Where would Montrealer Marie-Christine rather be than at the Montreal International Jazz Fest? Nowhere. The girl is home. Last year the nation heard this exotic songbird launch her debut Walk in Beauty. If you didn’t catch her then, now’s your chance. Here’s a talent discovered and produced by Canadian big gun Corey Hart. Even more impressive, […]
This year’s Fright Night Film Festival is a reunion bash for Christine Elise McCarthy. The fest is reuniting the actress with her Child’s Play 2 costar Alex Vincent, and her Beverly Hills, 90210 buddies Jason Priestley and Luke Perry, who she met playing bad girl Emily Valentine on the epic series. “This will be really fun,” Christine says. “I […]
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, […]
These Kids Wear Crowns haven’t been able to sit still since the launch of their album Jump Start last year. The pop-punk 6-piece troupe from Chilliwack, BC have rocked stages from Toronto to Singapore and this Sunday, they’re heading to the 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards. The boys’ vibrant cover of Whitney Houston’s hit “I Wanna Dance With Somebody […]
Trevor Boris is on fire. The MuchMusic icon and two-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee just made his US talk-show debut last night on Conan. Go big or go home, right? Right. And Trevor’s a long, long way from the farm in Selkirk, Manitoba that he called home. Next up, Trevor is bringing some comedy to the NXNE […]
Marianas Trench is on a mission to smash the pop mold. Applauded for their efforts, the guys’ latest album, Ever After, was nominated for Pop Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards earlier this year. On Sunday, June 17, the boys return to the MuchMusic Video Awards for the third time, and are in the […]
On June 5, Neil Young & Crazy Horse will release Americana, the band’s first album in 9 years. The forthcoming record is a collection of classic American folk songs including “Clementine,” “Oh Susannah” and “God Save the Queen.” Now whether all the tunes and their origins are actually “folk” is debatable. Neil has never been crazy about […]
After their debut in 2007, it didn’t take much time for Toronto based rock band The Darcys to graduate from campus sets to hot spots in festivals like NXNE and Canadian Music Week. The Darcys were driving in the fast lane and loving the rush, until they hit a speed bump in the spring of ’10. Lead vocalist […]
