Leonard Cohen Thanks For The Dance Sony Music There is not much more that can be said in praise of Leonard Cohen’s posthumous album besides the fact that it is a dizzying emotional masterpiece. Omnipresent throughout is the knowledge that, just [...]
INSPIRATION, MOVING FORWARD, AND INVOKING THE DEVIL A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS Woodstock headliner. Grammy winner. Road warrior. Creative force. Icon. What does an artist do, after they’ve done it all? If you’re David [...]
David Clayton-Thomas Mobius Independent Label Services/Universal Music The temptation for many artists from the classic rock era is to hit the nostalgia concert circuit, dragging out their greatest hits. Though touring was quite lucrative, [...]
PRISM PRIZE REVEALS TOP 10 MUSIC VIDEO NOMINEES The Prism Prize has announced the Top 10 best Canadian music videos of the year, as voted by a jury of more than 120 Canadian music, film and media arts professionals. After viewing hundreds of [...]
THE COHEN FAMILY PRESENTS TOWER OF SONG: A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN ELVIS COSTELLO, LANA DEL REY, FEIST, PHILIP GLASS, K.D. LANG, THE LUMINEERS’ WESLEY SCHULTZ AND JEREMIAH FRAITES, DAMIEN RICE, STING, PATRICK WATSON, ADAM COHEN AND [...]
2017 Polaris Music Prize Gala @ The Carlu, Toronto September 18, 2017 Columbian immigrant Lido Pimienta is the winner of the 2017 Polaris Music Prize,for her album La Papessa, beating out such Canadian greats as Gord Downie, Leonard Cohen, as [...]
POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE ANNOUNCES THE 2017 SHORT LIST 2017 POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT GALA TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 18 The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music and produced by Blue Ant Media, today announced its 2017 Short [...]
POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE REVEALS THE 2017 SHORT LIST WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED AT SEPTEMBER 18 GALA The Polaris Music Prize 2017 Short List was revealed at The Carlu Hotel in Toronto on July 16th. The Prize is presented by CBC music, and produced by [...]
JUNO AWARDS & JUNO WEEK 2017 March 27 – April 2, 2017 Not only where to start, but where to go, and how many things can be fit into one night – those were probably the most common questions by anyone who was taking advantage of JUNO [...]
Bobby Bazini Summer Is Gone Universal Music Canada Quebec’s Bobby Bazini has been making a name for himself in Canada over the past few years, and on this album, his third, he’s set to take on the world. The good news is that this album is [...]
LEONARD COHEN PASSES AWAY AT AGE 82 Iconic Canadian poet/musician Leonard Cohen has passed away suddenly this evening. There has been no cause announced. He was 82. The following message was posted on his Facebook page: It is with profound [...]
ANOTHER SMILING PHASE AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS A tribute to Canada’s most influential songwriters, arranged and performed by one of the greats himself. This is what David Clayton-Thomas, of Blood, Sweat & Tears fame, has [...]
DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS ANNOUNCES ‘CANADIANA’ ALBUM PAYING TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG, RUSH, JONI MITCHELL AND MORE David Clayton-Thomas, the endlessly prolific singer, Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Songwriter’s Hall Of Fame, and Canada’s [...]
TRUE NORTH RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE MUSIC GALLERY OF FINE ART THE WORLD’S FIRST FINE ART GALLERY DEDICATED TO VISUAL ART BY MUSICIANS BOB DYLAN, LEONARD COHEN, JONI MITCHELL, JOHN LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, MILES DAVIS, JERRY GARCIA – [...]