Listen Up! to Mark Howard’s tale on 30 years of producing great records
May 20th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
What do The Tragically Hip’s Day for Night, Bob Dylan’s Oh Mercy, The Neville Brother’s Yellow Moon and REM’s Automatic
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Monsters, Movies and Metallica’s Hammett
May 17th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Kirk Hammett, Metallica’s lead guitarist since the dawn of time, is a world-class collector of horror and sci-fi movie memorabilia.
RE:SOUND, SOCAN now working Entandem
May 15th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Promising to make music licensing easier and more streamlined, RE:SOUND and SOCAN have joined forces to create a single entity,
UPDATE: Last Gord Downie fundraiser sells out
May 13th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Good news, everyone! Well, unless you were interested in buying a white or brown leather keychain made from a remnant
Hollerado, Hawksley Workman to headline Sound of Music Festival
April 24th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Just in: Hollerado will be one of this year’s headliners at the Sound of Music Festival in Burlington. The band
Vote now for CMW’s Independent Music Awards
April 24th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
We’re just weeks away from Canadian Music Week and, with that, the 19th Annual Independent Music Awards. Who will win?
Women to the front: Deborah Dugan to become first female Grammy president
April 21st, 2019 | by Amber Healy
A woman will lead the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for the first time. The move comes a
Nile Rodgers calls out Spotify on songwriter treatment
April 13th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Nile Rodgers is one of the coolest people imaginable. It’s that endless style, the carefree stature and the killer playing,
Songwriters continue fighting Spotify
April 12th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
This is a turbulent spring for songwriters. First, Spotify files an appeal to prevent musicians from getting a 44% increase
The music industry made a ton of money in 2018 – but not artists
April 3rd, 2019 | by Amber Healy
A new report showed the music industry raked in an astonishing $19.1 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.7% from
Zuck: Facebook needs government oversight
April 2nd, 2019 | by Amber Healy
It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke: Mark Zuckerberg claims to want more government oversight and regulation of platforms like Facebook.
Nickelback, Jepsen to be honoured at SOCAN Awards
March 31st, 2019 | by Amber Healy
No foolin’: Nickelback and Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” are among the honourees at the 30th anniversary SOCAN awards
Play It Loud looks at the tools of the rock revolution
March 24th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
What is loud rock music without the guitar? We need never wonder, but we can take the time to reflect
Meet the man who wrote the encyclopedia on Canadian music
March 22nd, 2019 | by Amber Healy
For a small country, Canada has a music history and heritage that can fill an encyclopedia. Jaimie Vernon has written
Calling all Radiohead fans: New book coming out in May
March 20th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Just in time for the band’s introduction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Phil Rose is about to
Early registration for Indie Week ends April 9
March 17th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
The big day might not come until November, the deadline for early Indie Week registration is April 9 – just
The triumphant return of Kasador
March 15th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
The brooding, if there was any, might have been backstage and in the year between shows, but as soon as
What’s going on with Spotify and streaming payments?
March 13th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Musicians are paid fractions of a penny every time their song is streamed. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled
Fortnite dance lawsuits cooling their heels
March 12th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
A group of lawsuits against Fortnite for allegedly using popular dance moves without the permission of their creators has been
Calling all emerging artists — here’s a panel for you
March 10th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Are you part of a new or up-and-coming band and feel kind of overwhelmed at what it takes to get
Shannon Hoon, Blind Melon documentary to debut at Tribeca
March 6th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
After many years of work, painstaking dedication and who knows how many trips to review footage with his family, the
Help raise money for Music Therapy Month
March 1st, 2019 | by Amber Healy
March is Music Therapy Awareness Month – today, March 1, is World Music Therapy Day – and there are many
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