Canadian Music Week has announced the 2021 INDIES nominees. For it’s 20th year, Grimes leads with four nominations, with DVBBS, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and JJ Wilde right behind with three each. Some categories to watch include Indigenous Artist / Group or Duo of the Year, which includes nominees Buffy Sainte-Marie, Crystal Shawanda, Julian Taylor, […]
The year 2020 may be remembered as the year of the pandemic, but let’s not forget it was also a year of fantastic new music from many brilliant Indigenous artists. Music that spans genres and nations and that will stick with us for years to come! It was hard enough to pick just 10 of […]
“The Spark” has captured top honours for Winnipeg-based singer-songwriter William Prince, as the winner of the 2020 SOCAN Songwriting Prize. “The Spark” is a single on Prince’s highly acclaimed sophomore album, Reliever, the followup to his Juno-award winning debut album Earthly Days. Prince will receive the $5,000 first prize, a Yamaha Keyboard, and a $500 […]
The Polaris Prize Long List is here, including 40 of Canada’s finest artists and their albums. The amount of talent is overwhelming, but it means even more music to dive into this summer! We hand-picked 10 of the albums we’ve enjoyed this past year along with a short synopsis of each. You can see the full […]
The Polaris Music Prize long list for the Canadian Artist of the Year has been announced! You’ll find a nice mix of genres from pop to rock to hip hop to folk and a great representation of artists across Canada. Indigenous artists William Prince, Riit, nêhiyawak, Lido Pimienta and WHOOP-SZO were nominated. Other stand outs include nods to Jessie Reyez, Allie X, The Weeknd, Andy Shauf and Kaytranada among many […]
The pandemic seems to suit William Prince just fine at this point in time. The Juno-winning Canadian singer-songwriter with the rich, smooth, baritone voice is using his time out from touring by spending precious moments with his son and writing new music. In April he lent his voice to Canada’s coronavirus special, “Stronger Together, Tous […]
MOT WEB EXCLUSIVE – TKARONTO MUSIC FESTIVAL: ONLINE (MAY 15, 2020) This year’s unofficial kick-off to summer won’t exactly be business as usual, but for the artists headlining a new Indigenous music festival, the show must go on. The Tkaronto Music Festival, originally planned as an outdoor music festival, has moved online and will be […]
Though live music events continue to get put on hold, the spirit of music remains strong! That’s why Tkaronto Music Festival has decided to help keep that spirit alive by moving the debut of its incredible Indigenous talent online! “Artists for Artists”. That’s the motto behind the Tkaronto Music Festival: Online, organized by 50/50 […]
