FYI Music for Sep 22nd, 2022 - Slaight Foundation, Unison, Micah Barnes

| Slaight Family Gifts $10M To the Unison Fund, With New Money For Retirees

The Slaight Family Foundation's extraordinary charitable gift guarantees $10M to the Unison assistance program and a newly created legacy program that can offer financial and medical support to retired individuals in the music community deemed in need of help. Pictured left-right:  Unison Fund co-founder Jodie Ferneyhough, Unison programs & services manager Kathryn Hummel Brezynskie, ED Amanda Power, former ED Sheila Hamilton, and Slaight Music president Derrick Ross.

| Media Beat: September 22, 2022

Postmedia, Pluto TV, C-11, copyright protection, Getty Images, AI, Mark Zuckerberg, Starlink, and Spotify make headlines in today's edition.

| Pierre Kwenders Wins The 2022 Polaris Music Prize

At a Gala in Toronto, the Congolese-Canadian musician received $50K for winning the prestigious Prize. Nine other Short List nominees each earned $3K courtesy of Slaight Music. 

| Luminate Data Market Watch Facts & Figures: Sep 15th, 2022

Here is this week's Luminate Data Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and YTD with comparisons to last year. This chart is published every Tuesday. The...

| Prism Prize Video: Boyhood - Don’t You Dare

The 2022 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was recently awarded to Mustafa, for his clip for his own track, Ali. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos that were eligible for the 2022 prize, including this one from an Ontario singer/songwriter.

| Lewis Capaldi's 'Forget Me' Is This Week's Fave New Radio Track

Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi (pictured), who recently disclosed he has Tourette's syndrome, is the top add this week with an intensely personal song entitled Forget Me. Shelburne, ON singer Ruby Waters hits a high note with Open Arms, and London, ON indie quartet New Friends, a Slaight Music It's Your Shot winner, earn traction with Doomed. With video. 

| A Podcast Conversation with... Micah Barnes

The man of the song is in a favourable place and eye toward the future. Plenty of mileage between the prime days of The Nylons and the grooming of future artists, such as J.P. Saxe, and a new gig as Musical Director of Canada's Got Talent. Learn more in this FYI podcast.

| FYI Schedule of Upcoming Releases, Sept. 22, 2022

Notable artists with new albums this week include Completions, Dr. John, Moonspell, 5 Seconds of Summer, Tamino, Manhattan Transfer, and Alex G. Canadian artists with new releases out in a busy week include Daniel Lanois, Chemical Club, RBT, Gentiane MG, Jake Chisholm, Madeline Merlo, Adam Baldwin (pictured), Suzie Vinnick, Daniela Gesundheit, Jann Arden, Status/Non-Status, Lenny Bull, David Myles, Ryan Guldemond, Alexis Castrogiovanni, Sheila Soares, and Razor.

| Careers: September 21, 2022

This week there are 138 positions open after 18 deletions, a decrease of five posts from the prior week.

| Music News Digest, Sept 22, 2022

The YYC Music Awards honoured Calgary talent, roots star Suzie Vinnick (pictured) launches a new album, and BreakOut West is set for a 20th-anniversary edition. Also in the news are Allison Russell, the Kensington Market Jazz Festival, IRCPA, NMC, Bryan Adams, Alex Henry Foster, Morojele Music Group, Gentiane MG, The Wilderness of Manitoba, Theory Of A Deadman, Mike Downes, Marla and David Celia, Bywater Call, Lenny Bull, and Colter Wall.

| Music Biz Headlines, Sept. 22, 2022

Jessie Reyez (pictured) looks inward on her new album, Daniel Lanois keeps looking forward, and an homage to Hotel California. Also in the headlines are Ombiigizi, Miranda Currie, Justin Trudeau, Nav, TSO, Allison Russell, Come From Away, HPO, TIFF, WMG, Robert Kyncl, Resso, Taylor Swift, Leonard Cohen, Ozzy Osbourne, Kanye west, David Bowie, and Linying.