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Sam Roberts, Buffy Sainte-Marie among singers for Secret Path Live

September 21, 2019September 23, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Barenaked Ladies, Broken Social Scene, Do Make Say Think, Downie Wenjack Fund, Gord Downie, July Talk, Legacy Schools, Roy Thomson Hall, Sam Roberts, Secret Path, Secret Path Week, Tanya Tagaq, The Stills, Whitehorse, William Prince

It’s a roster that would make any label giddy, and it’s all in the name of the Gord Downie &

When They Awake premiere: Indigenous musicians come to the fore

April 5, 2018April 4, 2018 Elisa 0 Comments A Tribe Called Quest, Documentary, Indigenous Musicians, Tanya Tagaq

[Another report from correspondent Elisa F.G. – AC] On April 22nd the Regent Theatre in Toronto will be premiering a

I Can’t Wait for Morrissey to Hear About Tanya Tagaq’s Holiday Gift Idea

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Morrissey, Tanya Tagaq

Inuk throat singer and Polaris Music Prize winner Tanya Tagaq is a fierce defender and advocate of First Nations traditions,

The 2017 Polaris Music Prize Short List is Here

July 13, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2017, A Tribe Called Red, BADBADNOTGOOD, Feist, Gord Downie, Leif Vollebekk, Leonard Cohen, Lido, Lisa Leblanc, Oinienta, Polaris Music Prize, Tanya Tagaq, Weaves

After weeks of lobbying, kvetching and voting, the 200-ish music industry wonks of the Polaris Music Prize jury have narrowed

Really Think It Through – When Band Names Go Bad

May 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments AJJ, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Bad Band Names, Band Names, change, Eskimeaux, Get Inuit, O, Offensive, Political Correctness, Preoccupations, PUP, Tanya Tagaq, Topanga, Viet Cong

Coming up with a band name can sometimes be even harder than making music. It needs to be memorable and

Random Music News for Thursday, April 20, 2017

April 20, 2017April 19, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bill Murray, EDM, Eskimeaux, GarageBand, Lana Del Rey, My Space, New Pornographers, Nicki Mina, North Korea, Raffi, Spotify, Tanya Tagaq, Ukraine

4-20, yada, yada, yada. And now, the music news for April 20. If you’re a Canadian musician, read this. It

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

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 758: 10 Years of the Polaris Music Prize

September 9, 2016September 12, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Arcade Fire, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Caribou, Feist, Final Fantasy, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Karkwa, Patrick Watson, Polaris Music Prize, Steve Jordan, Tanya Tagaq

There isn’t another music event in Canada that generates as much controversy, praise, bitching, arguing, debate and music discovery as

Science Reveals the Secrets of Throat Singing

January 10, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Animism, Tanya Tagaq, Throat Singing

There’s been an uptick in interest in throat singing since Tanya Tagaq won the Polaris Music Prize for her album

2014 Polaris Music Prize Short List Announced

July 15, 2014July 15, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2014, Arcade Fire, Basia Bulat, Drake, Jessy Lanza, Mac MeMarco, Owen Pallett, Polaris Music Prize, Shad, Short List, Tanya Tagaq, Timber Timbre, YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN

Things were whittled down to the final ten today for the Short List of the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. Arcade