A troop of Canadian recording artists will face off against NHL greats tonight at the 2012 Juno Cup. Matthew Barber is banding together with fellow musicians including Sam Roberts, Classified and Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy in a celebrity charity hockey match opposite retired NHL stars like Gary Roberts, Claude Lemieux and four-time Stanley Cup winner Paul Coffey. The […]
Junofest is taking over Ottawa this weekend. 100+ acts, including Juno Award winner Kellylee Evans, are taking part in this year’s celebration of Canadian music and performing at various venues across the capital. “For me, it’s all about gigs, it’s all about performing,” Kellylee says. But before the jazz starlet takes the stage, she hits the ice at the […]
2012 Juno nominees Dragonette ignited on the Canadian electropop scene with their 2007 debut Galore and their 2009 acclaimed follow up Fixin to Thrill. After teaming up with French DJ Martin Solveig , the trio charred their mark on the rest of the world with the internatioanl hit single “Hello.” Fueling their fire, the hot track […]
Jenn Grant charmed Canada with her colorful, third album, Honeymoon Punch. That same record got a Juno nod for Adult Alternative Album of the Year. Honeymoon Punch isn’t the somber, pensive Jenn that you may have heard on the soundtracks of Grey’s Anatomy, Flashpoint and Heartland. And this is definitely not the vulnerable woman exposed on […]
“If I can’t sing jazz, I’d rather not sing,” says 2012 Juno Award nominee Sophie Milman. The jazz sensation need not explain herself, her passion for the genre is evident. It just doesn’t get any more obvious than her latest album In the Moonlight nominated for Jazz Vocal Album of the Year. Paying tribute to the greats and backed […]
Charlotte Martin has been to hell and back. Intercostal neuralgia, an excruciating nerve disorder, plagued the singer and held her life hostage. “It was torture,” Charlotte thinks back. “I watched someone else take care of my little boy and I watched my friends go on with their lives. The world just kept on turning as I was […]
Amrita Acharia got her big break in the HBO medieval fantasy Game of Thrones, available on DVD and Blu-ray March 6. Amrita stars as Irri, the handmaiden to Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke). Irri comes to Daenerys’ aid and teaches her to speak Dothraki, the language of her new warlord husband Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa). Before Amrita landed […]
It’s been 16 years since Britpop trio Dodgy got together for a studio date. February marked the reunion of original members Nigel Clark, Mathew Priest and Andy Miller, as they brought you their fifth studio album Stand Upright In A Cool Place. These are the blokes responsible for the 90s hits “Staying Out for the Summer,” “If You’re Thinking […]
The Low Anthem has got to be the busiest band to ever come out of Providence, maybe even New England. The indie folk band managed to deliver four albums in five years while relentlessly touring the globe. “We have been working really hard,” multi-instrumentalist Ben Knox Miller admits. In the fall of last year, The Low […]
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 beamed just enough light on rising star Ali Faulkner to put her on Hollywood’s radar. Look at her shining at the L.A. premiere last fall. The Missouri-born beauty joined the cast of The Twilight Saga as Bianca, secretary to the Volturi, starring opposite Michael Sheen. “My scene takes place about […]
Congratulations are in order for electro-pop duo Junior Boys. This morning, the guys woke up to a Juno nomination for Electronic Album of the Year. It’s All True, the Boy’s fourth studio album, is being recognized for the exceptional electronic effort that it is by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). Joining the Junior Boys in […]
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The iHeart Radio MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVAs), formerly the MuchMusic Video Awards, is Canada’s hottest music award show and one of the biggest street-level block party events in the world. The MMVAs have been honoring the year’s top music videos since 1990 and have welcomed music’s biggest stars including The Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, […]
