Category Archives: Canadiana

The 2018 CBC Music Festival, a full day of Canadian music, food and fun was held at Toronto’s RBC Echo Beach. This festival is about music, musicians and fans coming together to celebrate all things Canadian music.

Warner Music Canada – home of Brett Kissel and Meghan Patrick, Canadian country music’s reigning Male and Female Vocalists of the Year as well as top charting artists The Washboard Union and Aaron Goodvin – are teaming up with Chevrolet and the Boots & Hearts Music Festival held annually in Oro-Medonte, Ontario to find Canada’s next Country Music Superstar.

Ottawa’s own singer/songwriter Danielle Allard held her album release party for her third album Passing Notes at Collab Space in Ottawa on Saturday, May 19/18 with her fans, friends and supporters.

The Roundup MusicFest offers world-class entertainment to Calgarians, by bringing internationally acclaimed artists to the stage in a first-class outdoor music festival format.

Liv and Anita Cazzola lead Guelph’s art-folk/rock collective The Lifers. So, what’s in a name? Well, for starters, the two have a partnership that seems tightly fastened together for life with needle, thread, some welding, a smattering of duct-tape and a bit of super glue for good measure. Oh yeah, and blood. They’re sisters.

(Cover Photo – Cynthia Tauro by Andre Gagne)

To some, the greatest test of endurance is the Cape Epic, a gruelling eight day, 70 km trek through South Africa that’s referred to as the Tour de France of mountain biking. Then there’s Badwater, a non-stop 135-mile run through some of the most scorching hot places on the planet. Racers have to brave the heat through Death Valley as they battle the elements, dehydration and sometimes even delirium. Yikes! Then, for the truly insane, there’s the Marathon des Sable. You know, just your typical 150 mile race…through the Sahara! 

Ah May in Montreal.. the sun is out, the birds are singing, and the sounds of punk music fill the streets downtown. Pouzza Fest in Montreal marks the unofficial start to festival season with over 175 bands performing different venues all weekend long. Kick off each day started early with punk yoga and meditation, and went until the other early, with secret shows starting as late/early as 2am.

The 2018 East Coast Music Awards brought together the finest musicians the East Coast has to offer. Many faces recognized across the country, others perhaps not as familiar. All talented just the same. This years festival showcased much of that talent through nights of music at local venues, as well as showcasing within the awards show itself. The intimate feel of the event meant that artists were seen wandering other shows and spaces making them accessible to talk to, get to know, and hear about what’s coming up.

4 million, that’s the number of Canadians that say they or someone they know has been afflicted with Lyme Disease. A few months ago Ottawa musician Tara Shannon became part of that statistic when she was diagnosed with the bacterial infection. 

With September comes cooler temperatures, the leaves start to change colour and fall from the trees, back to school sales are the big thing at pretty much every retailer and most people are looking back on the summer festival season that was…but in Ottawa there’s always one more big party before we put away our festival shoes and that party, CityFolk Festival, unveiled its 25th Anniversary lineup earlier this morning.