MusiCounts, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ music education charity, is on a mission to keep music programs alive and kicking in schools across nation. Two-time Juno winner Johnny Reid sits on the organisation’s board and couldn’t feel stronger about the charity. “We want to keep music in the schools, we don’t want to lose it,” […]
2012 two-time Juno nominee Ron Sexsmith is his biggest critic, especially when it comes to live performances. “After almost every show, I’ll be laying in bed at a hotel going over the show. Going over the things I thought went well and the things I need to work on,” Ron says. “I worry about this […]
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 […]
