After a two day hiatus RBC Bluesfest returned on Wednesday with a bang as Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters exploded back onto the main stage at Lebreton Flats in Ottawa.
Winners for the 2023 SSIMAs Announced!
Triple win for Aysanabee
Blue Moon Marquee and Snotty Nose Rez Kids walk away with two
Andrea Menard takes Métis Artist/Group of the Year
Shenkman Arts Centre ready for 2023
What’s left for the rest of the 2022/23 season?
2023 is a year to look forward to on stage at Shenkman Arts Centre.
Get ready to be propelled in to a season of music, storytelling and family entertainment.
Nominations Revealed for The 2022 JUNO Awards
Montreal’s Charlotte Cardin leads with six nominations,
while global icons Justin Bieber and The Weeknd follow with five
Voting is now open for TikTok JUNO Fan Choice. Fans are encouraged to vote on TikTok and at junofanchoice.ca
With an array of emerging Canadian talent releasing world-class music, almost half of all 235 nominations are first time contenders
HEART OF GOLD TURNS 50! Indigenous-styled cover of classic song still shining bright from Canada’s North
Attawapiskat ON via Winnipeg MB (02.03.22) — Canadiana classic Heart Of Gold is turning 50 this month! Released on Neil Young’s Harvest album on February 14, 1972, the song has surely inspired countless musicians since it first hit the airwaves.
Adrian Sutherland’s Debut Single: Politician Man
A PROTEST SONG FOR CANADA
Attawapiskat ON via Winnipeg MB (10.17.19) — Call it uncanny circumstances that lead to the release of a song from our friend Adrian Sutherland (of Midnight Shine). Uncanny timing, too, considering the song’s name, and the fact Canada wrapped up a heated federal election just last night…
Track X Track with Midnight Shine’s High Road
I’ll never forget the first time I heard of Midnight Shine. I was sitting at my computer browsing through social media when I came across a posting from a friend in Northern Ontario that had shared a video they took at a music festival in Timmins. The video was off a band called Midnight Shine opening for Trooper, the song was “Since You Been Gone”. I immediately looked them up, reached out to their management at the time and the rest is history.
TAKING THE HIGH ROAD: Midnight Shine’s third album reaching new places
It’s a little bit cliché to say it’s been a long road for Midnight Shine to get here. It’s a little bit ironic, too, considering they come from places you can’t even get to by roads…
EXCLUSIVE – Midnight Shine’s “Northern Men” photo shoot
It just might be the coolest – and coldest – photo shoot ever done by a Canadian rock band, shot in the dead of winter, and being released on the first day of summer dubbed “Northern Men”.
Midnight Shine shines on CityFolk stage in Ottawa debut
It was a beautiful late summer afternoon in Canada’s Capital, the great lawn at Lansdowne park was still soggy from the rain on Saturday but the crowds were starting to make their way down for the final day of CityFolk.