You only need three things to play the blues: a good guitar, an innate understanding of the music and thirty years in which to do it. Maple Blues Award winner Steve Kozak qualifies on all three counts. The latest offering from this seasoned Canadian bluesman offers a tasty mix of blues as seen through a decidedly West Coast lens. The... Read More

Toronto-based indie quartet Jane’s Party have announced a string of Canadian tour dates, kicking off in Sault Ste Marie on February 16. See below for details. The band just came off a hugely successful 13 city European tour supporting BRITs Critics Choice winner and popular singer-songwriter Tom Odell, who is a big fan of JP. Says Parisian Karma Spirit after... Read More

The Cousins, featuring actual real-life cousins Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) and actor/comedian Harland Williams, will unleash their new LP Rattlesnake Love to the world on March 17, 2017.  The album features 11 eclectic, intense, fun, romantic and diverse tracks written and recorded in The Purple Pineapple Studios with Hearn at the production helm.  Title track “Rattlesnake Love” features JUNO and... Read More

City and Colour, acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green, has announced an extensive Canadian tour for 2017. “An Evening with City and Colour – Solo” tour kicks off in Courtenay, BC on April 1 and wraps up in Corner Brook, NL on May 16 (full routing below). City and Colour will perform in an intimate theatre environment visiting 25... Read More

Sarah McLachlan, OC, OBC, has sold over 30 million albums, won 10 Junos and three Grammy awards and, in April, she can add another feather to her hat when she is formally inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Created in 1978 by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame acknowledges those... Read More

THE AGE OF ELECTRIC has announced several Canadian tour dates kicking off March 24 in Vancouver and wrapping up in Oshawa, ON on April 15. See a full routing below. The beloved indie-rockers have also debuted a never-before released track titled “Th13teen”, one of 4 previously unreleased songs recorded during the Make A Pest A Pet sessions. Listen + share... Read More

It’s been a long time in the making. Ritalin Boy the man & band first appeared on the music scene in the 90s, and Ritalin Boy recently made a stir with punk-politicos SFH (Shit From Hell), the subject of many a news story. Just Google it. Ritalin Boy was also in underground legends The Thin Line and Dancing Wu Li... Read More

David Clayton-Thomas, the endlessly prolific singer, Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Songwriter’s Hall Of Fame, and Canada’s Walk Of Fame inductee has released a “part-CNN and part SNL” Donald Trump tribute “Ode To The Donald”. David Clayton-Thomas has released a statement with the video: “The 2016 US presidential race was the most entertaining television since the OJ trial. A daily... Read More

Canadian rock band The Glorious Sons release a brand new track “Kill The Lights” today via Black Box / Universal Music Canada.  After weeks of teasers on social media, the band is proud to share a song designed to hold fans over until the new album is ready in the summer of 2017.  Lead singer Brett Emmons expresses his appreciation to... Read More