Neil Osborne of Canadian music legends 5440 and celebrated record producer Garth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers) are putting the love of their favourite hockey teams on the line to support music therapy programs.  Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrating 17 years as one of Southern Ontario’s most renowned independent music events, S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival will return to downtown St. Catharines on Sunday,

June 24, 2012, featuring more than 140 performers across multiple stages and venues. Read the rest of this entry »

CBC today launched CBC Music and the CBC Music App – a free new digital music service. With a choice of 40 different web radio stations, 14 distinct genre-based communities, and music from nearly 1,000 major and independent music companies, CBC Music provides listeners with access to a wide array of Canadian and international music. CBC Music features original content from knowledgeable and experienced music personalities and programmers from across the country, hundreds of concerts, features, blogs, playlists, and more. Read the rest of this entry »

CARAS has today announced the nominees for the 2012 JUNO Awards, taking place in Ottawa on April 1st.

Also announced is that William Shatner  will host the gala which will see performances by City and Colour, Deadmau5, Feist, Blue Rodeo and Sarah Mclachlan, Hedley, Nickelback, among others.

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The Nimbus School of Recoding Arts has launched a one-year music production program designed to teach skills specific to producing hip hop and urban music. The Beats & Urban Music Production (BUMP) was designed in partnership with Grammy Award winning producer & songwriter Chin Injeti, who won for his work on the Eminem album Recovery. Chin has also worked with 50 Cent, Drake, Clipse, Esthero, DJ Khalil, 88 Keys, Organized Noize, and more. Read the rest of this entry »