SongStudio, Canada’s annual songwriting workshop, was held this past week at the Royal Conservatory of Music on Bloor in Toronto. The week-long event founded by Blair Packham and Rik Emmett in 2005, annually hosts 40 songwriters, domestic and international, who converge together to geek out on the art and craft of songwriting.
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July 29, 2019
by External Source
The 2019 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded recently to Kevan Funk, for his clip for Belle Game’s Low. We will continue to profile recent Canadian videos, including this self-directed one from a young Juno-nominated rapper/producer from Toronto. Slaight Music is Patron Sponsor for the Prism Prize.
July 26, 2019
by External Source
Music Row’s Big Loud Music has announced a new, female-focused label partnership with ACM award-winning songwriter Nicolle Galyon that’s dubbed Son
July 26, 2019
by Kerry Doole
The second edition of this multi-venue Ontario festival sports an impressive lineup including Matt Andersen, Cowboy Junkies, and Bedouin Soundclash. We learned more from co-producer Ryan Andersen.
July 26, 2019
by FYI Staff
A 1983 mini-album by the proto-punk Hamilton rockers is given the deluxe reissue treatment by Universal Music Canada.
July 24, 2019
by External Source
Bell Media today announced it has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of Groupe V Média to acquire conventional network V along with re
July 24, 2019
by FYI Staff
After years of backroom haggling, a deal has been struck. Music Canada sponsors, CBC will televise and the National Music Centre is where the inductions are to take place.
July 24, 2019
by External Source
The National Music Centre will receive a $525,000 contribution from Stingray over the next seven years to support classical music residencies at St
July 23, 2019
by External Source
Here is this week's Nielsen Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and YTD with comparisons to last year.
July 22, 2019
by External Source
Record labels often worry about streaming services disintermediating them, but they should be more concerned about artists disintermediating them t
July 22, 2019
by External Source
Embracing his Western heritage through his music, Lund has been known to touch on a range of cowboy themes past and present - from rough-and-tumble tales of lawless frontier saloons to the somber realities of running a modern family ranch.
July 22, 2019
by Kerry Doole
The 2019 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded recently to Kevan Funk, for his clip for Belle Game’s Low. We will continue to profile prominent recent Canadian videos, including this one from an acclaimed Montreal pianist/composer. Slaight Music is Patron Sponsor for the Prism Prize.