The Music Express

Let’s Hear It For The Girls

January 28, 2016January 29, 2016 Roman Mitz

by Roman Mitz for Open Spaces Perhaps the guys enjoyed too much eggnog and rum this holiday season (or maybe there just wasn’t enough eggnog), but the female contingent of Canadian country singers is much faster out of the gate when it comes to new releases for 2016. Perhaps hottest off the press is Beverley Mahood’s latest single “New Religion”,... Read More

THE SHEEPDOGS ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL CANADIAN DATES

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 Music Express

SYDNEY, NS + CHARLOTTETOWN, PE UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY 2016 CANADIAN TOUR KICKS OFF JANUARY 29, 2016 IN MONTREAL WATCH + SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR “I’m Gonna Be Myself” HERE NEW LP FUTURE NOSTALGIA NOW AVAILABLE (Photo by: Vanessa Heins – L to R: Ewan Currie, Ryan Gullen, Shamus Currie, Sam Corbett) (Toronto, ON –... Read More

MODERN SPACE: Road Stories Vol.One

January 25, 2016January 26, 2016 Keith Sharp

When Modern Space lead vocalist Sean Watson Graham was 18 years old, he read The Doors’ Jim Morrison’s biography, `No One Gets Out Of Here Alive from front to back. But in reading this tome (written by Jerry Hopkins), Watson Graham was also impressed by Morrison’s literary heroes; the likes of Jack Kerouac, Hunter S Thompson, Dylan Thomas and William... Read More

BURTON CUMMINGS TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE CANADIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME AT THE 2016 JUNO AWARDS

January 25, 2016January 26, 2016 Music Express

Legendary rocker will be the first to place his name plaque in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame’s new home at the National Music Centre in Studio Bell Toronto, ON (January 25, 2016) – The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) is pleased to announce Burton Cummings as the 2016 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall... Read More

NEW FACES: BROOKLYN ROEBUCK

January 21, 2016January 27, 2016 Keith Sharp

Regular YTV Network viewers will no doubt be familiar with Country Music artist Brooklyn Roebuck. Since winning YTV’s `The Next Star’ competition four years ago, this 18-year-old Chatham Ontario native has been a regular on the network, appearing the ‘Life With Boys’ series and also hosting her own “Brooklyn’s Movie Nights” segment. But it’s as a Country Music performer that... Read More

CANADIAN BLUES ARTISTS FROM COAST TO COAST HONOURED WITH MAPLE BLUES AWARDS

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 Keith Sharp

Guitar Stars Dominate Blues Awards Larry Kurtz of the Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival takes home Blues Booster Award (January 18, 2016) Toronto, ON –Internationally renowned Canadian Blues artists from coast to coast were honoured by their peers at the 19th Annual Maple Blues Awards gala in Toronto last night as a full house of blues lovers gathered to... Read More

GLENN FREY: THIS EAGLE HAS FLOWN

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 Keith Sharp

By Keith Sharp This is getting morbid, another day, and another lost rock icon. First it was Joe Cocker, then Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, then David Bowie and Celine Dion’s manager/husband Rene Angelil and now Eagles’ guitarist and co-founder Glenn Frey. Also add to this two near fatalities on the Canuck side with Glass Tiger’s Alan Frew surviving a stroke and... Read More

SPACE STATION 5 – CELEBRITY PLAYLIST – Ra Mcguire

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016 Music Express

Ra McGuire – singer, songwriter, author, and founding member of the rock band Trooper David Bowie has just left the stage and since he was a huge influence on my musical and performing life – a hero really – I’ve been obsessively listening to his music ever since. When I pack for my space station... Read More

THE JEFF HEALEY ESTATE TO RELEASE HEAL MY SOUL MARCH 24

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016 Keith Sharp

LOST ALBUM TO CELEBRATE HEALEY’S 50TH BIRTHDAY Toronto, ON – The Jeff Healey Estate, in conjunction with Convexe Entertainment / Universal Music, have announced the release of Heal My Soul. Never before heard by the public, this extraordinary lost album will be on sale March 24, 2016, a day before what would have been Healey’s 50th birthday. The... Read More

A MESSAGE FROM AARON SOLOWONIUK OF BILLY TALENT

January 16, 2016January 18, 2016 Keith Sharp

As many of you know, Aaron Solowoniuk of Billy Talent has lived with MS for over 15 years. Friday, he posted a video on Billy Talent’s YouTube page with a message about his immediate future with the band. Read More

KIM MITCHELL SURVIVES HEART ATTACK

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016 Keith Sharp

KIM MITCHELL SURVIVES HEART ATTACK By Keith Sharp It’s been a pretty scary period for rock music icons! First Motorhead lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister passed away in December. Then rock legend David Bowie succumbed to liver cancer last Sunday. And while the music world was reeling from the loss of Bowie, Canada’s own Kim Mitchell was stricken with a... Read More

MusiCounts Announces Benefit Concert in Toronto‏

January 14, 2016 Music Express

On January 28, Canada’s music and education charity MusiCounts will provide Toronto with a funk, rock and pop spectacular at The Phoenix Concert Theatre. Sponsored by TD, the benefit concert will feature performances by God Made Me Funky, Bucket List, Joey Landreth of The Bros. Landreth, Simone Denny, Lee Aaron and indie pop outfit The Elwins. All proceeds raised will help... Read More

MONSTER TRUCK’S NEW VIDEO FOR “DON’T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE” PREMIERES

January 13, 2016January 14, 2016 Keith Sharp

MONSTER TRUCK’S NEW VIDEO FOR “DON’T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE” PREMIERES WORLDWIDE VIA ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK New Album Sittin’ Heavy Available February 19, 2016 via Dine Alone Records Pre-order the album now Monster Truck Webstore | Dine Alone Webstore | iTunes Canadian Headlining Tour with The Temperance Movement Kicks off February 23 ^New Dates Added (January 13,... Read More

2016 Music Express Awards – Voting Closed

January 13, 2016February 17, 2016 Music Express

Attention Canadian Music Fans!! Voting for the 2016 Music Express Awards is NOW OPEN!! Voting is open from now until February 16th, and this year you can vote once/per-category/per-day! That's right, check back often because your opinion can count -every day-! Read More

CLASSIFIED – GREATFUL

January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 Keith Sharp

(Half Life Records/Universal Music) By Keith Sharp Considering the global success chalked up by The Weeknd, Drake and Justin Bieber in 2015, you’d think that Nova Scotia’s Classified would be biting at the bit to inject his new release into the fray. Yet despite his 16th record release being arguably his most commercially viable to date, there’s something about the... Read More

NEW FACES – PANICLAND

January 11, 2016January 12, 2016 Keith Sharp

A new bi-monthly section which turns the spotlight on Canada’s developing music talent. PANICLAND – Winnipeg. Understanding that Twitter/Instagram/You Tube is the current way to go to be discovered in today’s music industry environment, a fortuitous meeting between two 14 year-old lads at a Winnipeg music shop in 2009 is starting to pay dividends. Having experienced a couple of wobbles... Read More

CANADIAN COUNTRY STAR GEORGE CANYON SETS FEB 5 RELEASE FOR NEW ALBUM “I GOT THIS”

January 11, 2016January 11, 2016 Keith Sharp

CANYON TO KICK OFF NATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY TOUR ON FEBRUARY 5TH ITUNES PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE JANUARY 22ND TORONTO, ON (January 11, 2016) – Canadian country legend and multiple JUNO Award winner George Canyon announced today the February 5th release of his eagerly anticipated forthcoming album “I Got This” via ole red dot. With the title track and... Read More

16th Wavelength Music Festival Warms Up Winter

January 8, 2016January 11, 2016 Keith Sharp

Wavelength Music Festival 16 February 12-14, 2016 – Toronto, Canada #WL16 Duchess Says + Foxtrott + Thus Owls + Foxes in Fiction Calvin Love + She Devils + Soupcans + Beliefs + Partner Steven Lambke + Clairmont The Second + more TORONTO, CANADA – Wavelength Music warms up winter with the 16th annualWavelength Music Festival running from February 12 to... Read More

Corb Lund brings in the new year with massive tour!

January 7, 2016January 11, 2016 Keith Sharp

TORONTO – After lauching his new record Things That Can’t Be Undone worldwide on US label New West Records this fall, Juno award-winning artist and heartthrob cowboy Corb Lund begins the new year taking Alberta culture on the road. Corb and his longtime band The Hurtin’ Albertans tour the Netherlands, Germany and England before returning to Canada at the end... Read More

2016 Music Express Awards – Nominees Announced

January 6, 2016January 11, 2016 Keith Sharp

Canada ruled the North American continent when it came to Billboard chart action at the end of 2015 with Justin Bieber, The Weeknd and Drake all cementing a stake at the top of the charts. So it comes as no surprise that these three Canadians dominate nominees for the Long & McQuade 2016 Music Express Awards with three nominations each... Read More

Let’s Hear It For The Girls

THE SHEEPDOGS ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL CANADIAN DATES

MODERN SPACE: Road Stories Vol.One

BURTON CUMMINGS TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE CANADIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME AT THE 2016 JUNO AWARDS

NEW FACES: BROOKLYN ROEBUCK

CANADIAN BLUES ARTISTS FROM COAST TO COAST HONOURED WITH MAPLE BLUES AWARDS

GLENN FREY: THIS EAGLE HAS FLOWN

SPACE STATION 5 – CELEBRITY PLAYLIST – Ra Mcguire

THE JEFF HEALEY ESTATE TO RELEASE HEAL MY SOUL MARCH 24

A MESSAGE FROM AARON SOLOWONIUK OF BILLY TALENT

KIM MITCHELL SURVIVES HEART ATTACK

MusiCounts Announces Benefit Concert in Toronto‏

MONSTER TRUCK’S NEW VIDEO FOR “DON’T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE” PREMIERES

2016 Music Express Awards – Voting Closed

CLASSIFIED – GREATFUL

NEW FACES – PANICLAND

CANADIAN COUNTRY STAR GEORGE CANYON SETS FEB 5 RELEASE FOR NEW ALBUM “I GOT THIS”

16th Wavelength Music Festival Warms Up Winter

Corb Lund brings in the new year with massive tour!

2016 Music Express Awards – Nominees Announced

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Mother Mother Announces Cross Canada Tour

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New Faces

Toronto’s Teen Prodigy Sydney <3 Sparks Musical Revolution With K-Pop Elegance In ‘Picture Perfect’

Lunchbox Promotion Draws Attention To Rare Americans launch.

Shawn Desman Announces Headlining Show at Toronto’s HISTORY

Mother Mother Announces Cross Canada Tour

Happiness Is – The Steel Horse Gypsies

54-40 – West Coast Warriors

Toronto’s Teen Prodigy Sydney <3 Sparks Musical Revolution With K-Pop Elegance In ‘Picture Perfect’

Lunchbox Promotion Draws Attention To Rare Americans launch.

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