Articles related to "Canadian Music"

As part of Canadian Music Week, Toronto native Will W. chats with Suite 101 about Bodytalk, the Canadian Music scene, Lady GaGa and shares nostalgia for Video Hits.

Emma Cook looks to find her own voice on her sophomore release. Fusing alt-country and indie styles together, she creates a record that showcases her strong songwriting.

Canadian composer Alex Pauk's contributions to Canadian arts earned him the 2007 Molson Award.

This past weekend the mighty city of Guelph, Ontario was invaded by music lovers of all shapes and sizes who turned out to celebrate the 25th annual Hillside Festival.

Over its' many years of existence, Massey hall, Toronto's world renown house of culture has played host to many great jazz performances

Jeff Healey had a library of vinyl, and sometimes what he had just bought at a flea market for a song turned out to be another collector's dream melody.

Women's self-titled debut album is receiving critical acclaim for their lo-fi, psychedelic music that sounds similar to 1960s Velvet Underground.

Molly Johnson is feeling Lucky these days; buoyantly and soulfully lucky. It facts she wants you to know that, so she calls her latest album, you guessed it: 'Lucky'

A review of the stellar debut album from Canadian band Plants and Animals, which hit stores March 25. Quirky, with detailed instrumentation, it will steal your heart.

In recent years, independent music has been steadily gaining in popularity, and Canada, with its superior indie scene, has been reaping the benefits.

From busking to sold out shows, Chad VanGaalen is the new indie darling because he experiments with music, animates videos and keeps to his homebody image.

If you think Canadian music is only about hockey songs, think again. Here's a list of Canadian hits worth hearing long after July 1st has passed.

Canadian indie band Frog Eyes played a free show at Bard College on March 11th. Despite many limiting factors, the band managed to surpass the hype set by their success.

Montreal’s bluegrass super-group Notre Dame de Grass delivers a scorching show of authentic traditional music to an adoring hometown crowd.

World Playground: A Musical Adventure for Kids is a joyful world music collection guaranteed to get the whole family dancing and singing.

Dutch DJ Tiesto calls in favours from Calvin Harris, Nelly Furtado, Metric's Emily Haines, Dizzee Rascal as well as Tegan and Sara to flesh out new album Kaleidoscope.

The 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards have announced this year's winners in all 19 categories, including Contemporary Album, Vocal Group and Word Group of The Year.

Alain Trudel--conductor, musician, composer and teacher--is recognized for his work as a Canadian conductor, engaging audiences and advocating Canadian music.

The Sadies roar into Montreal in support of their new live album, In Concert: Volume 1. Folk101 brings you all the furious strummin'-and-a-pickin'.

Band Aid was an "artist meets charity" frontrunner, and today the culture of benevolent music is back in style with as much retro vigor as Duran Duran or INXS.

Canada is a country often jibed about its abundance of snow and ice, but composer Vincent Ho will turn that humor into artistry.

With a new band stacked with many Quebec's top musicians; Lorraine's new self titled album lets her fans into a whole new area of her musical personality.

The 3rd edition of the Luminato festival will soon takeover many areas of the Toronto landscape and is a true indicator of how hot The Toronto summer scene gets.

Nonie Crete recalls her childhood in Northern Ontario's Penetanguishene and the song that started it all for her, Irish ballad Danny Boy.

As part of Canada Music Week in Toronto, the 2007 Indie Awards nominees have been announced. The ceremony itself will be held on Wednesday, March 7th, 2007.

The Canadian/English quartet slinks onto the pop music scene with a fierceness and boldness all their own.

CBC has announced the short list for its 2009 Bucky Awards, a celebration of all things independent, musical and Canadian. Voting is open to the public.