I don’t know much about who the girl is in the video, but she nails “In the Air Tonight” and that drum fill.
Paul McCartney and Johnny Depp play the blues
Nothing to see in this video. Just a former Beatle and a world-famous actor jamming it out.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds release “Jesus Alone” from Skeleton Tree album
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have revealed Jesus Alone, the first track from their new studio album to be released next week – Skeleton Tree. Accompanying the track is footage of the band performing the song taken from Andrew Dominik’s 3D black and white feature film One More Time With Feeling.
Launching globally on September 8th, the film was originally intended as a one night only event. Due to overwhelming demand, cinemas worldwide have added screenings of the film on the 10th and 11th of September.
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ sixteenth studio album will be released globally on vinyl, CD and across all digital platforms on September 9th 2016, the day after the film premieres.
One More Time With Feeling, directed by Andrew Dominik (Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Killing Them Softly). The 3D black and white feature film has been officially selected to world premiere at the 2016 Venice Film Festival and will screen in more than 800 cinemas across the world immediately prior to the release of Skeleton Tree the following day. Tickets are selling fast for this unique global cinema event.
Originally a performance based concept, One More Time With Feeling evolved into something much more significant as Dominik delved into the tragic backdrop of the writing and recording of the album. Interwoven throughout the Bad Seeds’ filmed performance of the new album are interviews and footage shot by Dominik, accompanied by Cave’s intermittent narration and improvised rumination.
Filmed in black-and-white and color, in both 3D and 2D, the result is stark, fragile and raw and a true testament to an artist trying to find his way through the darkness.
More Stars Join Stand Up To Cancer Canada Telecast On Sept. 9
The lineup of celebrities participating in Stand Up To Cancer’s fifth biennial telecast, the second inclusive of Canada, on Friday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT / 7:00 PM CT), got longer today with the addition of Viola Davis,Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Matt Bomer, Dave Franco, Sonequa Martin-Green, Rob Riggle, Tony Hale, Terry Crews, Mel B and Bree Turner.
They join an already impressive list of stars committed to the hour-long show, including Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey,Emma Stone, Anna Kendrick, Josh Gad, Niecy Nash, Eric Stonestreet, Alison Sweeney, Ken Jeong, Marcia Cross, Greg Grunberg, Danielle Campbell, Charlie Wilson, Brittany Daniel and SU2C co-founder Katie Couric, with special musical performances by Canadian superstar Celine Dion, and celebrated recording artist Dierks Bentley, who will join Keith Urban and Little Big Town.
Some of the newly announced stars will have an opportunity to interact with the public, via the SU2C phone bank and across social media. Additionally, SU2C is harnessing its digital presence by rallying the public through its #reasons2standup campaign. Leading up to and on the night of the telecast, Stand Up To Cancer is encouraging its supporters to share the reasons they have been moved to join in the fight against cancer by sharing photos and videos on social media with the hashtag #reasons2standup
Bradley Cooper, Academy Award-nominated actor and founder of the Bradley Charles Cooper Foundation, will executive-produce the broadcast alongside renowned live event producers Done + Dusted, in collaboration with Stand Up To Cancer’s production team. Stand Up To Cancer Canada (SU2C Canada) is a program of EIF Canada, a Canadian registered charity.
“It’s truly inspiring to see so many people come together for this cause,” says Katie Couric, Co-Founder of SU2C and Yahoo! Global News Anchor. “We have a great show lined up this year and are grateful to the amazing individuals taking time out of their schedules to participate. It will be a fantastic opportunity for people to learn about some of the incredible new breakthroughs in cancer research and treatment that are giving real hope to many patients and their loved ones.”
The telecast will broadcast live from The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. For the second time, Stand Up To Cancer Canada will simultaneously broadcast the Canadian-inclusive telecast across all four major English-language Canadian broadcasters: CBC, City, CTV, and Global. Additionally, AMI, Bloomberg TV Canada, Blue Ant Media, CHCH,CHEK, Fight Network, Hollywood Suite, Joytv, NTV and TLN Television will also air the telecast. In addition, the show will stream live on Yahoo Canada and will be available on shomi and TELUS Optik TV.
In the U.S., ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, along with American Forces Network, ASPiRE, AUDIENCE Network, Bloomberg TV, Bravo, Comedy Central, Discovery Life, E! Entertainment, EPIX, ESPNEWS, FM, FS2, Fusion, FXM, Great American Country, HBO, HLN, ION Television, LMN, Logo, MLB Network, National Geographic, Pivot, RLTV, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, STARZ, STARZ ENCORE, TBS, Tr3s, VH1, and WGN America are donating one hour of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for the telecast. For the first time, there will be a Spanish version of the Stand Up To Cancer telecast airing nationally on Galavision,HBO Latino, STARZ ENCORE ESPAÑOL, Univision Deportes, and Univision Puerto Rico.
The first four SU2C telecasts took place on Sept. 5, 2008, Sept. 10, 2010, Sept. 7, 2012, and Sept. 5, 2014, and were made available to more than 190 countries.
To date, more than $370 million has been pledged to support SU2C’s innovative model of collaborative cancer research. Since launching in 2008, Stand Up To Cancer has brought together more than 1,200 of the best and the brightest research scientists from 144 leading institutions in seven countries to fund 19 “Dream Teams,” and six translational research teams; as well as 36 early-career, innovative scientists carrying out high-risk, potentially high-reward projects. The research is aimed at ending cancer’s reign as a leading cause of death worldwide. SU2C-funded researchers have planned, launched or completed more than 160 clinical trials involving more than 9,000 patients. Work by SU2C-supported researchers has led to FDA approval of two treatments.
Stand Up To Cancer Canada, which launched on July 9, 2014, has two pan-Canadian “Dream Teams” of top researchers:
- The SU2C Canada-Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Breast Cancer Dream Team, led by Tak W. Mak, Ph.D., director of the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, and Co-leader Samuel Aparicio, BM, BCh, Ph.D., Nan and Lorraine Robertson chair in breast cancer research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
- The SU2C Canada Cancer Stem Cell Dream Team, led by Peter B. Dirks, MD, Ph.D., neurosurgeon and senior scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and Co-leader Samuel Weiss, Ph.D., director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
Collaborators providing multi-year support for SU2C Canada research through the inaugural Stand Up to Cancer Canada initiative include: Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF), with support from CIBC; Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Cancer Stem Cell Consortium; Genome Canada; and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. AstraZeneca Canada and MasterCard are the first corporate supporters of SU2C Canada.
Since SU2C launched in the U.S., Major League Baseball has provided both financial support and countless opportunities to build the Stand Up To Cancer grassroots movement by encouraging fans worldwide to get involved. In addition to MLB, SU2C’s “Visionary” donors include Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Cancer Treatment Centers of America; Genentech, a member of the Roche Group; MasterCard; and The Sidney Kimmel Foundation. Major donors and collaborators include American Airlines, American Cancer Society, CVS Health, Fifth Third Bank, The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Merck, and Rally Health. Other key supporters and collaborators include Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, Dutch Cancer Society, Farrah Fawcett Foundation, The Laura Ziskin Family Trust, Lilly Oncology, Melanoma Research Alliance, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance, The Parker Foundation, Prostate Cancer Foundation, St. Baldrick’s Foundation and Van Andel Research Institute.
More Than 90 Iconic Buildings And Landmarks In Canada And The U.S. Will Light Up In Support Of Stand Up To Cancer
More than 90 historic buildings and landmarks across Canada and the United States will be illuminated in the colours of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) during the week leading up to the fifth biennial SU2C “roadblock” telecast airing in both countries on Friday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT / 7:00 PM CT). All will be lit in a combination of SU2C’s signature colours: red, orange, yellow or white.
Niagara Falls, the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls and The Peace Bridge connecting Fort Erie and Buffalo, NY; the CN Tower, TorontoCity Hall and the 3D TORONTO sign in Toronto; the Calgary Tower, Galleria Trees on Stephen Avenue, Langevin Bridge and the ATB lights at McMahon Stadium in Calgary; the High Level Bridge in Edmonton; Vancouver City Hall, BC Place Stadium, Canada Place Sails of Light, Vancouver Convention Centre and Science World at Telus World of Science in Vancouver; Halifax City Hall; St. John’sCity Hall; Port Moody City Hall; London City Hall, JA Taylor Building at Wellington and Dundas, The Fountain at the Forks, The London Life Building and London Convention Centre in London; and City Hall on Prince Edward Island will light up in support of Stand Up To Cancer Canada, which raises funds to accelerate the pace of groundbreaking translational research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives now.
In the U.S., the Helmsley Building in New York; Willis Tower, the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, NBC Tower and Navy Pier inChicago; The Capital Wheel outside Washington, DC; the US Bank Tower crown in Los Angeles; Pacific Ferris Wheel on the Santa Monica Pier and the Clock Tower building in Santa Monica; and One Liberty Place, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Cira Centre and FMC Tower in Philadelphia will join Niagara Falls, the Peace Bridge and others in lighting up for Stand Up To Cancer.
“Canadian scientists are helping lead the fight against cancer,” said Alan Bernstein, PhD, OC, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and co-chair of the SU2C Canada Scientific Advisory Committee. “The illumination of these landmarks symbolizes the collaboration among Canadian scientists that is lighting the way to progress against cancer, and the determination of the Canadian people to play a major role in this historic struggle.”
Bradley Cooper, Academy Award-nominated actor and founder of the Bradley Charles Cooper Foundation, will serve as executive producer of the telecast along with renowned live large-scale event producers Done + Dusted, working with the Stand Up To Cancer production team.
For the second time, Stand Up To Cancer will simultaneously broadcast the Canadian-inclusive telecast across all four major English-language Canadian broadcasters: CBC, City, CTV, and Global. Additionally, Canadian services AMI, Bloomberg TV Canada, Blue Ant Media, CHCH, CHEK, Fight Network, Hollywood Suite, Joytv, NTV and TLN Television will also air the telecast. In addition, the show will stream live on Yahoo Canada and will be available on shomi and TELUS Optik TV.
The telecast will broadcast live from The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. ABC, CBS, FOX,and NBC, along with American Forces Network, ASPiRE, AUDIENCE Network, Bloomberg TV, Bravo, Comedy Central, Discovery Life, E! Entertainment, EPIX, ESPNEWS, FM, FS2, Fusion, FXM, Great American Country, HBO, HLN, ION Television, LMN, Logo, MLB Network, National Geographic, Pivot, RLTV, SHOWTIME, Smithsonian Channel, STARZ, STARZ ENCORE, TBS, Tr3s, VH1, and WGN America are donating one hour of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for the telecast. For the first time, there will be a Spanish version of the Stand Up To Cancer telecast airing nationally on Galavision, HBO Latino, STARZ ENCORE ESPAÑOL and Univision Deportes, and locally on Univision Puerto Rico. In addition, the show will stream live on SU2C’sFacebook page, Yahoo, SU2C’s YouTube page, MLB.com and in Spanish on Univision.com. USA Network will air the Stand Up To Cancer telecast on Friday, Sept. 9 at 11:00 PM – 12:00 AM ET/PT / 10:00 PM CT. The entire telecast will also become available to stream on Hulu beginning Saturday, Sept. 10.
Buildings and landmarks to illuminate in honor of Stand Up To Cancer include:
Canada
- Niagara Falls will be lit orange and red on Sept. 9
- Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls will be lit orange on Sept. 9
- The Peace Bridge connecting Fort Erie and Buffalo, NY, will be lit orange, red and yellow on Sept. 8
- CN Tower in Toronto will be lit red and orange on Sept. 9
- Toronto City Hall will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 7-9
- 3D TORONTO sign in Toronto will be lit red, yellow and black on Sept. 9
- Calgary Tower in Calgary will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 9
- Galleria Trees on Stephen Avenue in Calgary will be lit red, yellow and orange from Sept. 5-9
- Langevin Bridge in Calgary will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 9
- ATB lights at McMahon Stadium in Calgary will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 9
- High Level Bridge in Edmonton will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 7-9
- Vancouver City Hall will be lit red on Sept. 9
- BC Place Stadium in Vancouver will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 11
- Canada Place Sails of Light in Vancouver will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 9
- Vancouver Convention Centre will be lit red on Sept. 9
- Science World at Telus World of Science will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 9
- Halifax City Hall will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 9
- St. John’s City Hall will be lit red from Sept. 5-9
- Port Moody City Hall will be lit red on Sept. 9
- London City Hall will be lit up red from Sept. 8-11
- JA Taylor Building at Wellington and Dundas in London will be lit red, yellow and orange from Sept. 8-11
- The Fountain at the Forks in London will be lit red from Sept. 8-11
- The London Life Building (Dufferin Avenue side) in London will be lit red from Sept. 8-11
- London Convention Centre will be lit red from Sept. 8-11
- Charlottetown City Hall on Prince Edward Island will be lit yellow on Sept. 9
U.S.
- Niagara Falls will be lit orange and red on Sept. 9
- The Peace Bridge connecting Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ontario, will be lit orange, red and yellow on Sept. 8
- Helmsley Building (230 Park Avenue) in New York will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 7-9
- Willis Tower in Chicago will be lit red and orange from Sept. 6-11
- The Wrigley Building in Chicago will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 8-9
- Tribune Tower in Chicago will be lit red on Sept. 9
- NBC Tower in Chicago will be lit white on Sept. 9
- Navy Pier in Chicago will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 5-9
- The Capital Wheel outside Washington, DC, will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 8
- The US Bank Tower crown in Los Angeles will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 9
- Capitol Records Building in Los Angeles will be lit red and orange from Sept. 9-11
- Los Angeles County Fair Ferris Wheel in Los Angeles will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 5 and from Sept. 7-9
- Pacific Ferris Wheel at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 7
- The Clock Tower in Santa Monica will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 5-9
- One Liberty Place in Philadelphia will be lit red Sept. 5-9
- Benjamin Franklin Bridge connecting Philadelphia and Camden, NJ, will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 9
- Cira Centre in Philadelphia will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 9
- FMC Tower in Philadelphia will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 9
- Boston City Hall will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 9
- Pawtucket River Bridge will be lit red on Sept. 9
- Syracuse City Hall will be lit red from Sept. 5-9
- Onondaga Tower in Syracuse will be lit red on Sept. 9
- Mid-Hudson Bridge in Highland, NY, will be lit red and yellow from Sept. 6-9
- Hoboken City Hall will be lit red from Sept. 5-9
- Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington, VT, will be lit white on Sept. 9
- Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond will be lit red on Sept. 5
- NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 9
- Romare Bearden Park in Charlotte will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 9
- Myrtle Beach Skywheel in Myrtle Beach will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 9
- Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, GA, will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 5-9
- Coca-Cola Orlando Eye in Orlando will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 8
- Fifth Third Center in Naples will be lit red and orange the week of Sept. 5
- Miami Tower in Miami will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 8-9
- CityPlace Fountain in West Palm Beach will be lit red, orange and yellow Sept. 9
- Retirement Systems of Alabama buildings (four in total) in Montgomery and Mobile will be lit red and yellow from Sept. 6-9
- The Parthenon in Nashville will be lit red on Sept. 9
- Fifth Third offices in Nashville will be lit during the week of Sept. 5
- RJ Corman Bridge in Clarksville, TN, will be lit red on Sept. 8
- Murfreesboro City Hall in Murfreesboro, TN, will be lit red from Sept. 6-9
- The Island in Pigeon Forge in Pigeon Ford, TN, will be lit orange from Sept. 8-9
- Frankfort City Hall in Frankfort, KY, will be lit red on Sept. 9
- Terminal Tower in Cleveland will be lit red and orange on Sept. 9
- Fountain Square in Cincinnati will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 5-9
- Wickliffe City Hall in Wickliffe, OH, will be lit red, yellow and orange from Sept. 8-9
- Fifth Third offices in Indianapolis will be lit white on Sept. 9
- The West Virginia Building in Huntington will be lit red from Sept. 5-9
- Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Bridge in Grand Rapids will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 6
- I-35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge in Minneapolis will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 9
- Lowry Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis will be lit red, yellow and orange on Sept. 7
- Topeka City Hall will be lit orange from Sept. 5-9
- Skydance Bridge in Oklahoma City will be lit red and orange on Sept. 9
- Houston City Hall will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 1-3
- Bank of America Plaza in Dallas will be lit red, orange and yellow on Sept. 9
- Omni Dallas Hotel will be lit up with the SU2C logo on Sept. 9
- 17Seventeen McKinney in Dallas will be lit red from Sept. 7-9
- Downtown El Paso Railroad Arches will be lit orange from Sept. 5-9
- Big Dam Bridge in Little Rock will be lit red, yellow and orange from Sept. 8-9
- Two Rivers Park Bridge in Little Rock will be lit red, yellow and orange from Sept. 8-9
- Prescott City Hall in Prescott, AZ, will be lit red from Sept. 6-9
- Eighth & Main in Boise will be lit red, yellow and orange from Sept. 5-9
- City of Hope in Duarte, CA, will be lit red from Sept. 5-9
- THE US GRANT, a Luxury Collection Hotel in San Diego, will be lit red on Sept. 9
- Union Street Railroad Bridge in Salem, OR, will be lit red, yellow and orange from Sept. 5-9
- Aloha Tower in Honolulu will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 6-11
- Puerto Rico Capitol Building will be lit red, orange and yellow from Sept. 8-9
Stand Up To Cancer Canada, which launched on July 9, 2014, has two pan-Canadian “Dream Teams” of top researchers:
- The SU2C Canada-Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Breast Cancer Dream Team, led by Tak W. Mak, PhD, director of the Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, and Co-leader Samuel Aparicio, BM, BCh, PhD, Nan and Lorraine Robertson chair in breast cancer research at the University of British Columbia inVancouver.
- The SU2C Canada Cancer Stem Cell Dream Team, led by Peter B. Dirks, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon and senior scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, and Co-leader Samuel Weiss, PhD, director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
In Canada, 83 percent of all cancer cases and 78 percent of all cancer deaths are from cancers included in the SU2C research portfolio. Two out of five Canadians are expected to develop cancer during their lifetimes. Cancer is the leading cause of death inCanada and is responsible for 30 percent of all deaths.
This year’s Stand Up To Cancer roadblock telecast — the fifth since SU2C, the US-based initiative, was founded in 2008 — will feature performances from top recording artists, along with celebrities from film and television, and powerful stories of remarkable progress being made through SU2C-funded research.
This star-studded appeal will continue to build public support to accelerate the pace of groundbreaking translational research that can get new therapies to patients quickly, saving lives and helping more cancer patients become long-term cancer survivors. SU2C brings together scientists from different disciplines across institutions and international boundaries to work collaboratively on promising new treatments that will impact a wide range of cancer types.
The first four SU2C telecasts took place on September 5, 2008, September 10, 2010, September 7, 2012, and September 5, 2014and were made available to more than 190 countries. The first Canadian-inclusive SU2C telecast aired in 2014.
Since SU2C launched in the U.S., Major League Baseball has provided both financial support and countless opportunities to build the Stand Up To Cancer grassroots movement by encouraging fans worldwide to get involved. In addition to MLB, SU2C’s “Visionary” donors include Bristol-Myers Squibb; Cancer Treatment Centers of America; Genentech, a member of the Roche Group; MasterCard; and The Sidney Kimmel Foundation. Major donors and collaborators include American Airlines, American Cancer Society, CVS Health, Fifth Third Bank, The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Merck, and Rally Health. Other key supporters and collaborators include Cancer Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, Dutch Cancer Society, Farrah Fawcett Foundation, The Laura Ziskin Family Trust, Lilly Oncology, Melanoma Research Alliance, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance, The Parker Foundation, Prostate Cancer Foundation, St. Baldrick’s Foundation and Van Andel Research Institute.
27th SOCAN Montréal Awards Gala Celebrates Music Creators and Publishers
The 27th annual SOCAN Montréal Awards Gala (Gala de la SOCAN) returns to Montréal’s iconic music venue, Métropolis, on September 12th, to celebrate and shine a spotlight on Québec’s songwriters, composers, and music publishers for their extraordinary contributions to music.
Among the artists and industry players honoured will be songwriter Stéphane Venne, the creator of the immortal “Le début d’un temps nouveau,” who will receive SOCAN’s prestigious CULTURAL IMPACT Award, celebrating the major cultural contribution of a musical work created by a SOCAN member.
The awards gala will feature live performances for an audience comprising a who’s who of Québec music industry players and artists.Ariane Moffatt will be honoured with the SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR award, and the international success of two young and extraordinary singer-songwriters, Cœur de Pirate and Grimes, each of whom will be honoured with an INTERNATIONAL AWARD. The SOCAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD will go to Richard Séguin, a veteran of the Québec music scene whose career spans more than 40 years, while 11 SOCAN CLASSIC awards, each representing at least 25,000 radio performances, will be presented to the songwriters who made them possible. Among them are several titles by rocker Éric Lapointe and the late-lamented Dédé Fortin and “Colocs.” As well as those classics, the writers, composers and publishers of the 10 most played francophone songs on the radio in 2015 will be honoured.
“SOCAN is intensely proud of our members’ creative vitality, from well-established music creators and publishers to emerging talent, to those rapidly ascending in their career,” said SOCAN CEO Eric Baptiste. “Whether their success is domestic or international or both, we are confident that the current era of profound musical creative success will continue. SOCAN has taken numerous important steps ahead over the past year, and we will gladly celebrate ‘new beginnings’ during this gala that will once again fill our eyes, ears and hearts with joy.”
This annual gala, one of the Québec’s music industry’s most important events, is the celebration of all authors, composers and music publishers whose work is a source of emotion and weaves the very fabric of our cultural identity. Among the other special awards presented during the event – hosted by Stéphane Archambault and directed by Yann Perreau – the SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD will honour Alain Chartrand, the founder of the Coup de coeur francophone festival, the 21st edition of which will be held next November. An award in a new category will also be presented this year, namely the PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR award, and many more awards will salute the excellence of audio-visual composers, creators who play a vital role in our television and film landscape.
Archambault, founding member, composer and singer with Mes Aïeux and this year’s host of the SOCAN Gala, said, “It’s undoubtedly the coolest gala of the industry. It’s Christmas before Christmas for the music world. Even better: it’s one huge family gathering. And this year, I’m the host. What an honour! What a joy!”
Each of the special awards recipients will receive “The SOCAN” – the industry’s only major trophy that doubles as a musical instrument. This year, the trophy’s five SABIAN-made crotales mounted on the SOCAN trophy will be tuned to play the first five notes of Venne’s award-winning “Le début d’un temps nouveau.”
The Montréal Gala de la SOCAN celebrates SOCAN’s more than 25,000 Québec members and their success; over 80 prizes in 21 categories will be awarded during the event. The complete list of award winners will be released during the evening of Sept. 12, 2016.
SiriusXM’s Top Comic finalists battle for biggest prize to date
SiriusXM Canada, the country’s leading audio entertainment company, today announced the eight finalists who, determined by popular Canadian vote, have earned a spot to perform at SiriusXM’s Top Comic Finale. The Finale will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto on September 29 at 7 p.m. as part of the Just For Laughs JFL42 Comedy Festival.
From 72 contestants down to eight, the finalists will battle it out mic-to-mic, bringing their best comedic material in hopes of winning the coveted title of SiriusXM’s Top Comic and the biggest grand prize to date – $25,000. Auditions were held in Toronto andVancouver across six nights in June where judges selected 18 semi-finalists from the 72 comics chosen to audition. From there, aCanada-wide online vote was held and the eight comics with the most votes advanced to the Finale.
SiriusXM’s Top Comic 2016 finalists are:
Kevin Banner, Vancouver, BC (hometown is Sooke, BC)
Sophie Buddle, Vancouver, BC (hometown is Ottawa, ON)
Graham Clark, Vancouver, BC
Mike Delamont, Victoria, BC
Che Durena, Toronto, ON (hometown is Port Coquitlam, BC)
Mayce Galoni, Hamilton, ON
Julia Hladkowicz, Toronto, ON (hometown is Ottawa, ON)
Chris Robinson, Toronto, ON (hometown is Brampton, ON)
The Finale will feature a headlining performance by Canadian comic Tom Green and will be hosted by Ben Miner, Canadian comic and host of SiriusXM’s Canada Laughs. A panel of industry judges will select the winner of SiriusXM’s Top Comic who will receive the grand prize of $25,000. The winner will also receive guaranteed spots at three of Canada’s biggest comedy festivals in 2017: JFL42 inToronto, JFL NorthWest in Vancouver, and the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal as well as be included in a televised JFL: All Access special airing on The Comedy Network. Two runners up will receive TV spots at the 2017 Just For Laughs Festival in Montrealplus a double-threat show at JFL42 2017.
Tickets for the SiriusXM Top Comic Finale can be purchased online at: jfl42.com/act/siriusxm-top-comic. JFL42 passholders have access to the Finale by using one of their credits to reserve their seat at the show. Passes and tickets to JFL42 are on sale now at jfl42.com.
For those outside of Toronto, Canada Laughs (channel 168) will air the Finale live, starting with a pre-show at 6 p.m. ET. Satellite radio subscribers who have access to SiriusXM Streaming can listen to the Finale on Canada Laughs on the SiriusXM App and online.
Top Comic is part of SiriusXM Canada’s ongoing initiative to provide exposure to Canadian talent. Last year, Montreal’s Derek Seguintook home the title and grand prize, with Matt Billon of Vancouver and Jordan Welwood of Winnipeg placing as runners-up. Previous winners include Faisal Butt, Pete Zedlacher, Eric Andrews, Matt O’Brien and Brian Stollery.
Canada Laughs (channel 168) features uncensored Canadian comedy 24/7 including stand-up, sketch and more, putting the spotlight on the rich pool of extraordinary talent from Canada. Canada Laughs is available to all SiriusXM subscribers in Canada and across the U.S. and joins SiriusXM’s hilarious comedy lineup, including Comedy Central Radio, Raw Dog Comedy, The Foxxhole, Jeff and Larry’s Comedy Roundup, Laugh USA and more.
SOCAN Foundation Reveals the 24 Young Composers and Young Audio Visual Award Winners
The SOCAN Foundation today announced the 24 winners of the 2016 SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers and Young Audio Visual Composers.
This year’s competition attracted 224 entries, awarding a total of $51,000 to the prize winners. The jury awarded the grand prize to Canadian, New York-based Taylor Brook for his inspiring piece “Song for Solo Cello.”
“Congratulations to all of this year’s winners for composing music that made enough of an impression on the juries to be chosen as a winner,” said Charlie Andrews, Manager of the SOCAN Foundation. “There are a tremendous amount of talented young Canadian composers and we’re thrilled to be able to help and recognize some of them, so they can continue to create the beautiful music that touches us all.”
The Annual SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers recognize Canadian composers 30 years of age and under for specific musical works in five categories of concert music. The submissions were judged anonymously by a jury of three prominent composers: Dr. Robert Lemay (Sudbury, ON), Jocelyn Morlock (Vancouver, British Columbia), and Afarin Mansouri Tehrani (Toronto, ON).
“Overall the composers demonstrated a great deal of skill, wide-ranging imagination, and that there was a remarkable (and admirable) diversity of styles and influences in their music,” said Morlock.
The Young Audio Visual competition is designed to recognize Canadian composers who are 30 years of age and under, for original musical themes or scores created exclusively for audio-visual support (TV, film, Internet, etc.). The jury for this category was comprised of industry professionals Darren Fung (Los Angeles, California), Judith Gruber-Stitzer (Montreal, QC), and Stephanie Copland (Toronto, ON).
“The level of musicianship and professionalism displayed in this year’s AV composer candidates was impressive. It gives me great hope that that craft of screen composing is alive and well,” said Fung.
Young Composer Award Recipients:
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Awards (for compositions for no fewer than 13 performers up to full symphony orchestra, which may include vocal participation and may be scored to include electroacoustics)
1st – Hoi Chak Roydon Tse (Toronto, ON)
2nd – Matthew Ricketts (New York, USA)
3rd – Joseph Glaser (Montréal, QC)
The Serge Garant Awards (for compositions for a minimum of three performers to a maximum of 12 performers, with or without voice and/or electroacoustics).
1st – Taylor Brook (New York, USA)
2nd – David Storen (North Vancouver, BC)
3rd – Carmen Vanderveken (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
The Pierre Mercure Awards (for solo or duet compositions, with or without voices and/or electroacoustics)
1st – Taylor Brook (New York, USA)
2nd – Gabriel Dufour-Laperriere (Montréal, QC)
3rd – Hoi Chak Roydon Tse (Toronto, ON)
The Hugh Le Caine Awards (for live or recorded electroacoustics, where the intended performance is, at least in part, through loudspeakers. Works in this category may be multi-media and may include acoustic instrument(s) or voice(s), live or recorded. The principal element in the work must be electroacoustic)
1st – Guillaume Campion (Montréal, QC)
2nd – Maxime Fillion, (Montréal, QC)
3rd – Matthew Horrigan (Vancouver, BC)
The Godfrey Ridout Awards (for works of any number of voices with or without instrumentation and/or electroacoustics)
1st – Katerina Gimon (Vancouver, BC)
2nd – Matthew Horrigan (Vancouver, BC)
3rd – Dylann Miller (Aurora, ON)
The John Weinzweig Grand Prize (for best overall work submitted; applicants do not apply for this award)
Taylor Brook (New York, USA).
Young Audio Visual Composer Award Recipients:
Best Original Score – Non-Fiction
1st – Antoine Binette Mercier (Montréal, QC)
2nd – William Kraushaar (Montréal QC)
3rd – Olivier Bibeau (Quebec, QC)
Best Original Score – Fiction
1st – Arie Verheul van de Ven (Toronto, ON)
2nd – Isaias Garcia (Toronto, ON)
3rd (tie) – Vincent L. Pratte (Los Angeles, USA)
3rd (tie) – Shaun Chasin (Toronto, ON)
Best Original Theme (opening or closing)
1st – Emily Klassen (Toronto, ON)
2nd – Spencer Creaghan (London, ON)
3rd – Vincent L. Pratte (Los Angeles, USA)
Best Original Score – Animated
1st – Lora Bidner (Toronto, ON)
2nd – Benjamin Goldman (Montréal, QC)
3rd – Toby Sherriff (Los Angeles, USA)
Pink Floyd fly a pig to announce museum exhibit
When you’re Pink Floyd, how do you announce a museum exhibit dedicated to your career? You fly an inflatable pig, of course. A balloon floating over the Victoria & Albert Museum accompanied the announcement of The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, a career-spanning show that will “include 350 items of band ephemera — instruments, posters, handwritten lyrics, artwork, and more.” The exhibit will open in London next May.