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By: Staff – MusiCounts and past JUNO Award winner and 2015 nominee Lights celebrated JUNO Week by announcing the 2014-2015 recipients of the Band Aid Program via a special presentation at Orchard Park Secondary School in Hamilton this afternoon. This year, the charity has distributed $595,000 in musical instruments among 69 schools across Canada in support … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – I n his 17 years in Big Wreck and his own, eponymous band Thornley, Ian Thornley has watched his albums become a fundamental part of the Canadian experience. With Big Wreck’s latest album Ghosts, the band has shown a penchant for evolving, but also keeping their best parts in tact. This weekend’s JUNO awards has … Continue reading
JUNO Songwriters’ Circle brings together some of the most talented Canadian singersongwriters, sharing songs and stories on stage. Tom Power of CBC Radio will be the on-stage host to lead the discussion and introduce the artists in this truly unique setting and not-to-bemissed event. JUNO Songwriters’ Circle is in support of MusiCounts, Canada’s music … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – The JUNO Awards are now in their 44th year of (as they put it) putting Canadian artists of all walks on a pedestal. This year, CARAS (the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences) is kicking their week-long festivities in Hamilton this week, the site of this year’s awards. Chris Topping (CARAS Director of Events) speaks with an … Continue reading
Photos by: Dawn Hamilton – Toronto-based blues rock-reggae band Big Sugar, who released their new album, Yardstyle, on April 14th, 2014 via eOne Music, which features acoustic versions of their catalogue of hit songs, performed a stripped-down acoustic show at Hamilton Place in Hamilton last night.
Photos by: Philip C. Perron (@Philip_Perron) – Vancouver-based indie rock quintet Mother Mother, who released their fifth album, Very Good Bad Thing, on November 4th, 2014 via Island Records/Universal Music Canada, performed at the Hamilton Place Theatre in Hamilton last night.
Photos by: Amanda-Susan Carson (@xoAmandaCarson) – So You Think You Can Dance, the 13-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning show, visited the Hamilton Place Theatre in Hamilton last night, which featured this season’s most popular routines, as well as original pieces created specifically for the nationwide tour.
Photos by: Amanda-Susan Carson (@xoAmandaCarson) – Pop singer Demi Lovato, who released her fourth album, Demi, on May 10th, 2013 via Hollywood, which produced the singles “Heart Attack”, “Made in the USA”, “Neon Lights”, and “Really Don’t Care”, performed at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton as part of her ongoing “Demi World Tour” with Christina Perri, who released … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Supercrawl 2014 continued with performances by Chicago-based DJ Spinn, Austin, TX-based indie rockers Spoon, who released their eighth full-length album, They Want My Soul, on August 5, 2014, which was their first LP on new label Loma Vista Recordings, Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew, who released his second solo album, Darlings, on March 18th, … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Supercrawl 2014 kicked off with dozens of performances around downtown Hamilton including, Hamilton-based alt rock band Arkells, who released their third album, High Noon, on August 5th, 2014 via Universal Music Canada/Dine Alone Records, which debuted at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, their highest position on that chart, Hamilton-based garage rock trio The Dirty Nil, who … Continue reading
