The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 958: The Roots of the 90s CanRock explosion
There was a time in this country when Canadians didn’t really care about Canadian music. No, wait. Let’s start over.
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Canadian Music
Here’s the Short List for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize. One of these albums will win $50,000 tonight
What was once a list of more then 200 nominated albums became a Long List of forty. And now just
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Honey Jam’s Ebonnie Rowe: Women, you belong in the music industry
Twenty-six years ago, the music industry was a much different place for women. Female producers, engineers, studio techs, roadies, any
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The Ontario government promises $2.5 million in funding to help the music community during COVID.
The pandemic has decimated so much of the Canadian music industry, so the promise of funding is help musicians is
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A petition has been delivered to the Canadian government demanding assistance for musicians
Back in November, an organization called the Canadian Musicians’ Coalition launched a petition (sponsored by Liberal MP Ron McKinnon for
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Gear Up for Global Toronto 2021
Back in the bright and sunny days of early 2020, Global Toronto 2020 was poised to give young and emerging
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Canadian Musicians: Enter It’s Your Shot 2019 for an Amazing Grand Prize!
Canadian musicians still have the opportunity to enter It’s Your Shot 2019. Canada’s premiere songwriting and artist development competition created
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Canada’s recording and music publishing industry grew by more than 21% in 2017. That’s not a typo.
It wasn’t all that long ago that the recording music industry was in full panic mode. Piracy was rampant, CD
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Rock My World Canada, Chapter 2: Gandharvas
[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s
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Another award for Liana Boyd
It’s time to honour the first lady. No, not Melania Trump. The first lady we all care about; the first
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Interested in Early Canadian Rock History? Take a Look at this New Book
There’s a serious rush to document Canadian music history–and about time, too. After years of ignoring our musical past, new
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