Polaris Music Prize Announces Increase To $50,000

This past Saturday at the Slaight Music CMW Social, Steve Jordan, Founder and Executive Director of the Polaris Music Prize, and Gary Slaight, President...

Toto’s Dave Paich On Writing And The Success Of ‘Africa’

“I would see UNICEF commercials on TV, way back in the day, and I was a big reader of National Geographic. I’ve just always...

Miley Cyrus Launches Homeless Youth Foundation

20% to 40% of America's homeless are LGBTQ. And Miley Cyrus is doing something about it. She's using her celebrity to bring awareness to...

Every grunt, scream, and yelp Michael Jackson ever recorded

Ugh! HeeHee! Owwww! Here's every grunt, scream and emotive yelp Michael Jackson every committed to vinyl. This is why the internet was created. https://youtu.be/e62M-5-7ajY

Shania Twain and Panthera Launch the #IFAKEIT Social Media Campaign to Save Leopards

International superstar Shania Twain and Panthera, a global wild cat conservation organization, have launched #IFAKEIT - a social media campaign to raise awareness for...

What To Expect From HBO’s 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Program

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2015 Induction Ceremony happens Saturday, May 30th at 8PM, only on HBO, and here's a sneak peek...

Video: Stream The Full Faith No More Concert From Detroit

Faith No More teamed up with Live Nation and Yahoo! to live-stream the band's May 8 concert from The Fillmore in Detroit, Michigan. This...

Richard Pryor’s Saturday Morning Kids’ Show, Pryor’s Place, Was Pretty Great

I can safely say that no matter how many publicist a troubled rock star or pop idol employs to attempt to change their image,...

Toronto Mayor John Tory Accepts International Festival City of the Year Award at Canadian Music Week

Following John Tory’s opening remarks at this week's Global Forum: International Networking Breakfast, Canadian Music Week President Neill Dixon presented the Toronto Mayor with...

Big Machine’s Scott Borchetta on the fear of failure

"We have a mantra at the Big Machine Label Group: Start with crazy and work backward," Scott Borchetta said. "It all started early on...

Concord Continues Acquisition Spree with Fearless Records, Wind-Up Deals

Concord Bicycle Music continues its acquisition spree by buying in separate deals Fearless Records and the rest of Wind-up Records, giving the company more...

Get Ready to Rock. Get Ready to Roll. Get Ready For Meryl Streep.

Get Ready to Rock. Get Ready to Roll. Get Ready for Ricki. Watch and share the brand new trailer for Ricki And the Flash...

Almost half of you spend half a concert or longer on your cell phones

Tiny screens—and some not so tiny—have made their way into just about every corner of our lives, and live events are no exception. Like...

The “Footloose” warehouse scene without music is pretty great

https://youtu.be/8d7LCO3aSAE Kevin Bacon delivers one of the most memorable dance scenes in movie history in the classic film Footloose. But take out the music and...

THIS is how you can be creative with a music video, animated with pins and thread

I just finished doing a panel at Canadian Music Week on how labels and music streaming sites can work better together, and the panelists...