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  • The CFC Gala: Take 35 Celebrates 35 Years of Empowering Canadian Storytellers – and the 80s @ REBEL-Thurs.May 11th,2023

    Friends of the CFC, started by famous director Canadian Norman Jewison, celebrated its 35th anniversary with an amazing fun-filled evening of 1980’s inspired fashion and iconic music while graciously raising funds for the upcoming generation of Canadian storytellers. The beautiful summer-like evening’s delicious hors d’oeuvres and dinner, catered by top-notch O&B, were accompanied by top-tier…

  • Nameless Friends Rocks Hard With “Need” On Climate Change And Economic Inequality

    “Need” YouTube and Spotify Website Nameless Friends think big. Big music. Big sound. Big ideas. Go big or go home. Which is part of the reason why the ferocious rock band from London, Ontario, wrote their new single “Need” about the biggest problem of the modern world: climate change and its relationship to economic inequality.  Fun times, right?…

  • Earthquake: New Single from Queens & Kings

    The music video for Queens & Kings latest release “Earthquake” is now out!  Filmed in two unique, abandoned locations, (one since demolished, the other was built in the mid 1800s), the pair chose locations that reflected the lyrics of the song which are basically about the powerful force we all hold inside ourselves if we…

  • Mistissini, QC-Based Indigenous Rock Artist Sinematic Battles

    Inner Turmoil In “War With Myself” “War With Myself” YouTube and Spotify Facebook and Instagram Everyone has moments of self-doubt, but for those who must manage mental health issues, it can become a full-blown war. Indigenous hard rock artist Sinematic expresses this struggle in their new single, “War With Myself”, which also features guitar, bass, and drums from artist Loris…

  • London, UK’s Indie Rockers MURMAN Release “Billie Holiday” From Dazzle EP

    “Billie Holiday” Spotify Website Bursting on the fringe of indie rock comes London, UK’s MURMAN and their latest EP, Dazzle . And just as it says, the collection of tracks will do exactly that – dazzle you.  The MURMAN four piece boasts David Murdoch, Domenico Corapi, Felix Paillette, and Arion Petrovski. And together, the singer/songwriters take a swig from synth…

  • Trinidad-Born, Deux Rivieres, ON-Based Healer King Gabriel Quincy Collymore Uplifts In New “Spiritual Being” Single

    “Spiritual Being” YouTube and Spotify Facebook Trinidad-born healer King Gabriel Quincy Collymore is uplifting in his newest track “Spiritual Being” Affirmations are a huge part of many people’s spiritual journey and Deux Rivieres, ON-based singer-songwriter King Gabriel Quincy Collymore dishes out the positivity on his newest single “Spiritual Being.” Looking to help listeners elevate themselves, King Gabriel tunes…

  • UK-Emerging Singer Songwriter Gideon Foster Releases “Affirmation” New Single from Prophecy Out Now

    “Affirmation” YouTube and Spotify Website Gideon Foster is a noteworthy, emerging singer-songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, blending his philosophical outlook on life with a unique sound of his own. His love of music has led him down many different roads and genres, and while Gideon has drawn inspiration from many of them, he is not to be constrained by…

  • AlienBlaze Releases New Single “Lovesick” featuring OmenXIII via Sumerian RecordsI’m

    AlienBlazeReleases New Single“Lovesick” feat. OmenXIIIListen HERE AlienBlaze has unveiled her new single “Lovesick” featuring fellow Sumerian Records artist OmenXIII, seeing AlienBlaze enter a new hybrid world of rock meets rap. “Lovesick” is produced by Kid Brunswick and mixed by Dan Lancaster (Muse, Bring Me The Horizon). Listen to the track at the link here. AlienBlaze is a 20-year-old mad-as-hell singer/songwriter and lead guitarist crafting genre-fluid anthems…

  • Kele Fleming Serves Up Futuristic Film Noir in Remastered Single “Carrier Hotel”

    “Carrier Hotel” YouTube and Spotify Website Victoria, BC-based folk-rocker Kele Fleming connects two separate concepts with the same name to examine humans’ relationships to technology in her newly remastered, cyberpunk-tinged single “Carrier Hotel” – available now.  But first: a ‘carrier hotel’ is a facility where servers and other computing equipment owned by multiple enterprises share space (although each…

  • Psychedelic Folk Rocker Gary Edward Allen Muses On Life In “Final Surprise”

    Psychedelic Folk Rocker Gary Edward Allen  Muses On Life In “Final Surprise” “Final Surprise” YouTube and Spotify Facebook and Instagram One thing about rock music that some people forget is that it is an amalgamation of different genres including such as country and blues. For music artists who know this, they have the potential to bridge the past and present…

  • Alternative R&B Super Producer/Artist Chin Injeti Celebrates Love In New Single “Expensive” feat. Jarrel The Young

    “Expensive” YouTube and Spotify Instagram They say that loving someone romantically comes with a cost, but most of the time that cost can be worth it. When you really love your partner, you are willing to spare almost anything to make them happy. Chin Injeti embodies this feeling in his new alternative R&B single, “Expensive” feat. Jarrel The Young. Synth…

  • Stephen Curry:Underrated-Hot Docs-May 09th,2024 @TIFF BellLightbox

    By Jesse Read & Shannen Read What hasn’t superstar guard Stephen Curry done in his illustrious career in basketball?In his 15th year with the same team that drafted him, he is a  four-time NBA champion, an NBA final MVP, two time MVP in the league and probably the most dominant three-point scorer in the NBA. …

  • Love to Love You, Donna Summer: @ Hot Docs

    LaDonna Adrian Gaines, better known as her stage name:Donna Summers was featured at the Hot Docs festival this year.Love to Love You, Donna Summer is the documentary that looks at the iconic artist as it starts in humble beginnings in Boston, to Germany and then merging into the disco dance clubs of New York city.…

  • Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie:@Hot Docs Film Festival 2023

    Michael J. Fox is one of Canada’s most famous actors. Admired world wide. Starring in both the American sitcom TV series Family Ties and the Back to the Future Films in the 1980’s. Back to the Future being the biggest grossing film in 1985.  So when Michael J. Fox announced in 1991 that he’d been…

  • Singer-Songwriter Matt Epp Releases “Live Free” Single from 13th Album ‘Rolling Wave’

    “Live Free” YouTube and Spotify Website International touring artist and 2017 winner of the International Songwriting Competition marks transition into a “new era” with Rolling Wave and jubilant single “Live Free”  Epp Announces Canadian Tour Starting April, 2023 International touring artist and award-winning singer-songwriter Matt Epp will release his 13th album, “Rolling Wave,” and its new single, “Live…

  • Hot Docs Festival: audience award winners announced + now streaming!

    Hot Docs Wraps 2023 Edition; $208K Awarded to Festival Films & Pitch Projects Hot Docs Festival 2023 came to its close last night, bringing 214 films from 72 countries to audiences in Toronto cinemas. The 11-day festival featured 308 live screenings on nine screens at four venues across the city, with 235 live filmmaker Q&As,…

  • A Young Korean Woman Navigates the Complexities of Modern Urban Solitude in ALONERS, a Thoughtful, Resonant Drama Premiering on VOD/Digital on 6/9 TRAILER

    A YOUNG KOREAN WOMAN NAVIGATES THE COMPLEXITIESOF MODERN URBAN SOLITUDE IN A THOUGHTFUL AND RESONANT DRAMATHE FESTIVAL FAVORITE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT FROM HONG SEONG-EUN PREMIERES VIA VOD & DIGITALON JUNE 9, 2023“An introspective film, simultaneously gripping and melancholy but punctuated by moments of humor, Aloners is a stirring portrait of the cages we build for ourselves—and questions how and when…

  • Veteran Radio Host JEFF SAMMUT Releases New Podcast “Remembering” Celebrating Gord Downie, M*A*S*H, Star Wars, John Lennon + More

    Spotify Apple YouTube  Website Guests Who doesn’t love taking a trip down memory lane and reminiscing? If you think back to your youth, there were probably many iconic figures who made a huge impact on you, and wouldn’t it be cool to learn more about what made them tick? If so, you’re in for a…

  • Psychedelics for Human Suffering – A New Paradigm for the 21st Century?

    Wednesday, May 10 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDTRegistration is required for this free live private Zoom event.Psychedelics for Human Suffering: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century?Join us for this special Open Mind program on Psychedelics for Human Suffering withCharles Grob, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine and the Director of the Division of…

  • Peacebuilders Fundraiser Gala@The Globe And Mail-Thurs., May 4, 2023 

    By Sally W.  Peacebuilders Fundraiser event took place Thursday, May 4 at the Globe & Mail Centre on King Street East in Toronto. It was wonderful to have The Spring for Peace 2023 gala back to an in-person event. The Spring for Peace Gala has continued to be an important event for 20 years. Peacebuilders…