Celebrate Canada 150 with CanadaSound and Walk Off The Earth on July 1st
“A nation-wide collaboration between everyday Canadians and the Canadian musicians we love, that captures the essence of what we all love about Canada” June 29th, 2017 – The day is finally here after a full year of celebration, Canada is turning the big 150. CanadaSound is proud to announce that Walk Off The Earth will...
JUNO Nominated Composers Blitz//Berlin Release “Farewell to Nova Scotia” as part of Cana
Stream or Download “Farewell To Nova Scotia” on Apple or Spotify Music Toronto, ON (June 9, 2017) – JUNO nominated composers Blitz//Berlin are thrilled to announce the release of their take on one of the oldest known Canadian folk songs, “Farewell to Nova Scotia” – available digitally today via Wax Records/Universal Music Canada. The track,...
What is CanadaSound?
If you could pick one sound that defines Canada, what would it be? Swishy snowpants? The snapping of lobster claws? The cry of a loon echoing across your favourite lake? What about the satisfying squeak of cheese curds against your teeth? We’re asking Canadians in every corner of this country to submit their favourite Canadian...
CanadaSound Launch Press Release
New sound-sharing platform CanadaSound inspires musicians, songwriters and the public to create the ultimate Canadian soundtrack. Collaborators behind the launch include cleansheet communications, CBC Music, The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), SOCAN and The Department of Canadian Heritage Portion of proceeds from the final digital album to be donated to MusiCounts March...
Port Cities
Port Cities is a band on the way up. The Halifax-based group —and former Searchlight semifinalists — met at Gordie Sampson’s songwriting camp and found they had great chemistry together. Carleton Stone, Breagh Mackinnon and Dylan Guthro all have their own solo careers, but as a group they harmonize beautifully and write great tunes together....
Listen to Hamilton Leithauser’s Leonard Cohen cover from House of Strombo
This week’s episode of The Strombo Show featured Hamilton Leithauser covering Leonard Cohen, an intimate conversation with Montreal’s Beyries and more performances from the Franklin Electric, Heartstreets, Lisa LeBlanc and Vanessa Carlton. Hamilton Leithauser of the Walkmen, Hamilton and Rostam slings his guitar to perform intimate renditions of songs from I Had a Dream That...
Joel Plaskett chats about working with his dad this week on Backstage Pass
Backstage Pass caught up with the Plasketts from inside their Dartmouth recording studio, New Scotland Yard, where they were rehearsing songs off their first collaborative album, Solidarity. Known for his strong songwriting, this time Joel Plaskett teamed up with with his earliest musical influence, his dad, Bill Plaskett, to create an album of original songs...
Pianist Janina Fialkowska hosts This Is My Music
Chopin is synonymous with piano music and Janina Fialkowska is one of the leading Chopin interpreters of our time. Her 2012 recording Chopin Recital 2, received five stars from BBC Music Magazine and rave reviews from critics in North America and Europe. And in 2010, for Chopin’s 200th anniversary, she built her entire concert schedule...
From Céline Dion to Lauryn Hill: 30 women who have changed music
Whether it was Ma Rainey’s soulful groan, Dolly Parton’s heartfelt lyrics or Patti Smith’s experimental style, women have been a force to be reckoned with, inspired by and pay attention to since music existed. They’ve created their own identities by breaking records, shattering barriers and changing the landscape. In the list below — whether the...
