How to Peel a Banana, as published in the Newton Record of Newton, Mississippi, on February 8, 1940.
JUNO Fan Fare Presented by CBC Music takes over Metropolis at Metrotown
Thousands of fans will rush to Metropolis at Metrotown (4700 Kingsway #604, Burnaby) on Saturday, March 24 for the opportunity to meet their favourite Canadian artists at this year’s JUNO Fan Fare Presented by CBC Music. The afternoon will be hosted by CBC Music’s Odario Williams, Amanda Parris and CBC Vancouver’s Anita Bathe and offers fans a chance to get up close and personal with this year’s JUNO nominees (and others) as well as enjoy exciting live performances by Jess Moskaluke, High Valley, Ria Mae, Scott Helman, Tim Hicks and DAVE (Dave Ritter of The Strumbellas) will DJ the event. Fans can participate in giveaways and photo opportunities while meeting their favourite artists.
Appearing at JUNO Fan Fare for Selfie Sessions are Aaron Pritchett, Arkells, Chad Brownlee, Dallas Smith, Dan Davidson, Daniel Caesar, High Valley, James Barker Band, Jess Moskaluke, Marianas Trench, Lights, Ria Mae, Ruth B., Scott Helman, Shawn Hook, Theory, Tim Hicks and Virginia to Vegas.
JUNO Fan Fare Presented by CBC Music runs from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 24. Fans can customize their experience from a selection of six artist photo sessions each featuring multiple artists. (Photo session one from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., photo session two from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and photo session three from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
Tickets are FREE and available starting Saturday, March 10 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET at junofanfare.ca. Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis.
For more information on the 2018 JUNO Awards, please visit junoawards.ca.
Artist Submissions Now Open For Mundial Montreal
Mundial Montréal, North America’s World Music Summit, invites artists to submit an application to be considered for a 25-minute showcase spot at their 8th annual conference on November 13 – 16, 2018. Their showcase program is extremely limited (approximately 30 spots) which do not compete with other activities/showcases in our program. The festival’s mission is to present the best world music artists from Canada, as well as international artists, to industry professionals and the Montreal public. Showcasing artists are selected from a blend of applications and invitations to create the right mix of emerging market-ready talent that reflects the needs of their talent buyer pool.
If you haven’t been to Mundial yet, check out their retrospective videos to get a sense of what the buzz is all about.
Going into its 8th edition, Mundial has exploded on the North American scene as THE place to be if you are working with global music in any capacity.
You can go here to submit.
Artist Submissions Now Open For M for Montreal 2018
Would you like to play in front of more than 200 music industry professionals from 20+ countries at the fab M For Montreal conference? Would you like to have a chance to meet their delegates and generate solid career opportunities for your band?
To submit your band or artist, just fill in their official form by clicking the link here. Please note that an administration fee of $40 is required for each submission. This fee guarantees that your submission will be considered by the programming committee.
The call for submission will open on February 7 and close on April 6, 2018 and a response will be sent out mid-September at the latest.
Submissions Now Open For Canadian Country Music Association Spotlight Performance Contest
Music Nova Scotia is once again running a contest in tandem with the Canadian Country Music Association for your chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play alongside Canada’s brightest country music stars and most cherished legends during the Canadian country music industry’s largest annual event. Country Music Week 2018, will be held in Hamilton, Ontario this year from September 6-9. The deadline for submissions is May 23, 2018 and you can go here to submit.
Artist Applications Are Now Open For Halifax Pop Explosion
Have you always wanted to showcase during Halifax Pop Explosion? Now’s your chance! Applications have officially opened for the 2018 edition. Early bird applications are 20$ until March 31 while regular applications are $25 until May 18. This year the festival will run from October 17-20, 2018 and artist must be available to play all of these dates.
Official/Family Showcase Applications Open for Folk Music Ontario
Official/Family showcase applications for Folk Music Ontario are now open! There are 36 official showcase and 2 family showcase slots available at the conference.
Criteria that the jury will consider can be downloaded here. The application fee for official/family showcase applications is $20 for FMO members and $40 for non-members.
Showcase applications will be accepted until April 30, 2018.
Official/Family showcasing information can be found here.
Showcase Submissions Now Open For AMERICANAFEST 2018
Showcase submissions are now open for the 2018 edition of AMERICANAFEST in Nashville, TN!
Applications will remain open until Monday, March 26 and applicants will have two ways to submit their artists. The first is through Americana’s digital platform for a small fee and the second is through the Americana Music Association’s membership portal.
Selected artists will get the opportunity to showcase in Nashville from September 11 through September 16 at premiere venues in the city.
The deadline to apply is coming up fast – March 26, 2018.
Zach Galifianakis Made The Strangest Entrance Ever On A TV Talk Show
On an episode of Conan, Zach Galifianakis made a hilarious entrance onto the show and surprised the entire world by coming out of Andy Richter‘s stomach.
Arcade Fire Announced as the Recipient of the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award
Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce Arcade Fire – Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, William Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara – as the 2018 recipient of the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award. The multi-platinum, Grammy winning band will be honoured for their achievements and longstanding career in the music industry, social activism and support of humanitarian causes at the annual Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner at Rebel Entertainment Complex on Thursday, May 10th, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario.
Each year, Slaight Communications and Canadian Music Week awards an outstanding Canadian artist, in recognition of their contribution to social activism and support of humanitarian causes. In its 9th year, Arcade Fire will join the celebrated list of recipients which include: RUSH, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk & Raine Maida, Simple Plan, Bruce Cockburn, Bryan Adams and Nelly Furtado.
Hailing from Montreal, Quebec, Arcade Fire are a six piece band that have won two BRITs, the 2010 Album of the Year GRAMMY, and have released five critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums. Renowned for their powerful, enthusiastic live performances, Arcade Fire carries the same passion to their humanitarian efforts.
To date, Arcade Fire has raised and donated more than $4 million, and has also trained thousands of outreach volunteers and engaged over 500,000 fans for a cause that they hold very close to their hearts – the people of Haiti. In 2004, a song titled ‘Haiti’ appeared on the first Arcade Fire album Funeral. That same year, Arcade Fire played two hometown shows and gave all the profits to Albert Schweitzer’s hospital in Haiti.
In 2006, the band started donating $1 per concert ticket sold to Partners in Health (PIH) – a non-profit organization founded in Haiti that brings high quality healthcare to the poorest areas of the world. Established in 1987, PIH works to address poverty, inequality, and other root causes of illness, bringing the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them. In the 25 years since its start in Haiti’s mountainous Central Plateau region, PIH has expanded and built long-term relationships with sister organizations based in settings of poverty, launching additional projects around the world to provide a preferential option for healthcare and serve as an antidote to despair.
KANPE and Artists for Peace and Justice are two other incredible organizations that Arcade Fire has developed long-term partnerships with. Co-founded by the band’s Régine Chassagne in 2010, KANPE (meaning “To Stand Up” in Haitian creole) is a foundation that stands with the most vulnerable Haitian families to work towards their financial independence. KANPE implements a family support program that integrates the pillars of autonomy: health, nutrition, housing, education, agriculture and leadership. With an initial duration of 18 months, the successful program provides the foundation that enables families to achieve financial autonomy in a sustainable way. The Artists Institute in Haiti is the first of its kind in the country, offering free college for art and technology, founded by Artists for Peace and Justice.
Arcade Fire has traveled to Haiti several times to learn more and engage deeply in the social and cultural context of the nation. On one visit, Win Butler noticed the Haitian climate’s potential for coffee farming – and an infusion of much-needed jobs to the hemisphere’s poorest nation. He approached La Colombe Coffee to co-create RaRa Coffee, a limited edition Haitian grown blend, with proceeds going straight to Partners in Health and the Haiti Coffee Academy.
In 2014 the growing partnership between Arcade Fire and PIH resulted in the creation of PLUS1, an international organization founded by some members of the band.
Though the premise is simple – leveraging the convening power of concerts to reach music fans and engage them in global issues by adding $1 to every ticket and donating 100% of those dollars to high impact charitable organizations – the impact has been immense. PLUS1 has raised $6Million for global health, education, human rights, and the environment, while working with a growing community of artists including The National, Sam Smith, Chvrches, Flume, Lights, Metric, and nearly 100 more.
Arcade Fire emerged from Montreal onto the world stage with debut album Funeralin 2004, championed soon after its release by fans, critics, and the likes of David Bowie and U2 who would share stages with the band over the course of its first world tour. Sophomore album Neon Bible followed in 2007, as did 2010 breakthrough The Suburbs, which debuted at #1 in seven countries as the band’s growing following elevated it to arena headlining status, while the album won Album of The Year at the Grammy Awards. Fourth album Reflektor was released in 2013, hitting #1 in the Official Album Charts of the UK, Canada, Ireland, Belgium, Portugal and the USA. 2014 saw the Reflektor Tour conclude as the record won Album of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards, and The Reflektor Tapes, a documentary about the making of the album directed by Kahlil Joseph, was selected to be shown at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival. Preceded by an elaborate fake news campaign, Arcade Fire’s fifth album Everything Now was released in July 2017. Everything Now’s international #1 debut coincided with launch of the Infinite Content Tour, the band’s most ambitious live production to date, which is currently underway with arena and festival headline dates continuing well into 2018.
The award show will take place on May 10th at Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario.