Category: Showcase
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RIDM’s 25th edition: Celebrating a quarter-century of encounters
RIDM’s 25th edition: Celebrating a quarter-century of encounters The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)’s 25th edition ended on November 27. After two pandemic years, this anniversary edition allowed audiences to enjoy the festival entirely on the big screen. Film enthusiasts and the documentary community once again had the opportunity to gather around 157 screenings, 3 listening sessions and 5 virtual reality…
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Randy Begg, Founder of JUNO Award Nominee + Oshawa Music Award Hall of Fame Group Wednesday, Passes Away At 71
Randy Begg, a founding member, drummer, vocalist, and songwriter of the Canadian band Wednesday, died suddenly in Belleville on December 20 at 71. Born in Oshawa, Ontario, Randy began his drumming career in the late 1960s. A chance meeting in Oshawa in July 1967 of Paul Andrew Smith and Randy Begg set the seed that…
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Hip Hop Artist Mr. Doo Featured on Sony Orchard Records Artist Chief Reckah “We Goin Rise”
Canadian Rapper, The 6ix’s UnderGod AKA Mr.Doo started 2023 with a new single and video release feature, “We Goin Rise” with Sony Orchard recording artist Chief Reckah, available now on all music platforms. Following a string of hits the Scarborough hometown Rapper released his new single and music video in celebration of being on the other side and new beginnings. The…
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Slamdance Film Festival 2023 Slate of Incredible Feature Films
“Silent Love” Slamdance Competition Documentary Feature Film About the Film: “Silent Love” is an incredibly intimate documentary looking at the lives of two women in love and raising a pubescent teenager in a small Polish village. Aga plays the role of both mother and father to her teenage brother, Milosz, but there is something vital she isn’t telling…
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April Wine Founder And Singer Myles Goodwyn Announces Departure from Touring; Marc Parent To Replace
Singer, guitarist, writer, producer and leader of Canadian rock legends April Wine, Myles Goodwyn, has announced his departure from touring with the group. Goodwyn will continue to lead the band and he will continue to write new material for the band and produce their recordings. Goodwyn’s last live performance with April Wine will be on March…
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LASSO IS BACK FOR 2023!MONTREY’ALL TO GO OFF WITH HEADLINERS:KANE BROWN and CHRIS STAPLETON
KANE BROWN and CHRIS STAPLETON AUGUST 18 & 19, 2023 | PARC JEAN-DRAPEAU 2-day tickets on sale on December 12 at 10amAt lassomontreal.com The inaugural LASSO Montréal festival, presented by Bell in collaboration with Coors Original was such a massive success last summer for fans and artists alike, that there was no question we’d be doing it again! The LASSO experience was pure…
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Coney Hatch 40th Anniversary Concert@El Macombo-Fri.,Dec. 29th,2022
By Franklin Lau & BKONTHESCENE It was a night “Under the Neon Palms” at the El Mocambo. As Toronto’s hard rock legends Coney Hatch performed thier debut album in its entirety to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their certified gold record. The show included additional songs from their extensive catalog. Coney Hatch returned to the…
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Madison Kozak Sets Her Foundation on “Loud House”
Nothing hits home like a song about the one you grew up in. For Songs & Daughters songbird Madison Kozak, brand new self-penned release “Loud House” is that song, available everywhere today.Written by Kozak with Aaron Eshuis and Emily Falvey and produced by Chris LaCorte, “Loud House” paints a detailed portrait of Kozak’s lived experience as one of eight kids in a house filled to the brim, literally…
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UCLA Friends Open Mind Program Anxious Nation-Sat.,Jan.14th,2023
Saturday, January 14 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM PTAdmission is free but registration is required.Anxious Nation explores and captures the many faces and facets of anxiety. This feature-length documentary takes a deep dive into the crisis of anxiety and mental health in America, especially its impact on kids (ages 10-26) and families. Academy Award® winning documentary…
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Canadian Music Legend Ian Tyson, CM AOE, Has Died at 89
The family of the late Canadian country legend Ian Tyson, CM AOE, has confirmed the singer-songwriter died from on-going health complications on December 29th, 2022 at his ranch in southern Alberta, Canada at age 89. Tyson was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989, and was inducted into the Canadian Music…
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Cliff Cardinal & The Sky-Larks Release New Single “Suicidal Valentine”
“Suicidal Valentine” YouTube and Spotify Website On the precipice of the pandemic, Cliff Cardinal was in a toxic relationship with cocaine. While stuck at home with nothing much to do, his contemporary life became the subject of the latest release from Cliff Cardinal & The Sky-Larks, “Suicidal Valentine.” Cardinal wrote the song while attempting to manage his fraught situation,…
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Montreal-Based Queer Non-Binary Indigenous Artist Siibii Follows Up Top 10 on CBC Music’s Searchlight With “YOY”
“YOY” YouTube and Spotify Website and TikTok Montreal-based queer, non-binary Indigenous artist Angel Baribeau, known through their music as Siibii, has released their newest release, “YOY” – available now. “YOY” is a gut-pulling anthem professing the woes of watershed moments highlighting youth – some good, some bad, and some downright traumatizing. Production-wise, “YOY” is an infectious melody that resonates within…
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Afro-Futuristic Afrotronix Releases RUN AWAY TA featuring DAARA J FAMILY
“Run Away Ta” YouTube and Spotify Website Montreal’s Afro-futuristic concept group Afrotronix has released their “Run Away Ta” single and video, available now. After the remarkable release of the album Nomadix, Afrotronix are back with this exhilarating first track from the new two-volume album Future Tribe. For this electro track tinged with Saharan blues, the artist Afrotronix has…
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Alt-Country Outfit Gregory Childs and Heart Lung Make a Powerful Musical Plea “From the Chest”
They take you back to the good old days of the grunge/alt rock movements though they have a distinct identity.” – Lazy Indie Magazine “Country outlaw with an alternative tinge.” – Drop Out Entertainment Indie Quintet Releases Emotionally Raw New Single Following Debut EP “From The Chest” YouTube and Spotify Website Traditional-leaning country and folk music often dances…
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Cuban Music Innovator Umbe B Captivates Listeners With Chilling Storytelling In Cut-Throat “Confiesale”
Cuban Music Innovator Umbe B Captivates Listeners With Chilling Storytelling In Cut-Throat “Confiesale” “Confiesale” YouTube and Spotify Instagram and TikTok An all too familiar tale, Umbe B delivers a fiery retelling of a toxic love triangle, battling with internal impulses while trying to act with self-preservation. Dramatic storytelling is paired perfectly with hard-hitting string swells and perfectly timed breakdowns to…
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CHRIS ANTONIK Caps 2022 With “Learning To Love You” From #1 Roots Music Report’s MORNINGSTAR Album
“Learning To Love You” YouTube and Spotify Website On his newest single, “Learning to Love You,” Canadian blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and 3x-Maple Blues Award-nominee Chris Antonik. Known as the Canadian Gary Clark Jr., Antonik wrote the song as a love letter to his partner, Juno award-nominated jazz musician Alison Young, with a nod to Derek and the Dominos’…
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Dark-Folk Luminaries Broken Wolves Mourn Lost Dreams On “The Summons”
“The Summons” YouTube and Spotify Bandcamp Every generation has had to deal with their share of existential threats, and the members of Broken Wolves are no different. With his Toronto-based dark-folk act Broken Wolves, lead singer and guitarist Lennox Campbell-Berzins grapples with the looming threat of climate change and channels his anxieties onto their Medieval-inspired new single “The Summons.”…
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THE OTHERNESS SAYS “WE CAN BE ONE” WITH DREAMY NEW SINGLE
“We Can Be One” YouTube and Spotify Website The Otherness, a 4-piece Argentine band now based in Berlin, provides the listener with a cool, catchy mix of joy and provocation. The group, which has a new video out for their single “We Can Be One,” consists of Martin Cativa (guitar, vocals), Gonzalo Cativa (bass, vocals) Pablo Gaggioni (drums)…
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Fat Mike of NOFX Launches New Fat Wreck Chords Label ImprintBOTTLES TO THE GROUND
Announces First Three Signings CODEFENDANTS, THE MEFFS and MELVINATOR Right on the heels of the exoneration of his new band Codefendants, notorious punk rock legend Fat Mike announces the launch of a new record label, Bottles To The Ground. This label will be a halfway house for Codefendants, and a home for British punk duo The Meffs, NOFX’s Eric Melvin’s EDM project Melvinator, and others.Fat…
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FATHOM EVENTS, TSUBURAYA, THE EXCHANGE ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE OF SHIN ULTRAMAN
The iconic Japanese superhero comes exclusively to Canadian Theaters for two days ONLY – January 11 and 12, 2023 Fathom Events, Tsuburaya and The Exchange are partnering to bring the iconic Japanese superhero Ultraman to theaters nationwide this coming January for a two night engagement. The film, Shin Ultraman turns the Japanese icon Ultraman – first broadcast on television in 1966 – into a full-length feature film, written…
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