Monday October 24th 2016
Hello, we don't have a post today so here are some music news headlines we could talk about (or not) along with a big playlist containing all of the Canadian albums from last weeks !earshot [...]
Music of Manitoba
by Darlene Barss Manitoba has a rich and vibrant music community that the rest of us get to benefit from. There is some wonderful music coming out of this province and we have a playlist [...]
Stabby Organs “Danger, Cliff!”
Stabby Organs is just the latest nom de plume of Cliff Curtis who has been making music for the last thirteen years, with two albums "Out Of Character" and "Paradigm Shift" as Curtis C and [...]
Jake Vance takes second chance on his career
Jake Vance was ready to hang up his guitar for good until he received the affirmation he needed to keep going when he was nominated for the 2016 Canadian Folk Music Award for Young Performer [...]
Teaching Through The Tragically Hip’s Canadian Stories Inspires Deep and Relevant Learning
Vicky Walker has loved The Tragically Hip since she first heard the band play at London’s Western University during Frosh Week 25 years ago. But it wasn’t until she learned singer Gord Downie had been [...]
Ottawa’s National Arts Centre adds 30 Canadian artists to its 2017 schedule
The NAC in Ottawa has local music fans covered after artists such as Joel Plaskett (Mar 18) and sibling duo of Matthew and Jill Barber (May 6) along with many other artists are set to [...]
Tami Neilson
After many years on the road touring North America as a member of the Neilson Family Band, Tami Neilson followed her heart to New Zealand. While there she built an award-winning music career that is [...]
Dine Alone adds to family, announces tour, debuts two videos.
Lots of news from the Dine Alone empire this week: The Dirty Nil debuted their new video on Monday for 'Friends In The Sky', and today announced an 18 date European Tour (November through December) with [...]
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler talks Personal Heroes and Nightmare Clowns in this Two Hour Talk (video)
Last week Win Butler from Arcade Fire opened up for a two hour lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy taking place all month long in Montreal. Win walked listeners through his start in music, [...]
Wintersleep nominated for a UK VMA
By Garry Benfold On Thursday October 20th Montreal-based band Wintersleep, along with the rest of us, will find out if their video Amerika has won an award in the Indie Rock category of the 2016 [...]