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Jul 10, 2015
Music Canada Street Team Promotes New Music Fridays at the Foo Fighters Concert
Today, Friday, July 10th, marks the first edition of New Music Fridays, the new global release day for new music. Until now, singles and albums have been released on different days of the week in different countries – Mondays in France and the UK, Tuesdays in Canada and the US, and Fridays in markets like […]
Jun 30, 2015
Canada Day 2015: Free Family Concerts
Happy 148th Birthday, Canada! How will you be celebrating in your town? We’ve compiled a list of some of the top free family-friendly concerts happening across the country on July 1 so pack your sunscreen, find your best red & white getup and get ready to celebrate with some of the country’s finest talent! CALGARY, AB […]
Jun 12, 2015
Josh Groban Presented With Gold Plaque For 2015 Album ‘Stages’
Multi-Platinum American vocalist Josh Groban was in Toronto this week to promote his latest album Stages, which was certified Gold in Canada earlier in May. This is the second certification for Groban in 2015, as his Christmas album Noel earned 6X Platinum status in January. On Wednesday night, Groban was presented with a custom Gold plaque for the collection […]
Mar 31, 2015
PHOTOS: Peter Katz Performs In The Courtyard
Following a full-band performance on Breakfast Television Monday, MapleMusic recording artist Peter Katz stopped by the Music Canada courtyard for an acoustic performance of songs off his new album We Are The Reckoning. The Toronto singer/songwriter (originally from Montreal) is gearing up for an international tour in support of the new album before returning to Canada in May for a cross-country stint. […]
Feb 18, 2015
C.D. Howe Report: “Getting the Price Right: Putting a Fair Value on Music Copyrights”
Today, the C.D. Howe Institute has released a new report that finds that Canada’s current copyright framework for recorded music is shortchanging artists. Analysis by the report author Marcel Boyer determines that the competitive value of recorded music is approximately 2.5 times higher than the current level of copyright payments. “In today’s digital age, copyright […]
Feb 09, 2015
UK’s Ben Howard Presented With Gold Award Plaque In Toronto
UK singer-songwriter Ben Howard was presented with Canadian Gold album award plaques in Toronto, ON last week for his 2011 Mercury Prize nominated LP Every Kingdom, which was officially certified earlier this year. Howard (pictured right) along with with his manager Owain Davies (pictured left) were presented with the awards by Universal Music Canada publicist Mima Agozzino […]
Jan 22, 2015
UK Singer Sam Smith Presented With Canadian Multi-Platinum Award Plaque
Moments before taking the stage for a sold-out show Tuesday night at Toronto, ON’s Air Canada Centre, UK singer and 2014 breakthrough artist Sam Smith was presented with a Multi-Platinum award plaque by Universal Music Canada. The custom award plaque commemorates the recent Double Platinum certification of his debut album In The Lonely Hour as well as it’s […]
Jan 09, 2015
Big Music Fest Has $7 Million Economic Impact In Kitchener, ON
On the weekend of July 11-13, 2014, Big Music Fest took place at Kitchener, ON’s McLennan Park headlined by rock superstars Aerosmith and Bryan Adams. As reported by the Waterloo Region Record, Big Music Fest 2014 provided a significant $7 million impact to the local economy, more than doubling the projected economic impact of $3 million prior to […]
Nov 18, 2014
Ontario Music Fund creating ‘Snowball Effect’ for artist development at Warner Music Canada
Last week, Toronto-based singer/songwriter Scott Helman released his new music video for “Bungalow”, which was filmed on location in Scugog, Ontario and supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)’s Ontario Music Fund. The video was shot over 2 days and featured a cast and crew of approximately 25 people. Helman’s debut EP, Augusta, was […]