Category: Arts

  • Alexander Sharp Directs Sensual Grindhouse-Inspired Music Video for Josh Jones & Trevor Kidd’s “Salvation”

    Josh Jones & Trevor Kidd’s “Salvation” YouTube and Spotify Website Director Alexander Sharp serves up sexy, slithery vampire with a steely, black-and-white grindhouse aesthetic in the video for Josh Jones & Trevor Kidd’s “Salvation” – available now.  Laser-sharp closeups of a pick strumming a guitar string, a drumstick hitting a cymbal, and the beater hitting the bass drum…

  • Multi-Talented Performing Artist HARRIET CHUNG Releases “Today and Tomorrow” Single

    “Today and Tomorrow” YouTube and Spotify Website You can hear the love through her music as the multi-talented performing artist, Harriet Chung proclaims in her latest single, “Today and Tomorrow” – available now. “Today and Tomorrow” explores the deeper meaning of a bond created between a mother and her child. This beautiful melody is featured as the 2nd track…

  • Taste Of The NFL Presented By Frito-Lay, Quaker, and the PepsiCo Foundation @Chateau Luxe, Phoenix, AZ – Saturday, February 11, 2023

    Taste of the NFL event presented by Frito-Lay, Quaker, and the PepsiCo Foundation, was held at the Chateau Luxe, Phoenix, AZ. The event welcomed the attendees to a Culinary heaven like no other to benefit GENYOUth’s End Student Hunger Fund. For over 25 years, #TasteoftheNFL has been working to #kickhunger with more than $25 million raised…

  • All-Star MAPLE BLUES BAND Releases “Hey Nola“ From ‘Let’s Go’ Album On Cordova Bay Records Out Now

    “Hey Nola” YouTube and Spotify Website and Pre-Save The Album Here For nearly a quarter century, The Maple Blues Band has been the cornerstone of the Toronto Blues Society’s annual Maple Blues Awards (MBA), honoring the creme de la creme in Canadian blues music. With its upcoming full-length record, “Hey Nola,” the Maple Blues Band will step into the spotlight,…

  • Edmonton’s Cultural Diversity Award-winning Shumaila Hemani, Ph.D., Releases Debut Album: Mannat (A Prayer, A Wish) 

    The First Acousmatic Album Dedicated To Climate Action & Based On Sufi Music From South Asia “Perils Of Heavy Rainfall” YouTube and Spotify Website Crossing gender boundaries while singing Pakistani songs of Muslim heritage which are typically performed by men, Shumaila Hemani’s debut album, Mannat (a prayer, a wish), is an awakening about climate emergency and the need for action. “It’s an appeal…

  • 80 For Brady@The Varsity Cinema-Wed.,Feb.1st,2023

    By Steph C. 80 For Brady is a sports comedy that tells a story of four best friends who go on an epic adventure to the 2017 Super Bowl to see their idol Tom Brady play. Starring iconic actresses Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field, these four besties are New England Patriots…

  • 2023 JUNO Nominee Announcement presented by Ontario Creates live at CBC

    By Sally Warburton The 52nd Annual JUNO Awards and JUNO Week 2023 will take place in Edmonton, AB from Thursday, March 9 through Monday, March 13, 2023, culminating with The JUNO Awards Broadcast hosted by Simu Liu. Tickets to The 2023 JUNO Awards on sale now. For the first time since 2020, CARAS and the JUNO…

  • Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy Create A Musical “Canvas” With New Studio Album Out March 17th, 2023

    Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy Create A Musical Canvas With New Studio Album Out March 17th, 2023 Bio  Promo Video on YouTube A blank canvas is full of possibility—much like the partnership of Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, whose new album Canvas comes out March 17, 2023. They are two of the world’s top Celtic fiddlers: she a renowned,…

  • Swedish-Danish Pop Artist Frida Maria Creates “Magic” With New Single

    “Magic” YouTube and Spotify Website There is magic inside each and every one of us, and it’s our job to mold it into something great. That is the theme behind Swedish-Danish artist Frida Maria’s latest single, appropriately titled “Magic.” In “Magic,” Frida explains the energy and possibility within each of our own realities. We have the power to…

  • Stars Align for Toronto Singer-Songwriter Meredith Moon (Gordon Lightfoot’s Daughter) With ‘Constellations’ Album

    Stars Align for Toronto Singer-Songwriter Meredith Moon For the launch of her True North Records album  Constellations WAVs, MP3s, Photos, Bio and All Assets Here “Constellations” YouTube and Spotify Website True North Records today announced the signing of Meredith Moon and the forthcoming release of her new album, Constellations, a blisteringly honest but astonishing body of work that easily puts…

  • 125,000 Streams In A Week! Regina, SK’s Pop Maestro nasmore Greets You With “Welcome To The Hell”

    “Welcome To The Hell” Spotify Website Hell has never sounded this good. “Welcome To The Hell,” the new single by the eclectic Regina, SK-based pop maestro known as nasmore, taps into his unique sonic formula: an amalgam of stadium rock, goth-industrial textures, modern R&B and cinematic scores. Like most nasmore singles, it’s a collaboration. Returning to…

  • Fête Chinoise @The Shangri-La, Sat., Jan. 28th, 2023

    Fête Chinoise returns with its 8th annual edition of its beautiful award-winning magazine and its signature luxurious gala, in support of the Scarborough Health Network (SHN), to celebrate contemporary Chinese culture and arts with a wonderland full of the best in fabulous festive foods, drinks, fashion, design and entertainment with the help of celebrity chefs…

  • Hugh’s Room Live presents Albert Lee with Kate Taylor @The El Mocambo – Thurs., Jan. 26th, 2023

    By Franklin Lau Guitar virtuoso Albert Lee was on stage at the legendary El Mocambo. Lee put together an incredible show on Thursday night, and the 79 year young musician was in fine form from the start of show to the encore. Opening up and to kick off the concert was American singer-songwriter, Kate Taylor.…

  • Rock Trio FAKE MAGIC Explores The Ups and (Mostly) Downs Of Fatherhood In ‘Sad Dad’ Album 

    “Begging To Be Lonely” YouTube and Spotify Website Toronto reminiscent rock trio, Fake Magic released the album Sad Dad, which reflects on all the intricacies and responsibilities of being a man. Particularly a dad. A sad dad.  However, the group – Greg Markham, Bryan Paccagnella and Cory Williams – didn’t limit their inspiration to forlorn fathers. No. The…

  • The Reklaws@History-Friday, January 27, 2023 

    By Sally Warburton and Photography By Franklin Lau Country music is alive and well in Toronto! And the proof was Friday night at History music venue on Queen Street East when The Reklaws made their stop on their Canada-wide tour. Sold out concert! Ontario born Brother and sister duo Jenna and Stuart Walker are well…

  • Karma Isn’t Just A Young Person’s Game: 66-Year-Old Mark Wihlidal Releases Scathing “You And Me” About Life and Love

    “You And Me” YouTube and Spotify Facebook Fed up with lies from his partner, Oshawa, ON singer/songwriter Mark Wihlidal puts his faith in Karma on his new single “You and Me,” following his joyous debut single, “Life Can Be A Mystery” released in July 2022. Both songs were written and recorded collaboratively with his band, Mark Wihlidal and…

  • Sommsation Wine Lounge Is A Sensation In Park City During Film Festivals!

    SOMMSATION IS A SENSATION IN PARK CITY DURING FILM FESTIVALS Wine Experience Brand and Marketplace Fetes Filmmakers  at Old Town Cellars and Zooz Cinema Center at Mustang Restaurant; Celebs from Will Forte to Rain Phoenix Visited Sommsation Lounger Will Forte and Elizabeth Mitchell at ALIENS ABDUCTED MY PARENTS AND NOW I FEEL KINDA LEFT OUT…

  • Halifax Rock Band The Flakes Releases New Single and EP “PINK JETSTREAM”

    WAVs, MP3s, Photos, Bio and All Assets Here “Pink Jetstream” YouTube and Spotify Bandcamp From the ashes of a band called Glass Atlas would rise the jet-fueled sound of The Flakes; founded in 2017 by guitarist Adam Sweeney and drummer Kyle Merson, they’ve been on a rampage since they hit the scene. In 2018, the band would be accompanied by…

  • Vancouver’s Persian Powerhouse Tissa Rahim Debuts Soulful Acoustic Retelling of Heartbreak In “Done, Done, Done” 

    “Done, Done, Done” Spotify Website Powerful vocals accompanied by heartfelt acoustic expressions are what make Vancouver’s Tissa Rahim’s newest single, “Done, Done, Done” such a gem. Tissa’s emotional dumping about a one-way relationship comes off as an authentic and empowering anthem as a slew of seasoned musicians paint the canvas for a soulful retelling.  Featuring Berlin’s…

  • Meryl McMaster: Bloodline Opens February 4 at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection

    Meryl McMaster: BloodlineOpens February 4 atthe McMichael Canadian Art CollectionExhibition spotlights artist’s pioneering photographic works and explorations of family histories and diasporic identitiesMeryl McMaster (b. 1988), The Grass Grows Deep, 2022, Giclée Print, 101.6 x 152.4 cm,Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Bulger Gallery and Pierre-François Ouellette contemporary art, © Meryl McMaster  KLEINBURG, ON – On Saturday, February 4, the…