Skip to content
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Latest:
  • Random music news for Saturday, June 25, 2022
  • Can your grandmother play System of a Down like this?
  • Looks like Canada is going to impose local quotas for streaming services, including music
  • Fun: How hip-hop has changed over the decades
  • The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Strokes
Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Filtering what is happening in music to save you time, money and effort.

  • Home
  • Alan’s Shop of Musical Things
  • About Alan Cross & FAQ
  • Newsletter
  • Blog Archive
  • Advertise with Us

Prism Prize

Music News 

Kaytranada’s “Lite Spots” Wins the 2017 Prism Prize as Canada’s Best Music Video

May 15, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2017, Kaytranada, Prism Prize

The fifth annual Prism Prize, Canada’s quest to find the best music video of the past year, was awarded to

Read more
Music News 

Love Music Videos? Here’s the Short List for the 2017 Prism Prize

April 4, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Red, Andy Shauf, BADBADNOTGOOD, Grimes, Harrison, July Talk, Kaytranada, Prism Prize, PUP, Wintersleep

No, the music video is not dead. The Prism Prize seeks to recognize the best Canada has to offer, complete

Read more
Music News 

The Prism Prize is Back! Here are the Nominations for the Top 20 Canadian Videos

February 7, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Red, Aidan Knight, BADBADNOTGOOD, Braids, Brais, Dilly Dally, Grimes, Harrison, Jazz Cartier, July Talk, Kaytranada, Lisa Leblanc, Prism Prize, PUP, Ronley Teper's Lipliners, Somewhere Else, SonReal, Tanya Tagaq, Wintersleep

The Prism Prize has returned, setting in motion a process to name the best Canadian music video of the last

Read more
Music News 

This is the Best Canadian Music Video of the Year

May 16, 2016May 16, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Kalle Mattsson, Prism Prize

The Prism Prize, Canada’s annual award for the best music video in the land, was given to Kalle Mattsson’s “Avalanche,”

Read more
Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, April 15, 2016

April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments At the Drive-In, Bonnaroo, Director X, Duggars, East Coast Music Awards, ECMA, EDM, Eurovision, Halifax, Hillary Clinton, Mastodon, Prism Prize, Queens of the Stone Age, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Roland TR-808, Scion, Shrek

Halfway through April. Done your taxes yet? Ponder that whilst you browse through today’s music news. It was 14 years

Read more
Music Industry 

Here are the Top 10 Finalists for The Prism Prize in the Search for the Best Canadian Music Video

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, A Tribe Called Red, Braids, Death from Above 19, Drake, Elwins, Fast Romantics, Grimes, Harrison, Kalle Mattson, Monogrenade, Prism Prize

After polling 120 music industry types across Canada, jurors have finally settled on these ten finalists in The Prism Prize,

Read more
Music News 

Short List Announced for the 2016 Prism Prize

February 10, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, 2016, Music Video, Prism Prize

The Prism Prize is an annual award that acknowledges excellence in music video production. More than 120 Canadian music, film

Read more
Music Industry 

The Prism Prize Will Return for 2016. Get Your Music Video Ready.

October 8, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Music VIdeos, Prism Prize

The Prism Prize, an annual cash reward given out to the best Canadian music video of the year, will return

Read more
Music News 

Here’s Your Short List for the Prism Prize

February 11, 2015February 10, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Music VIdeos, Prism Prize

Every year, more than 120 Canadian industry professionals (me included) vote on the Prism Prize, which seeks to name the

Read more
  • Next →
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Facebook

Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

Listen Here

apple google spotify stitcher

Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

Listen Here

Recent Comments

  • Scott on Looks like Canada is going to impose local quotas for streaming services, including music
  • Craig McLanachan on Something weird is happening with compact discs. They’re selling like crazy again!
  • Ruins on Something weird is happening with compact discs. They’re selling like crazy again!
  • FooFan37 on Dave Grohl makes his first public appearance since Taylor Hawkins’ death. Well, sort of.
  • Haico Krijgsman on Can your grandmother play System of a Down like this?

RSS The Backstage Project – Sports & Entertainment Podcast

  • The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
    Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
    Andrew Dick
  • Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
    Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
    Andrew Dick
  • Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
    You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
    Mark Silver
Copyright © 2022 Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.