Month: July 2022
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MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST – WORLD STREAMING PREMIERE ON PBS.ORGAND WORLD BROADCAST PREMIERE ON PBS/POV BEGINS ON JULY 18!
‘POV’ Delves Into Abundant Yet Painful History of Payahuunadü In Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust Debuts on PBS Television Nationwide Monday, July 18, 2022 and Free Streaming on PBS.org Through August 18, 2022 POV, America’s longest running documentary series, now celebrating its 35th anniversary season, exposes the legacy of colonization, racism, and environmental injustice in the Payahuunadü region (California’s Owens Valley).…
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Pop Songstress Astrid Tanton Takes Us On A Journey of Self Respect with New Single “Comfort” – Available Now!
Watch “Comfort (Official)” via YouTube Here Sometimes the wrong person can give us what at first seems like comfort, and it’s up to us to get right in our heads and figure out how to not abandon our self-regard. That’s what the new single by Canadian pop songstress Astrid Tanton, appropriately titled “Comfort” – available…
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Folk-Pop Artist Francesca Panetta Walks the Fine, Blurred Line Between Excitement and Fear of New Love in “So Few Words (love letter)” — Available Now!
Loving someone intensely is both exhilarating and scary as hell and, when you throw in a tendency towards anxiety and depression, the stakes can feel even higher. Which is what “So Few Words (love letter),” the new single — available now — by Toronto-based indie folk-pop artist Francesca Panetta is all about: that smudgy blurred…
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Award-Winning Kindie-Rocker Russell Sprout Inspires Canadian Children to Get Up & Active with Supercharged New Exercise Anthem, “The Health Hustle” — Available Now!
Produced by GRAMMY-Nominee & JUNO-Winner Ken Whiteley (Raffi, Fred Penner), Song Arrives off New Album, Together Watch “The Health Hustle (Official)” via YouTube Here Kids across the country are moving and grooving with award-winning Canadian children’s music artist Russell Sprout and his new get-up-and-active anthem, “The Health Hustle” — available now! Following in his continuous…
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TIFF announces Clement Virgo’s film Brother as World Premiere screening
TIFF announces Clement Virgo’s film Brother as World Premiere screeningPhoto credit: Courtesy of Guy Godfree/Elevation Pictures TIFF is proud and delighted that Clement Virgo’s film Brother will make its festival debut with a World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival. Adapted for the screen by Virgo from David Chariandy’s prize-winning novel of the same name, Brother is the story…
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Country Artist Travis Dolter Glances Back Fondly While Looking Ahead in Jangly “Senior Year”
Watch “Senior Year (Official)” via YouTube Here Whenever we’re about to close one life chapter for the next, there’s guaranteed to be a flood of memories and emotions, and graduating from school is certainly no exception. Award-winning Canadian country crooner Travis Dolter captures the heady yet scary experience of leaving college for the real world…
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Indigenous Artist Hayley Wallis Takes A Cathartic Journey Through Heartbreak In “Think Of You”
Watch “Think Of You (Official)” via YouTube Here Young love can be difficult to navigate, especially when it ends… Canadian singer/songwriter Hayley Wallis captures this raw vulnerability and longing ache in the aftermath of a breakup in her new single, “Think Of You” — available now. With an emphasis on the craft of storytelling, “Think…
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TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2022 Festival-June 24th-July 3rd,2022
By Wayne Baggs I’ve been to a lot of festivals over the years and I’ll be the first to admit that most of them are fun, but pretty much all of them have the same thing in common: they play the same artists, they have the same crowd and they have a roughly 6-hour span…
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‘Savour the South of France’ – Pays d’Oc IGP Trade Tasting@Stackt Market, Studio Room, 28 Bathurst Street Toronto-Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
We had the pleasure of attending the ‘Savour the South of France’ – Pays d’Oc IGP Trade Tasting. media guests tasted some amazing wines & discovered the heritage of Pays d’Oc IGP. We also learned the latest wine production trends, met , mingled with fellow members of the media Industry and there was a character artist on site to draw…
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HBO FYC: GEORGE CARLIN’S AMERICAN DREAM, Directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
George Carlin’s American Dream is a 2022 two-part documentary film about comedian George Carlin directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio.Then he discovered drugs. Carlin unpacked his mind, stopped shaving his beard, and changed his act. What “George Carlin’s American Dream” really captures is how much its subject was willing to shift and change, never…
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The Tea Party@HISTORY-Sat.,July 3rd, 2022
By Wayne Baggs History as a venue is beautiful; the crowd was energetic, and The Tea Party was amazing. Since their first album, Splendor Solis, I’ve been a fan. Canada’s most misunderstood band. It was great to see them embracing their older material while still creating new music. The band sounded great and Jeff Martin’s voice…
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Pop-Country Duo Broadtree Say “You Only Miss Me Cause I’m Gone” with Catchy New Single
Combining catchy pop-country with their signature theatrical flair, Toronto-based duo Broadtree say “You Only Miss Me Cause I’m Gone” with the release of their new single — available now! Written by co-fronts Armand Antony and Nicole McCafferty, and mixed and mastered by Sean Andrews (Glass Tiger), the song is officially for anyone who’s been wronged;…
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Rock-Metal Artist SymLa-3000 Explores the Gloominess of Lost Love in Melancholy New Single, “Monochrome Story” — Available Now!
Song Arrives From New 2022 LP, The Spectrums From the land of the rising sun ascends the charming Japanese rock/metal outfit SymLa-3000 and their first English language song about the gloominess of lost love; the melancholy new single “Monochrome Story” from the album The Spectrums are both available now! SymLa-3000, which is derived from the…
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Singer-Songwriter Henry Lees Releases “Walking With Fear” in Support of Anxiety Canada
Award-Winning Toronto-Based Artist Teams with Internationally Honoured Singer-Songwriter David Leask and JUNO-Winning musician/producer Steve Dawson to Record Inspiring Anthem in Three Different Cities Time is the ultimate healer, but music is one of the strongest medicines that can help along the way. Often, all it takes is a song that your mind, heart, and soul…
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Out Now! Rockshots Records – Finnish Rockers SERPICO’s New Album “The Chosen Four”
Finnish rockers Serpico are proud to release their latest album “The Chosen Four” this July 1st, 2022via Rockshots Records. The album was produced by platinum-selling Finnish record producer Anssi Kippo (Children of Bodom, Hanna Pakarinen, Teräsbetoni).“Warmth of full analog sound is the key word on this particular record. There are many things you have been missing out on in music…
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TIFF announces Festival debut of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as world premiere screening
TIFF announces Festival debut of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as world premiere screening Photo credit: Courtesy of Netflix TIFF is thrilled to announce that Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will make its festival debut with a world premiere at the 47th edition of the Festival.In the follow-up to Rian Johnson’s 2019 Knives Out, which earned…
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Honda Indy, Toronto-July 15th-17th,2022
Honda Indy is just around the corner! Get your tickets for 3 days of thrills, excitement and fun! https://hondaindy.com/
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Bob Marley One Love Experience- Thurs.,June 30, 2022
By Sally W. It’s here! With its North American debut in Toronto, we can finally see the long-awaited Bob Marley One Love Experience! And it’s well worth the wait! Celebrating the life, the music and the legend of reggae musician Bob Marley. The official opening on June 30th included special guest Cedella Marley, Bob’s daughter.…
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Canadian Indie Alt-Rockers Before The Dinosaurs Have the “Cure For A Heartache” — Available Now!
New Single Arrives Ahead of Moncton-Based Band’s Forthcoming Album — Slated for Fall 2022 You could call it a breakthrough for a universal woe, or simply the latest single from Before The Dinosaurs. But either way you slice it, the indie rock four-piece from Canada’s East Coast are celebrating “Cure For A Heartache” — available…
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Singer-Songwriter Sykamore to Release Full-Length Debut Album Pinto on August 12th
Canadian Country-Pop Singer-Songwriter Sykamore to Release Full-Length Debut Album Pinto on August 12th New Single Just 4 July Out NowCanadian country-pop singer-songwriter Sykamore, is set to release her full-length debut album, Pinto, on August 12th via all streaming platforms (Pre-save here). This past Friday (July 1), Sykamore released “Just 4 July,” an uptempo summer song about a summer fling that was anything but…
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