Month: September 2021
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Youth Day Music Gala September 26, 2021 One King Street West
By Sally Warburton One King Street in the Grand Banking Hall was where it was happening on Sunday, September 26. It was the Thank You Music Gala for Youth Day. An evening to hear the Youth Day singers and to thank the sponsors. Celebrating the success of the young singers who had the chance to…
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LOS ANGELES SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARISTDAVID HAERLERELEASES NEW SINGLE“CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME”
LISTEN & WATCH NOW Los Angeles singer-songwriter-guitarist DAVID HAERLE’s 2020 album Death Valley garnered praise from several acclaimed music publications including American Songwriter, Billboard, Goldmine, Glide Magazine, Elmore Magazine and Americana Highways, among others. Following that release came a series of heartfelt and personal tracks; his latest, “California Here We Come” out September 29, looks at the contemporary golden state and its power to draw people…
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Hip-Hop Artist JusJrdn Flexes High Energy & Infectious Rhythms In His Newest Single, “Ur Luv”
Watch “Ur Luv” via YouTube Here Great highs can be accompanied by great lows, and Edmonton, AB-based artist JusJrdn — an impassioned creator who wears his life’s trials and tribulations unabashedly on his sleeve — is here to talk about them, flexing his magnetic zest for life alongside some equally infectious rhythms in this, his…
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Halifax’s Country Rock Band Hot Mondy Enlists Acclaimed Talents to Feature on Vagabond-Inspired Sophomore Single, “Desert Moonlight”
Watch “Desert Moonlight” (Official) via YouTube Here Left-to-right: Matt Brannon, Matt Rhind, Travis Flint, Troy Arseneault, Mat Budreski If you thought Halifax, NS-based country rock band Hot Mondy couldn’t pull any more aces out of their sleeve this season, you are sorely mistaken. Featuring the all-star cast of musicians you have come to know and…
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IZZO BLUES COALITION Say “Take It or Leave It” in Searing New SingleSong Serves as Title Track from Forthcoming Sophomore Album — Out This Fall
Ripping guitar riffs, hot-as-hell horns, plus a torqued, musclebound rhythm section with firestarter vocals and the swagger of rhythm and blues masters delivering the goods with confidence and precision… These key ingredients combine and react for the Izzo Blues Coalition’s explosive new single, “Take It or Leave It” — available now! The song serves as…
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Please join The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program with Miriam Feldman, author of the new critically acclaimed book, He Came with It – A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness.
Please join The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program with Miriam Feldman, author of the new critically acclaimed book, He Came with It – A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness. He Came In With It is the story of how…
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Musician/Actor Ajay Friese Set To Release Debut EP light a match… then run On October 8
Ajay Friese is best known for his recurring roles on television shows such as Lost In Space, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and Riverdale, as well as for his lead role in the critically acclaimed 2019 film Riot Girls. But the curiosity that drives Friese has always led him to cast a wide net in terms of his creative pursuits and passions.Friese…
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SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST CHRIS ROBERTS UNVIELS NEW COLLECTION OF SONGS LOST AND FOUND OUT NOW FEATURING LEAD SINGLE“CHEVY VAN” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO NOW ON YOUTUBE FOLLOWING DEBUT WITHCOWBOYS & INDIANS MAGAZINE
CHRIS ROBERTS | Photo by Kimberly Hunt Download photos & assets hereThe release of his debut EP Red Feather earlier this year earned CHRIS ROBERTS critical praise from Relix, American Songwriter, Americana Highways, and Elmore, among others. Now the singer-songwriter-guitarist is unveiling a new collection of songs; the Lost and Found EP is out today, September 24. Stream, buy and share Lost and Found on all digital platforms. “I’m happy to be able…
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Julia @ TIFF 2021
Directed by: Julie Cohen and Betsy West, “Julia” presented a portrait of Julia Child, whose cookbooks and TV shows revolutionized American cuisine.Julia Child was a pinoneer of the 20th century. Born in 1912, she defied expectations for women of her time by travelling abroad, mastering French cuisine, and then, in her fifties, becoming a celebrity…
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Montreal’s All-Women Grunge-Rockers “BAD SKIN” Say Live Fast Die Punk with Latest Album
Watch “Grey Day” via YouTube Here While the calendar may say 2021, Montreal-based band Bad Skin haul hints of being a 90s punk parcel, drawing from their70s forefathers, and giving The Runaways an actual run for their money. What Shirley Manson and Brody Dalle invoked, what Courtney Love concocted, and even the gauntlet Hayley Williams…
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Same as me Captures Sugar-Sweet Simplicity with “Just Right”
Watch “Just Right” via YouTube Here Just like candy or cake, that feeling of everything being ‘just right’ when you’re with that special someone is simple and sweet, and Toronto-based rapper and singer-songwriter same as me celebrates that pure and uncomplicated joy with her aptly-titled new single “Just Right” — available now. An easy-flow pop…
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The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival-October 19-24, 2021.
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts FestivalAnnouncesSeven Directions Shorts ProgramPLUS In Person Screenings Across CanadaHalifax, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Vancouver The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is proud to announce exciting live in-person and virtual events as part of the 22nd Annual Festival from October 19-24, 2021. imagineNATIVE will present select in person screenings at Cineplex Theatres in Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg…
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Alt-Rock Duo BLACKOUT ORCHESTRA Delve into the Complexities of Non-Monogamous Relationships with “It’s Fine”
Watch “It’s Fine” via YouTube Here “It’s Fine” is the latest musical effort from the unique perspective of Canadian alt-rock duo Blackout Orchestra’s primary songwriter, Ben VanBuskirk, and singer Morgan Thompson-Reid — on whom the song is based. Available now, the catchy pop guitars and a dance beat are juxtaposed with unrelenting lyrics that emphasize…
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Latin Pop sensations BenAnthony Lavoz and Delon Om, dropped their new EP “The Gentleman & Scholar.”
BENANTHONY LAVOZ AND DELON OM GET RAW WITH “The Gentleman and Scholar” Canadian Latin Pop sensations BenAnthony Lavoz and Delon Om, dropped their new EP “The Gentleman & Scholar.” Coming off the success of their summer hit single “One More Time” the pop sensations went dark for their new project. The multi-talented artists wanted the lyrics of their…
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Yellowknife, NWT’s Singer-Songwriter CARMEN BRADEN Captures Pandemic Confinement with “Menu”
Watch “Menu” via YouTube Here Study after study has shown that women have borne the brunt of stresses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Canadian singer-songwriter Carmen Braden’s new single “Menu” — available now — captures the sentiment. Viscerally, at that. Every man, woman and child in arms reach wants a piece of meLike I’m…
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Pop Artist Anna Goldsmith Inspires Audiences to “Shine” in Dazzling New Single
Recorded with Award-Winning & Platinum-Selling Producer, Composer & Artist Chris Birkett, The Song Marks the Theatre Artist’s Singer/Songwriter Debut Watch “Shine” via YouTube Here While many other 14-year-olds can find themselves nervously transitioning from senior youths to junior adults, Canadian pop and musical theatre artist Anna Goldsmith is here to say she’s in their corner…
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AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY LOS HERMANOS / THE BROTHERS ON VIRTUOSO CUBAN-BORN MUSICIANS TO HAVE NATIONAL BROADCAST AND STREAMING DEBUT ON PBS & PBS.ORG STARTING FRI. OCT. 1
“NOTHING SHORT OF MAGICAL. LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE.”– Kristen Page-Kirby, AWFJ “THIS IS AN OSCAR CALIBER FILM FOR THE FAMILY AND ONE NOT TO BE MISSED.” – Jeffrey Lyons, WCBS Newsradio 880 “A DELIGHT.”“There’s a fiery rhythm and life infused into their music that fuels a passion that results in a unique musical texture.”– Bradley Gibson, Film Threat “The film has a pulsing rhythm at its core that…
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Multi-Award Winning Internationally Acclaimed Guitarist, Composer & Producer JESSE COOK Announces Release of 11th Studio Album, Libre, Out December 3
Title-Track Features Multi-Instrumentalist Fethi Nadjem and Explores 808 Trap Beats Listen HERE Photo Credit: Matt Barnes What happens when you let multi-Platinum/Gold award-winning producer, composer, and guitarist Jesse Cook’s Spanish guitar off-leash with Algerian multi-instrumentalist Fethi Nadjem and some 808 trap beats? You get Cook’s newly-announced album, Libre — coming December 3rd. His 11th studio offering, the release…
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3x JUNO Award Nominees & 3x CFMA Winners Sultans of String Release New Single, “Mi Santuario” — Available Now!Featuring Juan Carlos Medrano, Song Serves as Preview to Forthcoming Album, Sanctuary — Out This November.
“Energetic and exciting music fest from a band with talent to burn… The very epitome of global music: no boundaries, no rules!” — Maverick Music Magazine “It seems that Sultans of String can’t get out of bed at the moment without finding themselves nominated for one award or another. In a word: Magnificent!” — Rock…
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Nobuhiko Obayashi’s LABYRINTH OF CINEMA@The Metrograph in New York on October 20 and in Los Angeles@The Lumiere Cinema-October 29 (co-presented by Acropolis Cinema)&VANCOUVER-Friday, October 30@Vancity Theater(At VIFF Centre)with a nationwide theatrical release to follow.
LABYRINTH OF CINEMA Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi (House)Cast: Takuro Atsuki, Takahito Hosoyamada, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Rei Yoshida, Riko Narumi, Hirona Yamazaki, Takako Tokiwa LABYRINTH OF CINEMA will be released at The Metrograph in New York on October 20 and in Los Angeles at The Lumiere Cinema on October 29 (co-presented by Acropolis Cinema) with a nationwide theatrical release to follow.…
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