EMI Production Music Launches Sampling Amnesty

EMI Production Music is taking the innovative step of declaring an amnesty of all sampling declarations (past and present) from its extensive back catalogue...

Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Inducts “I Heard the Bluebirds Sing”

The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (CSHF) is pleased to announce the country and western ballad ‘I Heard the Bluebirds Sing’, written by Albertan...

Everything You Need To Know About Canada’s Road Gold Certification Program

Earlier this summer, The Canadian Independent Music Association proudly launched Road Gold: a certification program that celebrates and acknowledges Canada's hard-working touring artists and...

BC’s Pharis & Jason Romero lead Canadian Folk Music Awards nominees. See the complete list!

The first ever National Strum (#StrumTogether)was held at noon today at Edmonton's City Hall to celebrate and honour this year's nominees for the Canadian...

Canadian Music Week Welcomes Rick Fenton as Vice President of Business Development

Canadian Music Week is pleased to welcome the appointment of Rick Fenton as the Vice President of Business Development. "With over 30 years of...

Insomnia, anxiety, break-ups … musicians on the dark side of touring

While many may envisage the life of a touring musician to be that of a glorified jetsetter, the reality is far from idyllic. A...

John Oates On Writing Hall & Oates’s “She’s Gone”

What do you remember about writing it? John Oates: I remember everything about writing it! I had met this girl at three in the morning...

Free Cision Report: 12 Must-Have PR Apps

Today’s PR reps and marketers have amazing tools available to them to work smarter and get more done. Cision spoke with Canadian PR leaders...

John Oliver Gives Students Back to School Advice

John Oliver gives students a crash course in everything they will learn — or not learn — in school this year. https://youtu.be/CQ2noSR1qdY

Famous Comedians Dealing With Hecklers, Part 2

You asked for it, so here it is. And although it need not be stated — don't go to a comedy show just to...

Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien & More Give Hosting Advice for Stephen Colbert

Dear Stephen Colbert, Don't screw it up. Love, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, Bill Maher, Trevor Noah, and James Corden https://youtu.be/ibVKeM7BbVk

50 Years of EXILE: The Story of a Band in Transition Book Is Out Now

The story of one of the most successful bands in Country Music history has been documented with the recent release of the book 50...

Deane Cameron announced as President and CEO of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall

The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall Board of Governors today announced the appointment of Deane Cameron as its new President &...

Alanis Morissette “Superstar Wonderful Weirdos” online premiere tonight at Midnight

Alanis Morissette was just a few months shy of her 20th birthday when she started recording Jagged Little Pill. This year, the legendary album...

Sam Smith To Sing Title Song To “SPECTRE”

Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment today confirmed that Sam Smith has recorded "Writing's On The Wall," the theme...

Johnny Cash Impersonator and Friends Present: Singing Rice-Ipes

Here's a little little seven inch flexidisc, titled "Singing Rice-Ipes", containing seven songs about all of the wonderful things you can make with rice,...