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2013 In Canadian Music
This is a summary of the year 2013 in the Canadian music industry. Events *January 9 – Adam Gontier, lead singer of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, resigns from the band, citing health concerns. *February 5 – Silverstein releases their first album with Paul Marc Rousseau as an official member. *March 10 – 2013 East Coast Music Awards *April 17 – Steve Jocz, drummer for Sum 41, resigns from the band. *April 21 – Juno Awards of 2013 *May 25 – Online streaming service CBC Music sponsors the first CBC Music Festival at Ontario Place's new Echo Beach music venue.CBC AT ECHO BEACH 2013 . '' Toro'', May 23, 2013. *June 13 – Preliminary longlist for the |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
''Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!'' (sometimes stylized in ''all caps'') is the fourth studio album by Canadian post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, released by Constellation Records. It was their first album since 2002's ''Yanqui U.X.O.''. After reforming in 2010, the group went on tour and silently released the album at a concert in Boston on October 1, 2012, with official release dates on October 15 in Europe and the following day in other countries. The album received positive reviews and has been heralded as a comeback for the collective, winning the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. The album marked the beginning of a major stylistic change for Godspeed You! Black Emperor, being less technically complex and emphasizing further on drones while abandoning the concept of movements altogether – a compositional format they would continue to employ until 2021's ''G_d's Pee at State's End!''. Reception ''Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!'' received positive reviews from critics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chansons (Jill Barber Album)
''Chansons'' is an album by Canada, Canadian singer-songwriter Jill Barber, produced by Drew Jurecka, released January 29, 2013 on Outside Music. Her first album recorded entirely in French language, French, for ''Chansons'' she selected and performed cover versions of songs by artists from Quebec and France, including Édith Piaf, Serge Gainsbourg, Henri Salvador, Raymond Berthiaume and Raymond Lévesque. The album debuted at #1 on Canada's jazz sales charts, ''mississauga.com'', February 15, 2013. and at #11 on the Canadian Albums Chart. Track listing # "Petite Fleur" (Sidney Bechet/Fernand Bonifay/Mario Buo) # "J'attendrai" (Dino Oliviera/Louis Poterat) # "Mélancolie" (W ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Barber
Jill Barber (born February 6, 1980) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Originally associated with the folk-pop genre, she has performed vocal jazz and pop music on her more recent albums."Jill Barber sings in French for 1st time with Chansons" CBC News, February 13, 2013. Early life Barber was born and raised in Port Credit, a neighbourhood in the south-central part of , just west of Toronto. Her brother is singer-songwriter[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Sun
The ''Toronto Sun'' is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is one of several ''Sun'' tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices is located at Postmedia Place in downtown Toronto. The newspaper published its first edition in November 1971, after it had acquired the assets of the defunct ''Toronto Telegram'', and hired portions of the ''Telegram''s staff. In 1978, Toronto Sun Holdings and Toronto Sun Publishing were consolidated to form Sun Publishing (later renamed Sun Media Corporation). Sun Publishing went on to form similar tabloids to the ''Toronto Sun'' in other Canadian cities during the late 1970s and 1980s. The ''Sun'' was acquired by Postmedia Network in 2015, as a part of the sale of the ''Sun''s parent company, Sun Media. History In 1971, the Toronto Sun Publishing was created and purchased the syndication operations and newspaper vending boxes from the ''Toronto Telegram'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Baro
Alexis Baro is a Cuban-Canadian trumpet player and composer,Roger Leveque, "Going easy on the Latin grooves; Cuban-Canadian trumpeter Alexis Baro offers up more of a funk-jazz fusion". ''Edmonton Journal'', November 28, 2009. most noted as a Juno Award nominee for Jazz Album of the Year, Solo at the Juno Awards of 2019. Biography Baro was born in Havana, Cuba. In school he became a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, singer Omara Portuondo's band. After completing his musical education, he completed a teaching certification at the Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory.Rob Vanstone, "Music is in Baro's genes". ''Regina Leader-Post'', November 19, 2009. Baro performed lead trumpet for the National Radio and Television Orchestra of Cuba at the age of 19. In 2001, Baro was discovered by Canadian jazz drummer Archie Alleyne and became a member of the Canadian 'hard-bop" band Kollage. In the band Kollage, he was writer and performer for eight years.Mike Youds, "Get set move; Alexis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Bajada
Jason Bajada is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal, Quebec. Bajada released two albums, ''Puer Dolor'' in 2005 and ''Up Go the Arms'' in 2006, before signing to Maple Music Recordings/Universal, with whom he released his label debut ''Loveshit'' in 2009. He followed up in 2011 with ''The Sound Your Life Makes'', which reached number 57 on the Canadian Albums Chart. In addition to his English material, Bajada has released two French albums. ''Le résultat de mes bêtises'' was released in September 2013 during the Pop Montreal festival, and his follow-up, entitled ''Volcano'', was released in February 2016. ''Volcano'' received a Prix Félix nomination for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the 38th Felix Awards. His double album ''Loveshit 2 (Blondie & the Backstabberz)'' was released in September 2017 on Audiogram. ''Crushed Grapes'' is Bajada's eighth studio album, and was produced by Connor Seidel. The title track was inspired by ''Ask The Dust'', a novel by John Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domino Recording Company
Domino Recording Company or simply Domino is a British independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, New York that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division called Domino France. In addition, Stephen Pastel presides over the subsidiary label Geographic Music, which releases more 'unusual' music from Britain and outside of the Western world. In 2011, the company announced that it was beginning a book publishing division, The Domino Press. History Founded in 1993, by Laurence Bell and Jacqui Rice, the label's first release was the Sebadoh EP '' Rocking the Forest'', licensed from Sub Pop records for release in the UK. Many of the early releases were by American artists who in the US were signed to Drag City (Smog, Will Oldham, Royal Trux), a relationship which continues to this day. Success was not immediate, as labels such as Domino, who were releasing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia (Austra Album)
''Olympia'' is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra, released on June 17, 2013, by Domino. ''Olympia'' spawned three singles: "Home", "Painful Like" and "Forgive Me". The album received largely positive reviews from critics, who said that it had more "bombastic throb" compared to its predecessor while still showcasing lead singer Katie Stelmanis's "classically trained, massive voice", adding that it was "clean, considered, with every detail in its place and a clear sense of its own identity." Background and development In an interview for the music blog ''Stereogum'', Stelmanis said that she began writing ''Olympia'' while still touring in support of the band's debut studio album, '' Feel It Break''. According to her, writing ''Olympia'' took about a year, and the actual recording, in the studio in Michigan, four to five weeks. Her vocals were recorded in Montreal with Damian Taylor and then sent to be mixed to Tom Elmhirst. Stelmanis told ''Interview'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austra (band)
Austra is a Canadian electronic music band from Toronto, founded in 2009 by composer, singer-songwriter, and producer Katie Stelmanis. Stelmanis is the only permanent member of the project, with a rotating live band that has included Maya Postepski (drums), Dorian Wolf (bass, Moog), and Ryan Wonsiak (keyboards). It previously also featured the twin backing singers Sari and Romy Lightman of Tasseomancy. The band has released four studio albums—'' Feel It Break'' (2011), '' Olympia'' (2013), '' Future Politics'' (2017), and ''Hirudin'' (2020). History Formation and early years In 2004, Stelmanis and Postepski played in a band called Galaxy, together with Emma McKenna. At the same time, Stelmanis started making electronic music at home and was also writing industrial-inspired soundtracks for performance artist Zeesy Powers. Powers convinced her to start performing her songs live, and in 2008 Stelmanis' debut album ''Join Us'', which appeared under her own name, was released thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reflektor (album)
''Reflektor'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released on October 28, 2013, through Sonovox Records internationally and Merge Records in the United States. A double album, it was recorded between 2011 and 2013 at studios in Montreal, Jamaica, and Louisiana. It was co-produced by LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy, regular Arcade Fire producer Markus Dravs, and the band themselves. Influenced by Haitian rara music, the 1959 film ''Black Orpheus'', and Søren Kierkegaard's essay "Two Ages", ''Reflektors release was preceded by a guerrilla marketing campaign inspired by veve drawings and the release of the title track as a limited edition single credited to the fictional band ''The Reflektors'' on September 9, 2013. Upon its release, ''Reflektor'' received positive reviews from music critics and had a successful commercial performance. The album was recognized as one of The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far, a list published by ''Pitchfork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. The band's current touring line-up also includes former core member Sarah Neufeld and multi-instrumentalists Paul Beaubrun, Dan Boeckner and Eric Heigle. Each of the band's studio albums features contributions from composer and violinist Owen Pallett. Founded in 2001 by friends and classmates Butler and Josh Deu, the band came to prominence in 2004 with the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ''Funeral''. Their second studio album, ''Neon Bible'', won them the 2008 Meteor Music Award for Best International Album and the 2008 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year. Their third studio album, ''The Suburbs'', was released in 2010 to critical acclaim and commercial success. It received many accolades, including the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year, the 2011 Juno Award for Album of the Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
