Hope for a Gordon Lightfoot museum ‘still very much alive’ in his hometown
TORONTO – Gordon Lightfoot’s folk music legacy could still be honoured with a museum in his Ontario hometown. Pam Carter, president of the Mariposa Folk Festival,...
Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped...
What’s up: Prairie Comics Festival, Princess Dasha, art talk, Rumor’s 40th
Graphic novels book launch/Prairie Comics Festival Millennium Library (251 Donald St.) and McNally Robinson Booksellers (1120 Grant Ave.)Friday through SaturdayFree Prairie writers, illustrators and publishers are...
Vancouver’s ‘Phil Wizard’ first-ever breaker named to Canada’s Olympic team
TORONTO – Philip Kim, who competes as “B-Boy Phil Wizard,” is set to make Canadian sports history this summer as the country’s first-ever Olympic breaking athlete....
Female musicians underrepresented on Canadian radio playlists: study
TORONTO – A new report on Canada’s radio airwaves says that music performed by women is still vastly underrepresented on commercial music stations. The study looked...
Canadian Music Week sells to former record exec and Bell Media head Randy Lennox
TORONTO – Canadian Music Week is getting new owners led by former Bell Media head and record label executive Randy Lennox. The long-running Toronto music industry...
Global auditions are changing the ‘K’ in K-pop
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New music: St. Vincent, Sia, James Brandon Lewis Quartet and Andre Gugnin
ROCK St. VincentAll Born Screaming (Virgin) As St. Vincent, Annie Clark has been a Bowie-esque, shapeshifting performance artist for most of the past decade, creating sonic...
In brief: Real Love lineup, Sobey award nominees, old-school thrash night, Mark Normand and local musicians raising money for Palestinians
Real Love lineup international affair Real Love Winnipeg announced the lineup for its annual Summer Fest on Wednesday, with 33 acts set to play the campground...
Musician Allison Russell cancels, postpones shows after getting caught in storm
WINNIPEG – Montreal folk singer Allison Russell has been forced to cancel or postpone some tour dates after being caught in stormy winter weather in Western...