Musicians
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready to Receive Award at MusiCares Concert Feat. Slash, Nancy Wilson, Mike Ness and More
Pearl Jam's Mike McCready to Receive Award at MusiCares Concert Feat. Slash, Nancy Wilson, Mike Ness and More Pearl Jam's Mike McCready will receive the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award at the 2018 MusiCares Concert For Recovery on May 10 — photo credit: Karen Loria. Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready will receive the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award at the 2018 MusiCares…
Sam Roberts Band to Headline Free-For-Activists Global Citizen Event in Vancouver
Sam Roberts Band to Headline Free-For-Activists Global Citizen Event in Vancouver Sam Roberts Band — photo courtesy of Global Citizen.The Sam Roberts Band will anchor the Global Citizen advocacy organization's first-ever concert event in Vancouver, British Columbia — and its only open to those who join the social advocacy movement and take action. Taking…
Q&A: Skye Wallace Song Inspired by Canada’s First Battered Woman Defence Case
Q&A: Skye Wallace Song Inspired by Canada’s First Battered Woman Defence Case Skye Wallace promo shot — photo credit: Oliver Mann. It’s not widely known but the story of Angelina Napolitano is a flashpoint in the early development of women’s right in Canada. And it is the cornerstone of “Swing Batter,” the intense new single by Toronto’s Skye…
Arcade Fire to Receive Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award
Arcade Fire to Receive Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award Arcade Fire promo shot — photo credit: MergeThe members of Montreal’s Arcade Fire will receive the 2018 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner, May 10, held at Toronto’s Rebel Entertainment Complex during Canadian Music Week…
Q&A: Country Combo Nice Horse Bite Back at ‘Mansplainin’ With Vivid New Single
Q&A: Country Combo Nice Horse Bite Back at ‘Mansplainin’ With Vivid New Single L-R: Brandi Sidoryk, Katie Rox, Kaley Beisiegel, Krista Wodelet — photo courtesy of Indoor Recess. Humour is a highly effective and often subversive way of making a serious point, as any late-night television viewer can attest. Yet that strategy seldom crosses over into…
Common Calls Out Trump, NRA In 90th Academy Awards Performance
Common Calls Out Trump, NRA In 90th Academy Awards Performance Common — screenshot via ABC News YTConsciously-minded rapper Common used his appearance at the 90th Academy Awards last night (March 4) to call out U.S. President Donald Trump as well as the National Rifle Association (NRA). Common used a spoken word intro before his performance of "Stand…
Juno Awards and Juno Week Events Help Foster Young Musicians
Juno Awards and Juno Week Events Help Foster Young Musicians Juno Cup 2017 — Rockers look on during skills competition, TD Place, Ottawa — photo courtesy of CARAS. To casual observers, the Juno Awards are star-studded, televised hoopla lionizing Canadian music and the business that supports it. But a closer examination of the Junos — and its attendant…
WATCH: Andrew Cole's #NoJoke Anti-Bullying Trailer Features Patrick Stewart, Slash, Jane Lynch, More
WATCH: Andrew Cole's #NoJoke Anti-Bullying Trailer Features Patrick Stewart, Slash, Jane Lynch, More Andrew Cole — photo providedToronto-based musician Andrew Cole has spent the last few years confronting bullying and it turns out he's got a number of high-profile allies helping him with his cause. Cole's quest to record an anti-bullying song has…
Arkells Launch The Rally Concert Event To Support Refugee Health Charity
Arkells Launch The Rally Concert Event To Support Refugee Health Charity Arkells — photo via Big HassleCanadian rock band Arkells have launched their own hometown music festival in Hamilton, Ontario called The Rally and area refugee causes will benefit from the mega-concert. The event will take place June 23 at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field and will…
Watch: Drake Challenges People To "Be Nice To Each Other" With God's Plan Video
Watch: Drake Challenges People To "Be Nice To Each Other" With God's Plan Video Drake comforts mother and son — screencap via Drake's YouTube channelDrake is using the release of his newest music video "God's Plan" to challenge people to "be nice to each other." Leading up to the release of "God's Plan" on Feb. 16, the pop star called the…
10 Important Songs For International Clash Day
10 Important Songs For International Clash Day The Clash — photo via Sony MusicWhen punk rockers The Clash were active between 1976 to 1986, the band led by Joe Strummer used their music to confront things like racism, police brutality, classism, terrorism, capitalism and pretty any other related cause that could negatively impact young people. More than…
Paul Simon Plans to Do Charity Shows After Farewell Tour
Paul Simon Plans to Do Charity Shows After Farewell Tour Paul Simon promo shot, 2016Paul Simon who begins his Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour in Vancouver in mid-May, plans to follow it up with “the occasional” concert in a hall and “donate those earnings to various philanthropic organizations, particularly those whose objective is to save the planet,…
Recording Academy Announces Task Force After Uproar Over Women "Step Up" Comment
Recording Academy Announces Task Force After Uproar Over Women "Step Up" Comment Cyndi Lauper — screenshot from Grammy 2018 interview. Following upsetting and out-of-touch comments Recording Academy president/CEO Neil Portnow made after the Grammy Awards Sunday night (Jan. 28), calling for women to “step up” if they want to be executives in the…
Blues Brothers Winter Blues-themed Benefit Show To Support CAMH
Blues Brothers Winter Blues-themed Benefit Show To Support CAMH (L to R): Wayne Catania, Dan Akroyd, Kieron Lafferty — photo courtesy of the Phoenix Concert Theatre.There's going to be a Blues Brothers party in Toronto to combat the blues. More specifically, The Official Blues Brothers Revue, featuring Kieron Lafferty as the 1980's film character Elwood…
WATCH and READ Rapper Logic's Message at 60th Grammy Awards: Hate is Ugly
WATCH and READ Rapper Logic's Message at 60th Grammy Awards: Hate is Ugly Rapper Logic used his time in the Grammy Awards spotlight last night (Jan. 28) to declare that "hate is ugly" and "women are as precious as they are stronger than any man." Logic's hard-hitting message came during his performance of his suicide prevention anthem "1-800-273-8255…