Category: Music
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Sam Casey’s “Good Fight” Punches Through Self-Doubt and Industry Toxicity On New Single
“Good Fight” YouTube and Spotify Instagram Braiding, by definition, means weaving various materials together. Usually, this term is used in relation to hair. Sam Casey’s newest single, “Good Fight,” expertly braids two separate, yet overlapping themes together over a poppy beat and a contagious chorus. The powerhouse anthem tackles the idea of maintaining your mental health and navigating…
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Victoria-Based Singer/Songwriter Christine Savard Is Back After Three-Year Hiatus With “Wicked Woman”
“Wicked Woman” YouTube and Spotify Website Christine Savard’s first single in three years proves that motherhood hasn’t slowed down her rocking style. The Victoria-based singer/songwriter/producer’s “Wicked Woman” adds to the classic tradition of love-at-your-own-risk songs with her smoky-smooth vocals, flowing melody line, pulsating bass, and no-nonsense lyrics: ‘Cause she’s a wicked, wicked woman She’ll take your heart out…
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Los Angeles-Based Katery Ponders The Big Questions In New Single “TWO WORLDS”
“TWO WORLDS” YouTube and Spotify Website Who are you? What do you do here? Why do you make your decisions? These are crucial questions for all humans to constantly evaluate, from now until death. In Mexican-born, Los Angeles-based musician and actress Katery’s latest single, “TWO WORLDS,” and video, which she co-produced and co-directed with Edgar Pavia, she provokes listeners to…
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Vancouver’s Blues Band Mud Bay Releases “Love And Forgiveness” From Latest “Best Laid Plans” Album
“Love And Forgiveness” YouTube and Spotify Bandcamp Eclectic rock and rollers, Mud Bay, land back on the scene with a new laid-back number called “Love and Forgiveness,” the second single from their latest album Best Laid Plans. Their take on a good time brings a wide range of influences to the party—blues, country, Cajun, rock, and soul, they’re all…
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2022 Humanitarian Award Recipient SUSAN AGLUKARK Releases “Tikitaummata” Single From ‘The Crossing’ Album
“Tikitaummata” YouTube and Spotify Website The wonderous Susan Aglukark once again arrives with an ear-popping delight in the form of her latest single ‘Tikitaummata.’ Released November 23rd, 2022, the Inuk singer songwriter is one of Canada’s most extraordinary artists today, effortlessly blending Inuktitut, Indigenous, and English languages in her lyrics and phrasing, Susan offers something special with the…
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3 GTA Kids Who Have Battled Cancer, Collect More Than 1000 Toys to Pay it Forward This Holiday Season
WHEN: Sunday December 18, 2021, 9am – 11amWHERE: 300 Wilson Avenue, Toronto(parking lot behind Chai Lifeline Canada building) Ethan, Marky, Sisi and Mordechai Rothman, Executive Director, Chai Lifeline Canada available for interviews in advance and on December 18 on location Chai Lifeline Canada’s annual holiday toy drive is well underway for the 16th year. As an organization…
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Songstress Tonia Cianciulli Looks Back On Her Grandparents’ Loss Of A Child In “Churchyard Roses”
“Churchyard Roses” YouTube and Spotify Website Acclaimed Canadian songstress Tonia Cianciulli is going where few artists dare to go, speaking to the impossible agony of losing a child on her heartfelt new single “Churchyard Roses.” “Churchyard Roses” is inspired by Tonia’s own personal family tragedy– In 1935, her grandparents Chesley and Elsie Dyke lost their four-year-old son Edward…
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Ottawa Folk Artist Christine Graves Goes Her Own Way On “Bend The Rules”
“Bend The Rules” YouTube and Spotify Website When trying to navigate this crazy life, it’s common to want to (innocently) bend the rules rather than walk a straight path, to make our existence our own powerful expression. Ottawa folk artist Christine Graves captures the forlorn frustration and laughing acceptance of living an unconventional existence with her new single…
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Pop-Country Songstress Bree Taylor Offers Hope for the Lonely-Hearted in Soaring Single “My Last Breath” from New Album Dauntless
“My Last Breath” YouTube and Dauntless on Spotify It can be demoralizing to go through a string of disappointing dating experiences and be left empty-hearted and empty-handed. Pop-country songstress Bree Taylor wrote her latest single “My Last Breath” – available now – with that frustration in mind, and as a salve for the desire to give up. “My Last Breath”…
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Montreal’s Jazz and Electro Combo Little Animal! Releases Eponymous EP On Justin Time Records
Soundcloud and Spotify Live @ FIJM on YouTube Intro on YouTube Little Animal! is a group of Montreal musicians that transcends the boundaries of jazz and electro. Their eponymous digital album is now available via Justin Time Records. Little Animal! is led by bassist Morgan Moore (The Barr Brothers, Martha Wainwright, Yannick Rieu, Ranee Lee), who is…
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OSHEAGA 2023 | Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Rüfüs Du Sol to Headline Osheaga
The 16th edition of the OSHEAGA Music and Arts Festival presented by Bell in collaboration with Coors Light is set to be a massive celebration with some of the top performers in music. From August 4 to 6, Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène will be the epicentre of live music bliss, as the headliners of Canada’s favourite music festival take the stage…
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IRON KINGDOM Shares Part 2 of Behind The Scenes Making of Video For New Album “The Blood of Creation”
New Album “The Blood Of Creation” Out Now! L-R: Chris Osterman (Lead Vocals / Lead Guitar), Leighton Holmes (Bass Guitar), Megan Merrick (Lead Guitar), Max Friesen (Drums) Photo Credit – Caitlin Delaplace Canada’s Iron Kingdom recently unleashed its fifth studio album “The Blood of Creation” this past November. Once again it was a DIY approach by the band, self-producing the…
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NICHE VINTAGE SONGSTRESSSOPHOMORE ALBUM LEMON TWISTOUT JANUARY 20, 2023
Linda Carone’s new album recorded in Toronto is supported by a stellar group of musicians and is raring to go. Established as a jazz and blues vocalist and niche song stylist, Linda’s fresh recording titled Lemon Twist is loaded with cool chill vibes & spicy sounds. Modern jazz elements flirt with exotic Latin textures to…
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FIFA World Cup Host International Recording Artist Najjah Calibur Releases ‘We Are The World Rep Your Country”
Canadian R&B/ Pop artist & song writer, Najjah Calibur is hosting the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. To add to the honor, Calibur’snewly released single, “We Are The World” (Rep Your Country)” is a constant at FIFA events. The fan appreciation song can be heard throughout the World Cup stadiums and comes on the heels of his last hit single “Celebrate” Hearing, “We Are The…
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Pop-Fusion Artist Leslie Taylor Alchemizes Memories Of A Trauma-Filled Past With The Beauty Of Coming Out In “Look But Don’t Touch”
“Look But Don’t Touch” Spotify Website Like it did for so many others, the pandemic allowed for a time of deep reflection, and Toronto-based veteran pop-fusion artist Leslie Taylor combines memories of a brutal past with the sweetness of being 16 and awakening to one’s sexuality in her new single “Look But Don’t Touch” – available…
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Canadian America’s Got Talent Finalist Roberta Battaglia Releases Soaring “Truce” About The Power of Forgiveness
“Truce” YouTube and Spotify Website Roberta Battaglia is a coveted Golden Buzzer winner and fourth-place finalist on Season 15 of America’s Got Talent, whereby 90 million people worldwide watched her masterful performances. Also excitingly, in 2021 Roberta filmed her first TV series Three Pines, with director of The Crown Sam Donovan. The show will air on Amazon Prime Video in December. …
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Jazz Duo Alex Bird and Ewen Farncombe Explore Shades of Brooding on Stormy Album Songwriter
“I’ve Seen The Sun,” “I’ll Go Where You Lead,” and “Little Warbler” added to CBC Radio this week! “The Sweetest Moments” – YouTube and Songwriter Album Spotify From the heady feeling of being the only one awake at night, to the brooding at the end of a relationship, to the coziness of a rainy day, to the slithering…
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Atlas To Earth Continues Kele Fleming Collaboration With “Reprieve” Remix
“Reprieve” YouTube and Spotify Website Kele Fleming is a profoundly gifted singer-songwriter with a mesmerizing voice. Fleming gracefully weaves the vulnerability of traditional folk with the raw power of rock and roll, reminiscent of the works of powerhouses like Neko Case, Lucina Williams, and Kate Bush. Yet, her sound is entirely her own. As a songwriter, Fleming is notably…
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Amon Amarth “The Great Heathen Tour” With Special Guest: Carcass, Obituary, Cattle Decapitation @HISTORY-Fri., Dec.2nd, 2022
By Franklin Lau The Great Heathen Army Tour came, saw and conquered our fair city. Amon Amarth is a Swedish based melodic death metal act from the city Tumba and played their concert at HISTORY in Toronto. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J.R.R. Tolkien′s Middle-earth.…
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