Month: April 2020

In light of the current global COVID-19 health crisis, eight-time Grammy-nominated pop-rock icon Avril Lavigne released today a re-recorded, new version of the track “Warrior” from her sixth studio album Head Above Water, fittingly re-titling it “We Are Warriors” – listen to the song, released via BMG, HERE. Coinciding with the song’s release, The Avril Lavigne Foundation has partnered with Project Hope, a global health organization dedicated... Read More

LONG & MCQUADE PARTNERS WITH WE ARE 1 WORLD PROJECT April 23, 2020 (Toronto, ON) – Just one week after the release of ‘We Are One’, the lead track from Jason McCoy’s collaborative initiative We Are 1 World, the official video has spread across the globe, amassing an impressive 25K views, while the single hit Canadian country radio as the... Read More

TORONTO April 23, 2020 More than four dozen big-name Canadians have signed on for the historic broadcast STRONGER TOGETHER, TOUS ENSEMBLE, it was announced today. Airing commercial-free Sunday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. across all markets/7 p.m. NT and now on hundreds of platforms, Canadian artists, activists, actors, and athletes will share their stories of hope and inspiration in a national... Read More

“Ricky Skaggs on the vinyl, King James on the bible” – brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel of High Valley really did grow up on details such as those. Their new EP, aptly titled Grew Up On That, is due May 22 and shares universal themes from their unique upbringing. Beginning with its title track (listen HERE), the six-song project tells... Read More

Platinum-selling Canadian pop star Shawn Desman and Award-winning country star Tebey are excited to announce their new venture RadioClub with the release of their new single ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, a re-imagined cover of the worldwide, chart-topping 80’s hit by the legendary Rick Astley, out on April 24 via Jayward Artist Group. The duo has long discussed the idea... Read More

“There’s a place I start In the corner of my heart  That could take this world apart And put it back together “ A Benefit 4 Dreamland from 44 On the eve of his 45th birthday, Joel Plaskett celebrates the release of 44, a set of four, 11-song albums that represent the most elaborate and creative endeavour of his multi-faceted 26-year... Read More

Evoking the spirit and strength of Koko Taylor and the contemporary delivery of Beth Hart, Church House Blues showcases one of the most powerful new voices in the Blues. Crystal Shawanda is an Indigenous musician, who grew up on the Wikwemikong reserve on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada. Her parents taught her to sing and play guitar and encouraged her... Read More

Canada’s most accomplished singer-songwriter, Ron Sexsmith has today released his new album HERMITAGE, the troubadour’s first since his move from his longtime home of Toronto to a more bucolic life in Stratford, Ontario.  In creating this album, Sexsmith partnered with producer Don Kerr, setting up in Sexsmith’s living room to record the album, with Ron playing all the instruments except... Read More