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Maestro Fresh Wes Slated for Halftime Show as the Toronto Raptors Face Off with Kawhi Leonard, L.A. Clippers

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Dec 11, 2019

Maestro Fresh Wes Slated for Halftime Show as the Toronto Raptors Face Off with Kawhi Leonard, L.A. Clippers

— Canadian hip hop icon Maestro Fresh Wes is set to perform at the most highly anticipated Toronto Raptors game of the season this Wednesday, December 11th, as the reigning NBA champions face-off against former teammate Kawhi Leonard for the first time since he left for Los Angeles.

“I’m definitely looking forward for Kawhi’s return and to see how he will be received,” says Wes of the mid-week game against the L.A. Clippers.

Ahead of the game, the multi-JUNO Award-winning artist has released his premiere edition of THIS IS EPIC, a curated playlist on Spotify featuring songs from The Weeknd, PARTYNEXTDOOR feat. Drake, Tory Lanez, Killy, and of course, the Maestro himself.

He’ll be bringing that fire to half court this Wednesday in an electrifying, fan-favourite show.

“I’ve performed at Raptors halftime games before,” he says, “but this is the biggest one yet.

“We’re now the world champions, and I’m honoured to be added to the lineup of entertainment.”

Speaking of champions, for starters, Maestro Fresh Wes (Wes Williams) is fresh off his 2019 induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

He’s a multi-award winning recording artist, and the first Canadian Hip Hop artist to have a single — “Let Your Backbone Slide” — hit Gold status on the charts. His iconic 1989 album Symphony In Effect was the first to receive a JUNO Award for Best Rap Recording of the Year, as well as the first Canadian Hip Hop album to go Platinum. A true pioneer, he was also the first Canadian hip hop artist to have a song rank on Billboard’s Top 20 Rap Singles chart.

Maestro’s songs “Reach For The Sky (feat. Classified and Blue Rodeo)” and “The Distance (feat. Saukrates)” were featured throughout the Olympics, 2014 Winter and 2016 Summer, respectively.

As an actor, Williams has appeared on numerous film and television projects, including The Line — for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series — and as the character of Paul Dwyer in the CBC hit sitcom, Mr. D.

He has been inducted into the Scarborough Walk of Fame, received the 2003 Reel World Film Festival Trailblazer Award, and was a guest speaker for the Governor General of Canada’s Summit on Urban Arts.

Williams’ paths as both an author and motivational speaker merged with the release of his motivational book, Stick To Your Vision. With its foreword written by Public Enemy’s Chuck D, and content long-credited for inspiring fellow Canadian hip hop star Drake, the book has been incorporated by multiple school curriculums as required reading. His 2017 TED Talks on the subject of Self – Revision has been inspiring to many who have watched him evolve for over three decades.

2019 commemorates the 30 year anniversary of his first album and it’s a great time to celebrate as well as to motivate young minds. Recently, Wes performed and was a presenter at the 2019 JUNO Awards, performed at the final home game for the Vancouver Canucks’ 2019 NHL season, and supported the Kidney Foundation of BC.

Champagne Campaign is available now.

Mashup of Mariah Manson’s “All I Want For Christmas is the Beautiful People”

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Mashup of Mariah Manson’s “All I Want For Christmas is the Beautiful People”

Bill McClintock has just released a soon-to-be classic Christmas collaboration that combines Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” with the heavy metal Marilyn Manson vocals from “The Beautiful People”.

Award-Winning Canadian Singer/Songwriter Alex Whorms Skates into the Holiday Season, Covering Joni Mitchell’s 1971 Classic “River”

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Award-Winning Canadian Singer/Songwriter Alex Whorms Skates into the Holiday Season, Covering Joni Mitchell’s 1971 Classic “River”

With a voice CBC calls “incredibly earnest” with an “honest purity,” Canadian singer/songwriter Alex Whorms continues to shine in her favourite holiday song, releasing a video covering Joni Mitchell’s “River” as the season swings into full-gear.

“Joni Mitchell’s ‘River’ has been my favourite Christmas song for years,” says the Ajax-born, Hamilton-based artist of her affections for the track, originally released in 1971. “I heard it for the first time when I was about 13… My family was watching an old rerun of ‘Ally McBeal’ — it was the episode where Robert Downey Jr’s character sang it, and I couldn’t believe how beautiful the song was.

“I immediately looked up the lyrics and taught myself how to play it on the piano.

“I’ve pulled it out again and again every year.”

“It’s cool for me that the lyrics mention ‘skating away’ because I was a competitive figure skater for most of my life,” she marvels. “Skating is extremely therapeutic for me… It feels like flying.

“With so many concerts to perform and events to attend, the holidays can start to feel pretty overwhelming for me, so the line ‘I wish I had a river I could skate away on’ holds real meaning to me.”

The video was recorded in one take live with Konrad Swierczek producing the audio and Zach Symak directing the video, and comes at the close of an equally busy year — not just season — for Whorms; she released her second EP, Burgundy, in September, and its premiere single “Sunset” was featured on CBC Radio One’s ‘In The Key of C.’

Previously, her debut album — 2017’s Our Lives — landed space on CFMU 93.3’s Top 20, I Heart Hamilton’s Top 5, and WRUW 93.1, and Whorms also received the 2019 Hamilton Arts Award for Emerging Artist in Music, and performed at Canadian Music Week, Hamilton’s Festival of Friends, and completed Canada’s Music Incubator’s Artist Entrepreneur Program.

Whorms’ take on “River” is available now.

Liona Boyd’s Christmas concert special A WINTER FANTASY to air on PBS WNED and across Canada on the CBC GEM streaming service

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Dec 10, 2019

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Liona Boyd’s Christmas concert special A WINTER FANTASY to air on PBS WNED and across Canada on the CBC GEM streaming service

Boyd to Welcome the Holidays with A WINTER FANTASY Concert Special on PBS flagship station WNED serving viewers in Toronto, Buffalo and Southern Ontario.

The special is now also available to stream in Canada on CBC GEM.

World-renowned classical guitarist, Liona Boyd and her protégé, Andrew Dolson perfectly capture a magical evening in the concert A Winter Fantasy airing at on WNED-TV and several other PBS stations. WNED Airdates are Dec 16th at 10:00pm and Dec 25th at 1am.

Ever since her platinum album, “A Guitar for Christmas,” Boyd’s music has been part of the holidays. A Winter Fantasy is a one-hour concert film that interweaves beloved traditional pieces, such as “Silent Night” and “The Huron Carol,” with Boyd’s own original material and the ethereal orchestrations of Peter Bond. Dolson accompanies Boyd on guitar and vocals as well as giving soaring operatic vocal renditions of “O Holy Night” and Boyd’s own epic “Aurora Borealis,” a tribute to the beauty of the northern lights.

Recorded in historic Richmond Hill United Church, A Winter Fantasy also features special guest, Grammy nominated flautist Ron Korb, as well as the Chancel Choir of Richmond Hill. Korb adds his acclaimed playing on two pieces, and The Chancel choir joins along with the exuberant Caribbean rhythms of “Christmas Dreams” to close out this special concert. Stunning winter scenery from Boyd’s homeland of Canada add visual beauty to the production.

A Winter Fantasy brings Boyd’s unique blend of romantic style and serene classical guitar music to the screen. A Winter Fantasy, the album is available around the world on iTunes, Spotify and in stores across Canada. The audiobook of Liona’s best selling autobiography In My Own Key, read by the author, is also available now on audible.com and audible.ca

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien To Play Four Intimate North American Shows

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Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien To Play Four Intimate North American Shows

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien has confirmed details of the North American debut of EOB’s live incarnation: EOB will play intimate shows in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto in February 2020.

These exclusive events will serve as prelude to a full scale tour in support of EOB’s debut album, due out early 2020 on Capitol Records. EOB’s live band on these four dates and the upcoming tour will be comprised of Hinako Omori, Ross Chapman, Dishan Abrahams and Alvin Ford, Jr..

Ed recently unveiled the first sights and sounds from his debut under the EOB moniker, in the form of the song “Brasil.” Described by STEREOGUM as “a nine-minute shapeshifting epic,” “Brasil” begins life as a plaintive ballad built on the bare bones of O’Brien’s voice and acoustic guitar before blooming into “a pulsing motorik driver that beats out into space” (CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND). “Brasil” was also adapted into a nine-minute short film, bringing to life a concept by Ed and director Andrew Donoho that—in the words of ROLLING STONE—”shows humanity coming together after Earth is visited by an alien power.”

The early 2020 release date of the EOB album will be revealed shortly, as will its title. The album was recorded from the fall of 2017 through early 2019. Produced by Flood and mixed by Alan Moulder, EOB’s debut album features contributions from Omar Hakim, Colin Greenwood, Adam “Cecil” Bartlett, David Okumu and Richie Kennedy, Laura Marling, Adrian Utley, Nathan East and Glenn Kotche.

Tickets for these shows will be on sale to the general public Friday, December 11 at 10am local time.

February 7 Toronto, ON Great Hall
February 8 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
February 10 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge
February 13 Los Angeles, CA Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever

Tame Impala and Perfume Genius have announced a joint tour in 2020

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Tame Impala and Perfume Genius have announced a joint tour in 2020. Their North American trek kicks off in Chicago in May and currently wraps up in George, Washington in August. The tour dates will follow the release of Tame Impala’s long-awaited new album The Slow Rush, which arrives February 14.

Tame Impala The Slow Rush North American Tour Dates

May 29 – Chicago, IL @ United Center w/ Perfume Genius
May 30 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum w/ Perfume Genius
May 31 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena w/ Perfume Genius
June 2 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena w/ Perfume Genius
June 3 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre w/ Perfume Genius
June 6 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena w/ Perfume Genius
June 8 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center w/ Perfume Genius
June 9 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena w/ Perfume Genius
June 11 – Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena w/ Perfume Genius
June 12 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center w/ Perfume Genius
July 17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Xcel Energy Center w/ Perfume Genius
July 19 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center w/ Perfume Genius
July 20 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center w/ Perfume Genius
July 21 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center w/ Perfume Genius
July 23 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center w/ Perfume Genius
July 24 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center w/ Perfume Genius
July 25 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center w/ Perfume Genius
July 28 – Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena w/ Perfume Genius
July 30 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center w/ Perfume Genius
August 1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena w/ Perfume Genius
August 3 – Portland, OR @ MODA Center w/ Perfume Genius
August 5 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena w/ Perfume Genius
August 7 – George, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheatre w/ Perfume Genius

Milky Chance Announce North American Spring Tour 2020

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Milky Chance Announce North American Spring Tour 2020

Today, Milky Chance — fresh off the release of their critically acclaimed new album Mind The Moon — announce an extensive North American tour, with 20+ headlining dates including Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.

Tickets go on sale Friday, December 13 at 10am.

While childhood friends Phillipp Dausch and Clemens Rehbein’s past two albums have seen them take their blend of folk, electronic, hip-hop, world music, and chillout across continents and onto Fallon, Kimmel, and Conan, Mind The Moon, the band’s third album, is “frothing with greatness” (KUTX). It’s not only an impressive example of their free-flowing, eclectic songwriting, but pushes their sound into new places as they “embody new twists on the old concept of world music” (NPR Music). The album has received critical praise from NPR Music, American Songwriter, and many more — see press notices below.

“Daydreaming,” the album’s dreamy collaboration with Australian guitar phenom Tash Sultana, has already cracked 10 million streams worldwide.

More US dates will be announced later this year.

Mind the Moon Tour 2020 Dates:
March 23 — Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
March 24 — Houston, TX @ House of Blues
March 26 — Tampa, FL @ The RITZ Ybor
March 27 — Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
April 13 — Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
April 14 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fillmore Minneapolis
April 15 — Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
April 16 — Saskatoon, SK @ Coors Event Centre
April 17 — Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
April 18 — Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Event Centre
April 20 — Vancouver, BC @ Orpheum
April 21 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
April 22 — Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory
April 23 — Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
April 24 — Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
April 25 — Missoula, MT @ The Wilma
April 27 — Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
April 28 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
May 11 — Charlotte, NC @ Fillmore Charlotte
May 12 — Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
May 13 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle Atlanta
May 15 — Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
May 16 — Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
May 18 — Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
May 19 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
May 20 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

My Next Read: Michael Ochs’ “1,000 Record Covers”

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My Next Read: Michael Ochs’ “1,000 Record Covers”

Vinyl’s back in style and in this selection of 1000 of the most iconic record sleeves from the 60s to 90s, Michael Ochs’ hardcover 1,000 Record Covers recalls why it’s the biggest and best music format ever. Iconic artwork, memorable cover-sleeves, and long-lost classics all jostle for space in this virtual shelf of music history.

Record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For music fans the covers are the expression of a period, of a particular time in their lives. Many are works of art and have become as famous as the music they stand for—Andy Warhol’s covers, for example, including the banana he designed for The Velvet Underground.
This edition of Record Covers presents a selection of the best rock album covers of the 60s to 90s from music archivist, disc jockey, journalist, and former record-publicity executive Michael Ochs’s enormous private collection. Both a trip down memory lane and a study in the evolution of cover art, this is a sweeping look at an underappreciated art form.

Sheryl Crow: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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Sheryl Crow: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

“I heard a big thing on NPR about the shrinking of the attention span and how now, with pop songs, everything has like six seconds before you gotta change it, because the kids swipe over,” Sheryl Crow tells the crowd early in her Tiny Desk Fest concert. “I’m just gonna tell you right now: We’re dinosaurs. … And while the kids are all writing fast food — which is super-cool ’cause it tastes great, super-filling — we’re sort of still writing salmon. We’re the songwriters that are here to tax your attention span.”

Platinum also has these functions

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Dec 9, 2019

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Platinum is rare, precious, natural and pure, which has a beautiful metallic luster, and a modern look. Wearing platinum jewelry can highlight the elegant and charming temperament. In fact, wearing platinum personalized name necklace also has these functions!

First, women wearing platinum are more beautiful
1. Platinum is rarer and more precious than precious metals such as silver and palladium, making everyone who owns it more precious. Wearing platinum infinity necklace with names can highlight the charming temperament and make you the most beautiful focus in the crowd.
2. Platinum has stable and good physical and chemical characteristics, and the purity of platinum is extremely high, even if it is worn by people with allergies, there will be no allergies.
3. Wearing platinum monogrammed necklace (get here online) can also maintain the youthful state of the skin. One of the ingredients in platinum is “platinum nano-colloid”, which is mainly stored in the stratum corneum of the skin and can play a certain role in oxidizing and improve the skin’s moisture retention.

Second, Platinum-“King of Precious Metals”
Famous designer Louis Cartier calls platinum “the king of precious metals”! There are only a few places in the world, such as South Africa and Russia, which produce platinum, and the annual output of platinum is only 5% of gold! Platinum has very few global reserves. It is more rare and precious than precious metals such as gold and silver.

Third, platinum-“love metal”
The color and luster of platinum are naturally created and will not change for a long time. It is an eternal token of love, making everyone who owns it precious. Pure, rare and timeless. This is the love symbolized by platinum. Platinum is as timeless and beautiful as love. Platinum and diamond are also perfect CP. Platinum’s natural pure white color can maximize the sparkle of diamonds. In addition, platinum is tough and wear-resistant, and can maintain its stability under a variety of extreme environments. It can safely and firmly set each diamond monogram ring, giving diamonds permanent care.

Fourth, platinum is wear-resistant, heat-resistant, and has high acid-resistant stability.
Platinum has characteristics unmatched by other metals. It can remain stable in a variety of extreme environments, and is not easily oxidized and faded in the air. Platinum name necklace cheap is also tough and wear-resistant, and is not easy to wear. Platinum has a melting point of up to 1,772 degrees Celsius, much higher than other precious metals. This proves that platinum is extremely stable, heat-resistant and acid-resistant, and can remain unchanged even at extreme temperatures!

Five, platinum highlights your noble temperament
Louis XVI claimed that platinum was the only metal suitable for the king. The Queen of England also values platinum. At the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s ascension, she wore a platinum crown made of platinum with a durable and long-lasting texture. The natural pure white gloss perfectly matched the bright diamonds, reflecting her noble status.

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