Jim Cuddy Announces New Solo Album and Coast to Coast Canadian Tour
Shawn Desman Announces Headlining Show at Toronto’s HISTORY
Mother Mother Announces Cross Canada Tour
The Muffins’ Martha Johnson Sets The Pace For World Parkinson’s Month With ‘Slow Emotion’

Ralph James’ Advice To Concert Promoters: Keep Things Realistic!

Keith Sharp
Ralph James’ Advice To Concert Promoters: Keep Things Realistic!
Once A Star Always A Star Ralph James is facing one of those summers. “We haven’t had a season like this since the 2012 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,” exclaimed James over the phone from his downtown Toronto office. “We are in the middle of an incredibly busy summer. Aside from representing festival mainstays like Nickelback, Billy Talent, Marianas Trench, The... Read More

THE GLORIOUS SONS ANNOUNCE THE CONTENDER TOUR

Keith Sharp
THE GLORIOUS SONS ANNOUNCE THE CONTENDER TOUR
North American Trek Is 2015 JUNO Nominees’ First Headlining Tour In Support Of The Union  Toronto, ON – In the wake of their full-length debut The Union earning a 2015 JUNO Award nomination for Rock Album of the Year, Kingston’s The Glorious Sons today announced their first North American headlining tour. The Contender Tour, named after their current single which is well on the way to... Read More

Kitchener Blues Festival: Searching For Insurgence of New Blood

Keith Sharp
Kitchener Blues Festival: Searching For Insurgence of New Blood
Claude Cloutier Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman will be sharing the same stage during the 15th annual Kitchener Blues Festival to be held August 6-9 at three prime locations in downtown Kitchener Ontario. But don’t get too excited as the two former Guess Who band mates will be performing on separate nights, Cummings on Thursday August 6th and Bachman on... Read More

WOTE’s Viral Video Success Reaches Global Audience

Keith Sharp
WOTE’s Viral Video Success Reaches Global Audience
In the present era of social media, anytime a record company, either major or secondary, gathers in their respective board rooms to plot marketing strategy for their upcoming projects, the example of Burlington Ontario’s Walk Off the Earth and the viral video success of their Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know” is inevitably cited. Walk Off The Earth is... Read More

Lieberman Validates Concert Venue Switch

Keith Sharp
Lieberman Validates Concert Venue Switch
Loren Lieberman with  Gord Deppe and Sandy Horne of The Spoons Sometimes life can get boring when you become a none-event. As Hamilton’s Festival of Friends festival sets up August 7 to August 9 to celebrate its 40th anniversary, event artistic director Loren Lieberman finds himself in the strange position of not being the catalyst of controversy with Hamilton’s city... Read More

FINGER ELEVEN ‘Five Crooked Lines’

Keith Sharp
FINGER ELEVEN ‘Five Crooked Lines’
  (Bicycle Music Company) Yes it’s been five years since Finger Eleven’s musical direction took a severe left turn with their studio-effects heavy `Life Turns Electric’ release but Finger Eleven fans will be elated to hear the Burlington, Ontario boys have reverted back to their classic rock influences with new opus `Five Crooked Lines’. Recorded in Nashville late last year... Read More

Dear Rouge Wins $10,000 SOCAN Songwriting Prize

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Dear Rouge Wins $10,000 SOCAN Songwriting Prize
“I Heard I Had” voted favourite of 10 nominated songs  Toronto, July 9, 2015 – Vancouver-based “alt-­rock, electro-dance and all-­around rad music duo” Dear Rouge are the winners of the 10thannual SOCAN Songwriting Prize for their song “I Heard I Had.” Band members Andrew McTaggart and Danielle McTaggart will receive a $10,000 cash prize, along with a Martin D-16GT acoustic... Read More

Danielle Marie – Here Right Now

Roman Mitz
Danielle Marie – Here Right Now
Don’t mess with Danielle Marie, the 19-year-old starlet who has just released her new disc Here Right Now.  Danielle, who hails from Morinville Alberta but now calls Vancouver home, is fiercely independent and wise beyond her years in terms of calling the shots for her career. The tattoo on her wrist which reads ‘Let them talk’ speaks volumes about sticking... Read More

NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL – THE MONSANTO YEARS

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NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL – THE MONSANTO YEARS
(Reprise Records) As the album title implies, this is a work about dust, hard work, and being taken for a ride by the Man. In this 21st century version of outrage, the symbol of the Man has been replaced by the Corporation, that vast descriptor for the power behind all things going wrong in the world, especially in North America.... Read More

Pemberton: The Ultimate Festival Experience

Keith Sharp
Pemberton: The Ultimate Festival Experience
July Talk So what’s a good ole boy from Mobile Alabama doing running one of Canada’s largest and most scenic music concert festivals? Glad you asked!  Organizer of the highly successful Hang Out Beach Festival staged at Gulf Shores, Alabama, the Tortuga Beach y Music Festival staged at Fort Lauderdale, and the Baku, EDM, indie festival in New Orleans, (which... Read More

For Autumn Hill The Timing is Now

Keith Sharp
For Autumn Hill The Timing is Now
So when your rock merchandise mogul dad, Joel Rabinowitz, is a fanatic Beatles fan and your younger brother, Brandon Robins, is the drummer for Black Crowes-inspired rock band, The Honey Runners, how the heck do you, Mike Robins, end up as one half of Canada’s hottest new country-rock duo, Autumn Hill? Yet, that’s the pleasant quandary Robins faces as he... Read More

Summer Concerts Come In All Shapes and Sizes

Keith Sharp
Summer Concerts Come In All Shapes and Sizes
Major concert productions like Pemberton’s Music Festival, Quebec City’s Festival d’ete de Quebec,  Ottawa’s Bluesfest or even the newly-relocated Boots And Hearts country music festival near Orillia may draw all the national publicity and some of the world’s greatest entertainers. Yet there is still room on the calendar for those smaller boutique festivals which continue to thrive by appealing to... Read More

BLUESFEST…THE VISION, THE EVOLUTION & THE FUTURE

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BLUESFEST…THE VISION, THE EVOLUTION & THE FUTURE
Ottawa’s RBC Bluesfest, one of the top ten outdoor music festivals in North America, is now in its 21st year, but has grown to become something much more than a phenomenally successful music festival. It’s an enterprise that has not only brought some of the biggest world talents to our city, but has also focused a great deal on our... Read More

Full Moon- Minglewood Rising

Keith Sharp
Full Moon- Minglewood Rising
The venue – Truro Nova Scotia’s Legion Hall; The event;  A Music Nova Scotia industry conference showcase November 2014, a location legendary for early performances by Frank McKay and the Lincolns in the mid-Sixties, Nova Scotia’s seminal R&B revue outfit.  Yet on this night, another legendary Maritime music group would reunite. After a 40 year absence, Matt Minglewood and Sam... Read More

THE TEA PARTY REISSUE ICONIC ALBUM, THE EDGES OF TWILIGHT, ON SEPTEMBER 4

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THE TEA PARTY REISSUE ICONIC ALBUM, THE EDGES OF TWILIGHT, ON SEPTEMBER 4
CELEBRATE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALBUM WITH CANADIAN TOUR AND SPECIAL REMASTERED VERSION  Toronto, ON – June 22, 2015 – To commemorate the 20th anniversary of The Edges of Twilight, The Tea Party have announced the release of a deluxe remastered CD, remastered LP, and a North American tour. It has been 20 years since the group released the iconic album featuring such singles as Sister Awake and The Bazaar. The... Read More

MEDICAL EMERGENCY FORCES NICKELBACK TO CANCEL NORTH AMERICAN DATES FOR 2015 NO FIXED ADDRESS TOUR, CHAD KROEGER TO UNDERGO VOCAL CORD SURGERY

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MEDICAL EMERGENCY FORCES NICKELBACK TO CANCEL NORTH AMERICAN DATES FOR 2015 NO FIXED ADDRESS TOUR, CHAD KROEGER TO UNDERGO VOCAL CORD SURGERY
Toronto, ON (June 23, 2015) – Multi-platinum selling rock band NICKELBACK is forced to cancel all remaining dates of the second leg of the 2015 No Fixed Address North American tour due to lead vocalist Chad Kroeger being diagnosed with an operable cyst on his voice box.  Kroeger will undergo surgery in 3 weeks following vocal rest ordered by doctors.  Ticket refunds will be... Read More

A Wild Night At The Socan Awards

Keith Sharp
A Wild Night At The Socan Awards
  Dallas Green, Randy Bachman and Mars Bonfire Yes music industry boys and girls, Mars Bonfire actually does exist! The reclusive writer of Steppenwolf’s seminal rock classic, “Born To Be Wild” was honoured Monday night at the 26th annual SOCAN Awards gala staged at the Westin Harbour Castle. More than 500 music industry movers and shakers paid tribute to Bonfire... Read More