Few epitomize the blend of high-profile sight and sound in this century like the Toronto-born Director X, whose roster of high-budget video stars has included Jay-Z, Drake, Rosalia, Kanye West, Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Justin Bieber & more.
Timothy Zachery Mosley, professionally known as Timbaland, is a legendary American record producer, rapper, DJ, singer and songwriter, well known for hits like ‘Give It to Me’, ‘Cry Me a River’, ‘The Way I Are’ and ‘4 Minutes’. As a rapper he initially released several albums with fellow rapper Magoo, followed by his debut solo…
Dallas Austin, Grammy Award Winning Producer,
It’s not everyone whose Grade 11 teacher tells his mom to let him quit school and follow his dream. But even as a teenager who carried his keyboard everywhere, the Atlanta-based Dallas Austin turned heads in the music world. While still in school, he produced Klymaxx member Joyce…
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Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce Buffy Sainte-Marie as the 2020 recipient of the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award. Buffy will be honoured for her work over the last 60 years as a trailblazing musician, activist and educator at the annual Canadian…
Canadian Music Week has announced that Debra Rathwell, Executive VP, Global Touring & Talent at AEG Presents, will be inducted into the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame. She is to be honoured for her remarkable career in the music industry at the annual Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards Gala at Bluma Appel…
Canadian Music Week (CMW) has officially announced that radio host Erin Davis will be a 2021 inductee of the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
Originally from Edmonton, but raised in Ottawa, Trenton and England, Davis studied Radio Broadcasting at Loyalist College in Belleville, ON. By her second year in the program,…
Russian protest art collective Pussy Riot have announced a 19-date North American tour that will benefit Planned Parenthood. Fronted by Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, the group will kick off their month-long trek on March 13 in Los Angeles.
A new study by Deezer, the French streaming service, says that in order to maintain and healthy lifestyle, we should listen to at least 78 minutes of music per day.
A decade is an arbitrary measurement. They seem confined, these neat little symmetrical 10-year runs, but it’s only in hindsight that we define them, that their signifiers and trends and shorthand become codified. In reality, there are bleeds, the timbre and events of one chunk of time sliding over the border into another. If you’re seeking…