By Keith Sharp Comic book genius and former Music Express and Metallion magazine art director, Darwyn Cooke passed away Saturday  morning in Florida after succumbing to a bout of aggressive cancer. His wife Marsha posted in a blog May 13th that the 53-year-old Cooke had been placed in palliative care and he died the following day. Writer and artist for The New Frontier series... Read More

May 13, 2016  “Our thoughts are with all those affected and we sincerely hope the community can quickly get back to some sense of normality. Courage.” – Pierre, Chuck, Jeff, Sébastien & David Following the news of the wildfires which caused mass devastation in Fort McMurray, Alberta, the members of Simple Plan along with the Simple Plan Foundation volunteers were shocked... Read More

May 13, 2016 – Warner Music Canada recording artists Billy Talent have announced the release of their new album Afraid of Heights.  The album is heralded by the title track, which premiered on Alternative Press last night.  Click here to listen.  Fans who preorder Afraid of Heights will receive an instant download of this single with five more instant grat tracks to follow leading... Read More

“The idea was to create an anthem for the home crowd to sing about putting a ‘Hurtin” on the other team.”  Paul Dean   LOS ANGELES, MAY 13th, 2016 LOVERBOY, Canada‘s greatest rock export, continue to be just as relevant to today’s audience as they were 37 years ago, when vocalist Mike Reno was first introduced to guitar legend Paul Dean, both... Read More

Canadian Music Week Canadian Music Week (CMW) would once again like to thank all of this year’s participants, sponsors, partners, performers, volunteers, speakers, and the festival team for their contributions to another great year! Over 120,000 fans were in attendance at this year’s festival, with over 2900 delegates taking part in panels and networking activities, and 30 participating countries from across... Read More

FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016 MASSEY HALL, TORONTO   TICKETS ON SALE NOW    Today Live Nation and the Jeff Healey Estate reveal guitar the incredible line up of artists confirmed for the Jeff Healey 50th birthday celebration. Featured in what promised to be an amazing night of music are guitar heroes Albert Lee, Philip Sayce, Sonny Landreth, The Trews, Walter... Read More

TORONTO (May 5, 2016) – It’s gonna be lit! Much confirmed today the next group of talent confirmed to appear at THE 2016 IHEARTRADIO MUCH MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS. New performers added to the lineup are pop supergroup Fifth Harmony, a special duet by pop singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld with B.C. hit-maker Shawn Hook, and Canadian indie pop duo Tegan... Read More

By Keith Sharp What has got to rate as THE music deal of the festival season, the Peterborough Musicfest has scheduled top flight Canadian talent at the Ontario city’s Del Crary Park, two nights a week from June 25th until August 24th and the charge is absolutely free! Kicking off with Serena Ryder on Saturday June 25th and wrapping up... Read More

The best of Canada’s Independent talent took centre stage Wednesday as the 16th annual Indie Awards were presented at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre. Funded by the Ontario Music Fund Corporation (through the Ontario Music Fund) and hosted by Indies 88 radio personality Raina Dunn, this Canadian Music Week initiative resulted in a number of awards being spread out between a... Read More