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M for Montreal to Welcome OMBIIGIZI, Bibi Club, Cedric Noel and More for Expanded 2022 Showcase
PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2022
After sharing the first run of artists for their 2022 edition back in July, M for Montreal organizers have announced 20 more artists for th...
Jully Black, Deborah Cox, Kardinal Offishall to Perform at Inaugural Legacy Awards
PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2022
A new awards show is set to honour Canada's Black musicians and actors: the Legacy Awards is coming to the CBC on September 25. The event...
The Canadian Screen Awards Adopt Gender-Neutral Categories
PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2022
The Canadian Screen Awards are going gender-neutral, as the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has announced it will no longer have se...
Toronto Music Scene Manager and Promoter Martin Onrot Has Died
PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2022
Martin Onrot, a major figure in the Toronto music scene in the '60s and '70s, has reportedly died at age 82. Onrot passed away as a result...
Can Canadian Musicians Afford to Tour Anymore?
PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2022
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, so many artists are unable to get their tours off the ground. Matt Peters remembers when his indie...
Vinyl Could Go Green by Losing Its Namesake
PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2022
Vinyl sales hit a new high in December of 2021 — and, as luck and the Fibonacci sequence would have it, the record-breaking cost of records...
Streaming Services Outpaced Cable TV for the First Time Ever in July 2022
PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2022
Streaming usage on platforms like Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max and more surpassed that of cable TV usage in the US for t...
Sum 41's Deryck Whibley Sells Publishing Catalogue
PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2022
Sum 41 frontman and principal songwriter Deryck Whibley is the latest artist to have his publishing catalogue acquired by an investment fir...