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2018 In Canadian Music
The following musical events and releases are expected to happen in 2018 in Canada. Events * March – Juno Awards of 2018 * April – East Coast Music Awards * May – Prism Prize * June – Preliminary longlist for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize is announced * July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize * July – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced * September 17 – Jeremy Dutcher wins the Polaris Music Prize for his album ''Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa'' * December 1 – 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards Albums released A * AHI, ''In Our Time'' * Alaskan Tapes, ''The Ocean No Longer Wants Us'' * Alaskan Tapes, ''You Were Always an Island'' *Jann Arden, ''These Are the Days'' – February 2"A Calendar Of 2018 Album Releases...So Far" ''FYI Music News'', December 27, 2017. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Gord Bamford
Gord Bamford (born April 17, 1976) is an Australian-Canadian country music singer. He has released ten studio albums. Alberta-raised Bamford stands as one of the most decorated artists in Canadian country music with 26 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) awards, along with multiple JUNO nominations. Additionally, Bamford is one of two multi-time winners of Nashville's Country Music Association (CMA) Global Country Artist of the Year award, along with The Shires. Biography Early years Bamford was born in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. When Bamford was five years old, he moved with his mother, Marilyn, from Australia to Lacombe, Alberta, Canada after his parents' divorce. A singer who toured with an Australian country band, Bamford's mother encouraged him to pursue a career in music. In 1995, Bamford entered and won the Nornet Radio Network's "Search for the Stars." With Rob Bartlett from Sundae Sound producing, Bamford went to Calgary to record his debut single, "Forever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Stones
The Blue Stones are a Canadian blues rock duo based in Windsor, Ontario. History In August 2018, The Blue Stones signed a record contract with Entertainment One, where they subsequently announced plans to re-release their debut LP ''Black Holes'' on October 26, 2018. They subsequently toured the US with their Be My Fire Tour. In early January 2020, The Blue Stones were nominated for the 2020 Juno Award in the category of Breakthrough Group of the Year. In early 2021, the band announced their sophomore LP ''Hidden Gems'', co-written and produced by Mutemath frontman Paul Meany. The ten song album was preceded by singles "Shakin' Off The Rust," "Grim," "Careless," "Let It Ride," and "Spirit." ''Hidden Gems'' was released on March 19, 2021. Their third album, titled ''Pretty Monster'', was released in November 2022. It was preceded by singles "Don't Miss", "Good Ideas" and "What's It Take To Be Happy?" Members * Tarek Jafar – vocals, guitar, bass, keys * Justin Tessier – pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Blakk
Forest Blakk is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Career In 2015 he released "Love Me", his first single.Mike Bell"Jesse-James Cameron loses his Innocence, returns as Forest Blakk with Love Me" ''Calgary Herald'', February 12, 2015. The song reached #34 on the Canadian hot adult contemporary charts in ''Billboard''."Chart History: Forest Blakk" ''''. His second single, "Where I First Found You", followed in 2017, and the EP ''Minutes'' was released in 2018. His second EP, ''Sideways'', followed in 2020. In 2021, a remix of his single "If You Love Her" as a duet with |
Dans Ma Main
''Dans ma main'' is the sophomore studio album from French-Canadian pianist and composer, Jean-Michel Blais, released on May 11, 2018 via Arts & Crafts. The album differs from the simple and down-to-earth production of his studio debut, '' Il'', in that Blais explores more ethereal and electronic textures. Concept and production On the ''Dans ma main'', Blais experiments with different synth and electronic textures, a concept introduced to him while working with CFCF on '' Cascades''. He enjoyed the possibilities he could explore with the new technology, allowing to explore sounds and textures beyond his piano. Blais explains in a conversation with Red Bull Music Academy, "I never want to lose contact with the original piano instrument, but we have so many tools now to treat it differently than to just have the instrument on its own, so why not use them, and how? It certainly is opening. It gives me sounds and texture possibilities". ''Exclaim!'' wrote that, "Blais's Ableton L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Blais
Jean-Michel Blais (born 1984) is a composer and pianist from Quebec, Canada. His music is influenced by a range of composers and pianists such as Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, classical minimalists (Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Erik Satie), and modern composers such as Chilly Gonzales and Yann Tiersen. English pop singer Ellie Goulding has cited Blais as an inspiration for her fourth album. His debut studio album ''Il'' was released in April 2016 on Arts & Crafts, garnering critical acclaim, including making ''Time'' magazine's top ten albums of the year list. In 2017, he collaborated with Grammy-nominated English-Canadian electronic artist CFCF on the EP '' Cascades.'' His sophomore album, '' Dans ma main'', was released on 11 May 2018, also on Arts & Crafts, and on 30 November 2018 Jean-Michel released ''Eviction Sessions''. Early life Jean-Michel Blais grew up in the rural town of Nicolet, Quebec. As a young boy, his parents influenced his love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Music
CBC Music (formerly known as CBC FM, CBC Stereo and CBC Radio 2) is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It used to concentrate on classical and jazz. In 2007 and 2008, the network transitioned towards a new " adult music" format with a variety of genres, with the classical genre generally restricted to midday hours. In 2009, Radio 2 averaged 2.1 million listeners weekly, and it was the second-largest radio network in Canada. History The CBC's FM network was launched in 1946, but was strictly a simulcast of the AM radio network until 1960. In that year, distinct programming on the FM network began. It was briefly discontinued in 1962, but resumed again in 1964. In November 1971, the CBC filed license applications for new FM stations in English in St. John's, Halifax, and Calgary, and in French in Quebec City, Ottawa, and Chicoutimi, telling the CRTC that it intended to start a second "more extended and more leisurely" program servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laila Biali
Laila Biali (born 3 October 1980) is a Canadian Vocal jazz, jazz singer and pianist. She has been nominated for and won a Juno Award and has worked with Chris Botti and Sting (musician), Sting. Career Born in Vancouver, Biali began playing piano at a young age. She studied classical piano for many years. At the Royal Conservatory of Music she was attracted to jazz, and when she was nineteen she entered Humber College in Toronto. Four years later she released the album ''Introducing the Laila Biali Trio''. She moved to New York City and found work as a pianist and vocalist for other musicians. While touring with Paula Cole, she met drummer Ben Wittman, and she and Wittman later married. In 2009 she sang background vocals for Sting's DVD ''A Winter's Night: Live from Durham Cathedral''. She toured with Chris Botti and Suzanne Vega. She has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and at Glenn Gould Theatre in Toronto. Her second album, ''Tracing Light'' (2010), received a Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernice (band)
Bernice is a Canadian indie pop band from Toronto, Ontario, fronted by singer and songwriter Robin Dann. They have twice been longlisted nominees for the Polaris Music Prize, receiving nods at the 2018 Polaris Music Prize for ''Puff LP: In the air without a shape''"2018 Polaris Music Prize: Arcade Fire, Daniel Caesar, Gord Downie make this year's long list" , June 14, 2018. and at the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for ''Eau de Bonjourno''. In addition to Dann, the band's other core members ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridley Bent
Ridley Bent is the stage name of Brian Fowler, a Canadian country music, country singer-songwriter. Born in City of Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bent was raised throughout Canada in a Military of Canada, military family. He formally launched his musical career in 2000 in British Columbia, including performances as an opening act for Great Big Sea and Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter), Sam Roberts. His debut album, ''Blam!'', was released on MapleMusic Recordings in 2005, and was marked by a style that incorporated country, rock and Hip hop music, hip hop influences, in a manner similar to Buck 65.Robert Everett-Green, "Blam: Ridley Bent". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 13, 2005. The album was produced by Chin Injeti, formerly of the R&B band Bass is Base. Described by Bent as "hick hop", the album was best known for the single "Suicidewinder". His subsequent albums, 2007's ''Buckles and Boots'' and 2010's ''Rabbit on My Wheel'', pursued a more conventional country sound. In early 2 ... [...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] |