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  • Country-Pop Artist ALEXIS TAYLOR Is Far From Comfort In “Long Way From Home” Single

     Big dreams often come with bumps in the road, and award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Alexis Taylor shows us such with her confessional new country ballad “Long Way From Home” — available now.  Produced by award-winning artist John Willis, “Long Way From Home” is a slow, smooth traditional country jam with an infectious melody, twangy guitar,…

  • Chicago Electropop Artist David Poole Debuts Other-Worldly (literally!) “Getaway Driver” Single

     Known for creating planetary soundscapes in a faraway digital realm all his own, electropop artist David Poole flexes his talent for emotional feel-good composing with his newest single, “Getaway Driver” — available now. The brainchild of Thomas Thurlow and Kate Nikles, David Poole marked his debut in 2018; he resides in a digital dreamland known…

  • Alt.Rockers BLACKOUT ORCHESTRA Release New Dream-Like Smooching-Inducing “Tongues”

    Song Lands Ahead of Forthcoming Sophomore LP, Beauty Sleep Watch “Tongues” via YouTube Here Alt-indie rock duo Blackout Orchestra release their hazy, dream-like, and make-out-inducing new drop, “Tongues” ahead of their forthcoming sophomore LP, Beauty Sleep — available now. The song sizzles as it moves along in a gritty, sexy, Garbage-esque offering, refusing to back…

  • NOW STREAMING ON HULU! ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY FROM DIRECTOR  YAEL BRIDGE (SAVING CAPITALISM) THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD

    Chronicles History of Socialism in AmericaPlayed at Hot Docs, AFI Fest, DOC NYC Screener and Interviews Available Now WATCH NOW: THEATRICAL TRAILERhttps://youtu.be/7yL9a6JwrUY WATCH THE FULL FILM NOW ON HULU “LIVELY. ENGAGING. PERSUASIVE.A MINOR MIRACLE. FIRST-RATE.”“Yael Bridge’s The Big Scary ‘S’ Word provides a persuasive analysis of the topic, as well as considerable argument for the notion that the…

  • Ottawa’s Victa Harnesses Sultry Late-Night Vibes in Seductive R&B-Pop “Keeping Score” Single

    Watch “Keeping Score (Official)” via YouTube Here Canadian singer/songwriter Victa harnesses late-night vibes to drop a seductive R&B bop recounting the trials and tribulations of a complicated lover on his blazing-hot new single, “Keeping Score” — available now! A story about a couple with a raw, tumultuous connection plagued with mixed messages and trust issues,…

  • Wendy Irvine Urges Us to “Make Time” For Love, Connection & Community with the Release of New Single

    Singer/Songwriter & Composer Wendy Irvine Urges Us to “Make Time” For Love, Connection & Community with the Release of New Single — Available Now! The Song Lands Ahead of the Toronto-Based Artist’s Forthcoming Album This Spring Canadian singer/songwriter and composer Wendy Irvine urges humanity to reach out to each other and “Make Time” with the…

  • Tracey Deer’s Beans Wins $100,000 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award

    Tracey Deer’s Beans Wins $100,000Rogers Best Canadian Film AwardBeans, the autobiographically inspired tale of a young girl’s experience of the Kanesatake Resistance, has won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2021 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. The award is the richest annual film prize in Canada. Director Tracey Deer received this year’s honour, which was accepted on Tracey’s behalf by the film’s co-writer…

  • Platinum Selling Canadian Pop Artist Alicia Moffet to Release New EP Intertwine

    Platinum Selling Canadian Pop Artist Alicia Moffet to Release New EP IntertwineAmasses a Staggering 21 million Career Streams to DateFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    March 7, 2022Toronto, ON – Platinum Selling pop artist Alicia Moffet, is set to release her highly anticipated EP Intertwine on March 25th via The Orchard and all streaming platforms.The 8-track collection of songs is produced by the brilliant BYNON (Kelly Clarkson, Sean Paul,…

  • Artist Chris Sunfield Explores Adversity & Existentialism In Feel-Good New Single, “Tomorrow’s Here (Far Away Objects Mix)” — Available Now!

    A Fresh Cut from Its Previously Unveiled Counterpart, “Tomorrow’s Here,” The Newly Minted Track is Featured on Sunfield’s 2022 EP, Far Away Objects Watch “Tomorrow’s Here (Far Away Objects Mix) (Official)” via YouTube Here src=”blob:https://bkonthescene.wordpress.com/147a76f8-3620-4d0c-ba6f-9f5a2c5c0626″ alt=””/> Canadian progressive-pop artist Chris Sunfield rises through adversity and wrangles existentialism in his new and empowering feel-good anthem, “Tomorrow’s…

  • The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival presents TOsketchfest22 – Screen Time Edition March 23 – 27, 2022

    Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOsketchfest) returns March 23-27, 2022 with TOsketchfest22 – Screen Time Edition, an online sketch comedy festival with over 100 titles in nine shorts programmes. five-day online comedy Festival will present a wide variety of sketch comedy from around the world featuring sketch powerhouses and viral sensations.Top: Mayumi Yoshida, Sam Roulston, and Fatuma Adar.Bottom: Emily Richardson,…

  • BELLE RIVER selected at SXSW, Tampere Film Festival and REGARD

    BELLE RIVER  A short film by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau and Yannick Nolin Selected at SXSW, Tampere Film Festival and REGARD SPIRA is proud to announce three new festival selections for Belle River directed by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau & Yannick Nolin. Following its World Premiere at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Belle River will screen as a US premiere at…

  • Leith Shares New Single ‘What Does That Make Me’ Announces Debut EP ‘Birthdays in July’ Due April 29th Spotify’s Radar Canada Feature Artist

    Leith launched onto the scene last summer with the infectious ‘Love Vibes’, a widescreen collage of crystalline synths and surging guitars that embodies the serenity of fresh love and the nail-biting anxieties that come with embarking on starting something new. A feeling that Leith is all too familiar with, from leaving Canada in her late teens…

  • 2022 JUNO Award Nominee Donné Roberts Celebrates City Life & Neighbourly Love with “Seheno”

    “The real beauty of Donné Roberts music is that you don’t have to know anything about music to enjoy it. The grooves are so buoyant, the harmonies so approachable, and the message so universal that all you have to do is close your eyes and let yourself be moved.” – Producer, Musical Director & Saxophonist…

  • JUNO AWARD WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER BARNEY BENTALL TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘COSMIC DREAMER’ ON APRIL 22, 2022

    Barney Bentall Cosmic Dreamer AVAILABLE APRIL 22, 2022 OFFICIAL TRUE NORTH STORE PRE-ORDER Soaring with sentiments of hope, love, longing, and loss, multi-Platinum selling, and JUNO award-winning artist Barney Bentall plots a sonic constellation of Americana to traditional Folk with the upcoming release of his new album, Cosmic Dreamer. Set for release April 22, 2022 via…

  • Winnipeg’s THE DIRTY BEAT Separates Scorched Earth Beneath Audience’s Feet with Heavy Folk “Birds”

    YouTube — “Birds” Canada’s The Dirty Beat walks through hellfire and brimstone, separating scorched earth beneath the audience’s feet with the release of the supersonic new single, “Birds” — available now! Landing alongside The Dirty Beat’s self-titled new album, “Birds” is a song unlike any other with its unique instrumentation and compositional depth that rival…

  • CineFam Launches The Women Of Colour Content Creator Database

     CineFAM Launches “THE WOMEN OF COLOUR CONTENT  CREATOR DATABASE”  CineFAM is excited to launch its new initiative, the Women of Colour (WOC) Content Creator Database this March 1, 2022 to kick off International Women’s Month.  This important database can be found on the CineFAM website.  CineFAM is a Canadian not-for-profit initiative founded by award-winning filmmaker, Academy Director Member & CaribbeanTales Media Group founder, Frances-Anne Solomon.    The goal of The…

  • MusiCounts Announces Five Nominees for Prestigious Teacher of the Year AwardWinner to be Revealed Live on the 2022 JUNO Awards Broadcast 

    MusiCounts, Canada’s leading music education charity, is excited to announce five nominees for the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award, presented by the Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation. Each year, the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award recognizes an inspirational Canadian music educator’s impact on students and music education. Today, the charity is proud to highlight the five…

  • Photon Films is excited to announce that Sundance 2022 favourite ALICE will be available in theatres 

    ALICE Available in Canadian Theatres March 18th Photon Films is excited to announce that Sundance 2022 favourite ALICE will be available in theatres across Canada on March 18th, 2022. The film is written and directed by first-time filmmaker Krystin Ver Linden and stars Keke Palmer and Common. In a story inspired by true events, an enslaved woman…

  • Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood

    ABOUT BURNING QUESTIONS In this brilliant selection of essays, the award-winning, best-selling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments offers her funny, erudite, endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from debt and tech to the climate crisis and freedom and the importance of how to define granola—and seeks answers to Burning Questions such as… • Why do people…

  • Hip-Hop Artist Rawmny Wildcat Unleashes Triumphant New Powerhouse Anthem in “Fearless” 

    Featuring CHXXX, the New Track Lands Ahead of Upcoming Album, WILDCAT Watch “Fearless (feat. CHXXX)” via YouTube Here Toronto hip hop artist Rawmny Wildcat channels energy and heart into an anthemic, hard-hitting production around the tropes and techniques that reinforced early 2000’s rap with his newest single, “Fearless (feat. CHXXX)” — available now. The freshly…