. The track was produced by Tim Pagnotta (Elle King, Walk the Moon), co-produced by Brian Phillips, and mixed by Neal Avron, and is out now via the band’s own imprint, Underneath A Mountain Records, under exclusive license to eOne Music Canada. Listen to Salvation... Read More

Sue Foley, Crystal Shawanda, Jenie Thai, Harry Manx & Steve Marriner, Earle & Coffin to perform at Maple Blues Awards

November 28, 2018November 29, 2018 Keith Sharp

Raoul Bhaneja hosts Koerner Hall National Blues Gala February 4 Montreal’s Guy Bélanger to host lobby afterparty “Winner’s Circle Jam” (Toronto) – The Toronto Blues Society has announced the performers who will grace the stage at Koerner Hall in Toronto for the 22nd annual Maple Blues Awards gala and concert, to be held on Monday, February 4th, 2019. Heating up the cold February... Read More

Classified Premieres Nostalgic Video For Latest Single “10 Years” With ET Canada & HipHopDX

November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 Music Express

Toronto, ON (November 28, 2018) – JUNO Award-winning, multi-platinum Canadian hip-hop artist and producer Classified is pleased to announce today’s release of the brand new video for “10 Years”, the latest single from his full-length album “Tomorrow Could Be The Day Things Change”. “10 Years”, which waxes nostalgic for the carefree days of youth, premiered in broadcast on ET Canada... Read More

Anthem Legacy Set To Release Stompin’ Tom Connors Unreleased Songs From The Vault Collection Volume 3

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Music Express

TORONTO, ON – Anthem Legacy, an imprint of ole label group, continues the rich musical legacy of Stompin’ Tom Connors with the release of Unreleased Songs From The Vault Collection Volume 3 on December 7, 2018. The Canadian musical icon passed with 120 recordings in what he referred to as “The Vault”, in order to safeguard against the possibility that he should at some point find himself unable... Read More

Massive Rock Festival Coming to the Barrie Area

November 27, 2018November 28, 2018 Music Express

Next summer, Roxodus is bringing some of the greatest bands in the world together. Rock out for three days of epic music, art and food in the company of legends like Kid Rock, Alice Cooper, Nickelback, Peter Frampton, Cheap Trick, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many many more! Make the exodus to Roxodus for three days of legendary music,... Read More

Double Platinum Selling Marianas Trench Announce Canadian Tour

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018 Music Express

TORONTO, ON – Today, multi-double platinum-selling, progressive pop band, Marianas Trench announced their Suspending Gravity Canadian tour which kicks off in Windsor, Ontario on March 6, 2019 at Caesars Windsor Hotel & Casino and wraps on March 29, 2019, at the Orpheum in Vancouver, British Columbia. The 15-date tour will be held at venues that will give the fans more... Read More

Anthem to Release Rush In Rio on Vinyl on January 18, 2018

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018 Music Express

Four-LP Set Includes The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Trio’s Entire 2002 Performance In Rio de Janeiro, Plus Two Bonus Tracks From The Same T – Following a nearly five-year break from touring, Rush returned to the stage in 2002 to support the trio’s seventeenth studio album, Vapor Trails. During the tour, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart played to some of the biggest crowds of... Read More

The Strumbellas Set Up Shop With eOne Music

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018 Music Express

Sign Exclusive Licensing Deal With The Label For Upcoming Album New Single Salvation Drops November 30th Toronto, ON – November 19, 2018 – The Strumbellas know how to plot a long game. The six-piece collective may have rocketed to mainstream success two years ago with their breakthrough hit, Spirits, but they have always been thinking one step ahead. Today, they... Read More

Newly Announced 2019 U.S. “S.O.S. Tour” Dates Kick Off February 12th in Cambridge, Ma

November 19, 2018November 22, 2018 Music Express

JUNO Award-winning rockers The Glorious Sons have much to celebrate as they continue to make their way across the country for the final leg of their headlining Canadian “S.O.S. Tour”, which wraps November 22nd with a massive play at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. Aptly titled for their chart-topping current single “S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)” – which spent an impressive ten consecutive weeks at #1 at... Read More

Retro 80’s Night with The Box, Images In Vogue, and Kim Clarke Champniss

November 19, 2018November 21, 2018 Keith Sharp

Maxwells Concerts & Events, Waterloo, Ontario Saturday, November 3, 2018 By Keith Sharp Photos by Jim Ziegler The expression `Everything Old Is New Again’ took on a whole new meaning Saturday at Maxwells in Waterloo, Ontario as two Classic 80’s Bands; Montreal’s The Box and Vancouver’s Images In Vogue joined forces with former MuchMusic personality Kim Clarke Champniss to stage... Read More

Birds Of Bellwoods Growing In Stature

November 17, 2018November 19, 2018 Keith Sharp

By Keith Sharp The rain was sheeting down as Toronto quartet Birds Of Bellwoods took to a Montreal stage for an outdoor festival being executed in a very hostile environment. So hostile that only five people gathered together in a protective tent constituted their audience. Yet Messer’s Stephen Joffe (vocals/mandolin), Adrian Morningstar (vocals/guitar), Kintaro Akiyama (vocals/stand-up bass) and Chris Blades... Read More

Cavendish Beach Music Festival Announces Eric Church And Carrie Underwood As First 2019 Headliners

November 13, 2018November 18, 2018 Music Express

TORONTO, ON – Today, the Cavendish Beach Music Festival, presented by Bell is pleased to announce 3-time CMA and 7-time ACMA Award-winner, Country music superstar Eric Church and 7-time GRAMMY Award-winning multi-platinum superstar Carrie Underwood as the first announcement for the 2019 festival. Underwood will hit the stage on Saturday, July 6, while Church will close out Atlantic Canada’s largest multi-day outdoor music festival on Sunday, July 7. Cavendish Beach Music Festival will run... Read More

Our Lady Peace Launch #mysomethingness Campaign

November 12, 2018November 13, 2018 Music Express

A campaign to highlight the positive impact that individuals have in their communities Contributors will have the chance of being featured in upcoming new OLP music video for their single head down Toronto, ON – November 2, 2018 – Canadian rock band, Our Lady Peace, released their ninth studio album, Somethingness, earlier this year. Inspired by a video that band-mate, Steve Mazur, made... Read More

Clayton Bellamy Announces New Project: Clayton Bellamy & The Congregation

November 1, 2018November 12, 2018 Music Express

Anthem / ole label group singer-songwriter and founding member of the Award-winning band, The Road Hammers, Clayton Bellamy, is hitting the reset button with his new venture, Clayton Bellamy & The Congregation. Their sound can only be described as a high-octane blend of gospel, R&B and riff-driven hard rock. Channelling influences from vintage R&B and 90’s alt-rock, the first single, “Commandment #11 (Love Someone)”, will be... Read More

Month: November 2018