Lemon Bucket Orkestra If I Had The Strength Outside Music “We start in a musty train car overlooking the fields and valleys of our youth through permanently smudged windows, reflecting on the life that once was and wondering how to face [...]
Willie Nelson Willie Nelson and the Boys (Willie’s Stash, Vol. 2) Legacy Recordings On Friday, October 20, 2017 Willie Nelson fans will finally be able to get their hands on Willie Nelson and the Boys (Willie’s Stash, Vol. 2). This release [...]
Roger Waters @ The Air Canada Centre, Toronto October 13, 2017 It was a lucky Friday the 13th for the thousands of Roger Waters/Pink Floyd fans who packed the rafters of the Air Canada Centre. Waters, the co-founder of Pink Floyd and celebrated [...]
FINDING PEACE WITHIN MYSELF THROUGH MUSIC A CONVERSATION WITH MISS MELERA & BRIAN CID On Friday, October 13, the lucky fans of house music are in for an early Halloween treat. The lovely Miss Melera, who’s a Toronto favourite from Amsterdam [...]
ALIVE WITH RISING APPALACHIA A CONVERSATION WITH LEAH SMITH “Alive is a collection of live recorded songs from our most recent tour,” Leah Smith of Rising Appalachia, explains to me while packing for their upcoming West Coast North American [...]
WELCOME TO THE PARTY A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE TILKA OF MAX WEBSTER Formed in 1973 by Kim Mitchell and Mike Tilka, Max Webster soon became one of the most original and popular rock bands in Canada. Deemed to be ahead of their time, Max Webster’s [...]
Low.Poly.Exception Nodal Point Gang Independent Nodal Point Gang, low.poly.exception’s debut album out on September 22, 2017, is self-described as “music for sad people” and “codewave” (a newly created term by Philadelphia-based musician, Neon [...]
HAWSKLEY WORKMAN ON THE CANADIAN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME | #CSHF2017 BRUCE COCKBURN TO BE INDUCTED & HONOURED BY HAWKSLEY WORKMAN On Saturday, September 23, 2017 Hawksley Workman will honour Bruce Cockburn’s induction into the Canadian [...]
Ori Dagan Nathaniel: A Tribute To Nat King Cole ScatCat Records Toronto jazz singer songwriter Ori Dagan, a staple in the local jazz scene, recently won the Global Music Awards silver medal for “Outstanding Achievement” in the Best Album [...]
MAN FROM TOMORROW SCREENING + Q&A WITH FILMMAKER JACQUELINE CAUX AND TECHNO ICON JEFF MILLS Man From Tomorrow is the third movie scored by Jeff Mills, the world-renowned Detroit-born DJ, producer, composer, and founding member of [...]
Earth Wind And Fire Featuring Chic: 2054 – The Tour @ The Air Canada Centre, Toronto August 13, 2017 There’s a reason why Ralph Johnson calls fellow band member Phillip Bailey “The Voice”. At 66 years of age, Bailey’s [...]
Niteshifters Huge Disco Deli Music Disco is back! Niteshifters follow the success of their debut single “Show Me What You’ve Got” with the release of their album Huge Disco (Deli Music) on August 4, 2017. The full-length album recalls the [...]
Camp SummerDaze 2017 | #campsummerdaze @ Schomberg, Ontario July 28-30, 2017 Camp SummerDaze was the best summer festival I’ve attended to date in Ontario. The SummerDaze crew, including their savvy volunteers, vendors, and new locatio,n [...]
ALL DAY I DREAM OF SUNSHINE DIVINE YOKOO TALKS ABOUT HEADLINING THE FORT YORK SHOWCASE A music event at Fort York has a certain magic to it. On July 15, 2017, YokoO will be playing the All Day I Dream Of Sunshine Divine alongside Lee Burridge, [...]
CROSSING WIRES JARED SIMMS TALKS ABOUT MY FAVORITE ROBOT’S UPCOMING SHOWCASE My Favorite Robot Records brings their Crossing Wires showcase to Coda (July 22) and Montreal’s Piknic Électronik (July 23). This tour also plays Miami’s 24-hour [...]
COMMUNITY & HAPPINESS A CONVERSATION WITH J’SOMETHING OF MI CASA Mi Casa, #NotJustAnotherLiveAct, is an infectious, soulful-jazzy house trio out of Johannesburg, South Africa. Their music is contagious, drawing from the trio’s eclectic [...]
Electric Island Festival 2017 @ 50 Commissioners’ Street, Toronto July 1, 2017 The upside of throwing an electronic music festival in a parking lot is the acoustics. While the #150 Canada Day Electric Island moved to 50 Commissioner’s [...]
In The Park – SHAD Kick Off Concert @ First Canadian Place, Toronto June 28, 2017 There’s nothing better than a free, open air Shad concert on a warm Wednesday night. Shad opened the #InTheParkFCP In The Park summer concert series in the [...]
ELECTRIC ISLAND CANADA DAY PREVIEW HANLAN’S POINT, TORONTO ISLAND | JULY 1, 2017 It’s fitting that Windsor-born Ritchie Hawtin’s debut at Electric Island Festival will be on Canada Day. Fans hope that Canadian techno star and Toronto’s [...]
MOSCOW NOIR A CONVERSATION WITH LESTHER GUTIERREZ Following the release of their self-titled EP, you’ll soon be able to hear one of Moscow Noir’s surreal new wave songs remixed by Toronto producers Alberto Jossue, Night Vision and Talal [...]
Movement Electronic Music Festival 2017 @ Philip A. Hart Plaza, Detroit May 27-29, 2017 Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom. A cacophony of thunderous techno and hip hop ricochets off the concrete structures throughout Hart Plaza. People of all ages, dressed as [...]
HEAVY BASS LICKS AND CRISP PERCUSSION A CONVERSATION WITH ENZO SIRAGUSA When a DJ is inspired by every party he attends – be it break beat to classic house to drum and bass – what does he do? For Enzo Siragusa, London DJ and Producer, he [...]
Diana Krall Turn Up The Quiet Verve Label Group/Universal Music Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning jazz pianist and Canadian singer Diana Krall releases her highly anticipated new album Turn Up the Quiet today on Verve Records/Universal Music Canada. [...]
Feist Pleasure Interscope/Universal Music Feist delivers her muse’s wish in Pleasure (Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada) her fourth full-length album. Co-produced with longtime collaborators Renaud Letang and Mocky and recorded over [...]
