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Matthew Good Announces New EP “I Miss New Wave”, 28-Date Canadian Tour

By: Staff – Matthew Good has gone into the famous Bathouse Recording Studio to record new versions of select songs from his most iconic album, Beautiful Midnight. Good will celebrate the release of this EP, titled I Miss New Wave: Beautiful Midnight Revisited with a 28 date Canadian tour, in which he will perform Beautiful Midnight in its entirety. Fans who purchase tickets … Continue reading

Photos: James Vincent McMorrow, Mustafa @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre

Photos by: Morgan Hotston –  Irish alternative R&B singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow, who released his third album, We Move, on September 2nd, 2016 via Mahogany Books/Burning Rope, which was produced in part by Nineteen85 and Frank Dukes, and which followed up his 2014 album, Post Tropical, which McMorrow recorded in 2013 in the small desert town of Tornillo, Texas, performed at the … Continue reading

Photos: Amanda Palmer @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Photos by: Dan Fischer – New York City-based singer, songwriter, activist, director, and blogger Amanda Palmer, who released a book called The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help, on November 11th, 2014, which is partly based on Palmer’s successful fundraising of $1.2 million in a Kickstarter campaign to produce her 2012 album, Theater is … Continue reading

Leonard Cohen Dead at 82

By: Staff – Update: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has paid tribute to Leonard Cohen in a statement. Read it below. “It is with deep sorrow that I learned today of the death of the legendary Leonard Cohen. “A most remarkable Montrealer, Leonard Cohen managed to reach the highest of artistic achievement, both as an acclaimed poet and … Continue reading

Interview: David Usher Talks “Let It Play”, Global Warming, and Must-Hear French Artists

By: Curtis Sindrey – Multi-platinum, Juno Award winning artist, best selling author, entrepreneur and keynote speaker, David Usher is back with his new solo album Let It Play. The album, which consists of English adaptations of French songs from new young pop artists to the elder statesmen of Quebec music, is a commentary on English/French culture co-existing, yet … Continue reading

Photos: The Japanese House @ Club Academy

Photos by: Priti Shikotra – Singer-songwriter The Japanese House, who will release her new EP, Swim Against The Tide, on November 11th via Interscope, performed at Club Academy in Manchester, UK last night.

Photos: Justin Rutledge @ The Great Hall

Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Toronto-based alt country singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge, who released his seventh album, East, on September 23rd via Outside Music, which followed up his 2014 album, Daredevils, which consisted entirely of Tragically Hip covers performed by Rutledge and an array of guest musicians including Broken Social Scene’s Brendan Canning, Jenn Grant, Andy Maize, and Mary … Continue reading

Photos: Regina Spektor @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Photos by: Janine Wong – Indie Pop singer-songwriter Regina Spektor, who released her seventh album, Remember Us To Life, on September 30th, 2016 via Warner Bros/Sire, which featured the singles “Bleeding Heart”, “Small Bill$”, “Black and White”, and “Older and Taller”, performed at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto last night.

Photos: Rick Astley @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre

Photos by: Mike Fowler – UK pop-soul singer-songwriter Rick Astley, who released his eighth album, 50, on June 10th, 2016 via BMG, which serves as his first studio album in more than 10 years, following 2005’s Portrait, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.

Photos: Ben Folds @ Honeywell Center

Photos by: Katie Kuropas –  Piano pop singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who released his newest album, So There, on September 11th, 2015 via New West Records, which features eight chamber pop songs and one piano concerto performed with the Nashville Symphony, and which followed up his 2013 live album with Ben Folds Five entitled Live, which included a compilation of live recordings taken during the band’s world … Continue reading