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q Host Shad On Racism In Canada
Do you think as a (Canadian) society we’ve taken on this mantra of implicit intolerance especially when it comes to race and culture?
I think there’s been a disturbing regression in terms of our values on multiculturalism and accepting each other. If you were to go elsewhere in the world and ask about Canada it wouldn’t be the same answer they’d give you twenty years ago.
I think we have beautiful values in Canada where we don’t have to be under just one religion or culture and I don’t think it’s one we should ever abandon.
At the same time I feel like we haven’t pushed forward the values we’d like to think define us. And I say that specifically towards our policies towards immigrants, refugees, temporary migrant worker and not to mention indigenous issues. I think when we look at what’s going on in America by comparison we sit there and say yeah we live in a society where we take care of each other a bit better but I don’t think it’s by much. – Shad, Aux
The Tenors Announce Canadian Dates Of 70 Cities Under ONE SKY North American Tour
The Tenors – Canada’s multi-platinum, JUNO Award-winning vocal group announce the first 18 Canadian dates of their UNDER ONE SKY 70 city North American tour. The tour kicks off in Thunder Bay, ON on September 16, with tickets going on sale beginning Friday, May 8 at 10am local time. Current Canadian tour listing below. Additional cities to be added.
The tour announcement coincides with the upcoming release of the group’s fourth studio album, UNDER ONE SKY out on May 4. The Canadian band with multiple #1 Billboard Classical Crossover albums under its belt “have talent to burn” and “killer singing voices” raves The Toronto Star and “pitch perfect harmonies” says Examiner.com. The music of Clifton Murray, Victor Micallef, Remigio Pereira and Fraser Walters is rich and soulful, spanning powerful anthems, classic covers and original songs penned/co-penned by The Tenors themselves.
UNDER ONE SKY is a 13-track album combining a mix of originals alongside new interpretations of familiar favourites. Highlighting their signature blend of classical and contemporary pop, the record includes the popular hits “Lean On Me” (Bill Withers) and “Who Wants To Live Forever” (Queen) as well as the soaring original title track “Under One Sky” and the inspirational “New Day’s Begun”. The foursome dedicates the classic Joe Cocker track “You Are So Beautiful” to their mothers and all mothers around the world, while “My Father’s Son” pays universal homage to dads. A deluxe edition will offer fans three bonus tracks plus a group version of “You Are So Beautiful.”
In March, The Tenors taped their next anticipated PBS TV special, also entitled Under One Sky, slated to begin airing in June (check local listings).
“This music is our most exciting and most diverse we’ve recorded to date,” said The Tenors. “We are so thrilled to be sharing this with the world!”
Collaborating with The Tenors on UNDER ONE SKY are Grammy-Award winning producer David Foster (Michael Bublé, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli), renowned producer Bob Ezrin (Kiss, Pink Floyd, Johnny Reid, Alice Cooper) and Grammy Award-winning producer Keith Thomas (Gladys Knight, Blake Shelton).
Over the past several years, The Tenors have been selling out concerts across Canada, the U.S. and the UK and have performed over 500 live shows on five continents. In 2014 The Tenors performed for the Obamas at the prestigious National Christmas Tree Lighting and as part of Cirque de Soleil’s One Night for One Drop annual Las Vegas spectacle in support of water conservation. They also appeared as special guests alongside Seth Rogan and Orlando Bloom for Free The Children’s “We Day” in San Francisco.
Their TV appearances – over 150 worldwide – include Good Morning America, Dr. Phil, Oprah (with Celine Dion), The Prime Time Emmy Awards, ITV’s Diamond Jubilee Show for Her Majesty The Queen and many more. They have shared the stage with such luminaries as Andrea Bocelli, Sting, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Jennifer Hudson, Ellie Goulding, Justin Bieber, Earth, Wind & Fire and more.
UNDER ONE SKY CANADIAN TOUR DATES:
September 16, 2015 Thunder Bay, ON Thunder Bay Community Auditorium*
September 18, 2015 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
September 19, 2015 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
September 21, 2015 Moose Jaw, SK Mosaic Place
September 23, 2015 Medicine Hat, AB Medicine Hat Regional Event Centre
September 25, 2015 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
September 28, 2015 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
October 2, 2015 Abbotsford, BC Abbotsford Centre
October 3, 2015 Penticton, BC South Okanagan Events Centre
October 5, 2015 Victoria, BC Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
November 24, 2015 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
November 27, 2015 Ottawa, ON National Arts Centre Southam Hall
November 30, 2015 Peterborough, ON Peterborough Memorial Centre
December 1, 2015 Quebec City, QC Palais Montcalm
December 4, 2015 Hamilton, ON FirstOntario Centre
December 6, 2015 Kingston, ON KROCK Centre
December 7, 2015 Montreal, QC Place Des Arts
December 22, 2015 Windsor, ON The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor**
*On sale Saturday, May 9 at 10am
**On sale date and time TBA
Barenaked Ladies announce Cross-Canada SILVERBALL TOUR
Barenaked Ladies have announced a major 20 date cross-Canada tour in support of their upcoming album SILVERBALL available June 2. The tour includes special guest Alan Doyle, former lead singer of Canadian rock band Great Big Sea, and kicks off October 19 in Prince George, BC and wraps up November 21 in Ottawa, ON (full details below). Every ticket purchased for Canadian show dates include a digital download of Silverball delivered on June 2. Tickets will be onsale May 1st at 10:00am local time. Visit barenakedladies.com for more information on ticket bundles and VIP packages.
Fans who pre-order Silverball now at iTunes will get the tracks “Say What You Want” & “Matter Of Time” instantly. An additional 3 tracks will be available with iTunes pre-orders in the weeks leading up to the June 2 release. Silverball is also available to pre-order at Amazon. Spotify users can also stream “Say What You Want” & “Matter Of Time” from Silverball beginning today.
Fans can also stream the band’s first single “Say What You Want” which has premiered via Entertainmentweekly.com. “Say What You Want” is a celebration of letting go,” Ed Robertson says. “It’s about feeling confident, and realizing that you can’t control what other people do or say, you can only control how you react to it.” The band recently filmed a video for the track with director Matt Hullum of Rooster Teeth, the Austin-based production company that worked with the band to create videos for “Odds Are” and “Did I Say That Out Loud”.
Following the release of Silverball and before their Canadian tour, Barenaked Ladies will be heading out on the road in the U.S. for their 2015 Last Summer on Earth Tour. Joined by special guests Violent Femmes and Colin Hay of Men At Work, the Ladies will be performing in 30+ amphitheaters across the U.S. kicking off on June 5 in Columbus, OH. For a full list of U.S. tour dates, visit: http://barenakedladies.com/events
2015 CANADIAN SILVERBALL TOUR
October 19 – Prince George, BC – CN Centre
October 21 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
October 22 – Victoria, BC – Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
October 24 – Kamloops, BC – Interior Savings Centre
October 25 – Kelowna, BC – Prospera Place
October 26 – Cranbrook, BC – Western Financial Place
October 28 – Grande Prairie, AB– Revolution Arena
October 30 – Medicine Hat, AB– Medicine Hat Regional Event Centre
November 1 – Calgary, AB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
November 2 – Red Deer, AB – Enmax Centrium at Westerner Park
November 3 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
November 4 – Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place
November 6 – Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
November 12 – London, ON – RBC Theatre Budweiser Gardens
November 13 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall
November 16 – Hamilton, ON – Hamilton Place Theatre
November 17 – Oshawa, ON – General Motors Centre
November 18 – Kitchener, ON – Centre In The Square
November 20 – Peterborough, ON – Peterborough Memorial Centre (ONSALE 1:00PM local)
November 21 – Ottawa, ON – Southam Hall at National Arts Centre
Real Housewives of Atlanta Cast Member Actress/ Singer Demetria McKinney Signs Record Deal With Entertainment One
Bravo TV’s Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Demetria McKinney has signed a label deal with Entertainment One Music (eOne Music). Coming fresh off of her first season on Real Housewives, Demetria is now gearing up to take the music world by storm.
McKinney’s hugely successful debut single “100” featuring Da Brat soared to #4 on the iTunes R&B Chart after she performed the song on the show, while her current single “Trade It All” continues to gain momentum. McKinney has become a hot commodity as a recording artist, and was recently added to R Kelly’s Black Panties tour and to this summer’s Funkfest tour.
“This is a dream come true for me, McKinney states. “I’m so grateful to eOne, my team and Bravo TV for giving me the platform to share my music which has now culminated into me joining eOne. I look forward to my upcoming tours with R Kelly and Funkfest, as well as releasing some great music this summer.”
Alan Grunblatt, President of eOne Music, adds, “We are thrilled to be welcoming Demetria McKinney to the eOne family of artists. She has a beautiful voice and is a talented singer and actress.”
At eOne, Demetria will join fellow label mates such as The Game, DJ Drama, LeToya Luckett, Kenny Lattimore, Michelle Williams, and others. To see complete roster, go to www.eonemusic.com. She will release her debut album this summer.
McKinney is widely known for her role as Janine Payne on the hit TBS sitcom Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, which has taped over 254 episodes and received five NAACP Image Awards for Best Sitcom. She can currently be seen in a recurring roles on shows such as Lifetime’sDevious Maids, TV One’s The Rickey Smiley Show and USA’s Necessary Roughness.
Even though her acting career keeps her very busy, Demetria always makes time for her first love: music. Over the past few years she has recorded and performed with artists such as Musiq Soulchild, Lyfe Jennings and Anthony David.
eOne Music has quickly grown to become North America’s largest independently owned and distributed record label. eOne Music covers all musical genres from adult-contemporary to rock, urban to country, metal to classical. The company has been able to rapidly capitalize on the widening gap between major and independent labels by catering to established talent, production companies and franchises, as well as emerging artists. It has strategically positioned itself to successfully develop and market artists which benefit from the dynamic capabilities of smaller independents.
Avril Lavigne + Chad Kroeger writes “Fly” theme for the Special Olympics in LA
This video was created by Avril Lavigne and Special Olympics in celebration of the Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015, and inspired by the Avril Lavigne Foundation.
Universal partners with Philips on concert films project
Universal Music Enterprises, the catalogue division of Universal Music Group, is partnering with Philips to present ‘iconic’ concert films.
The collaboration will utilise the electronics firm’s LightVibes technology, which adds LED lighting throughout a cinema, synced with media content to respond to major points of action or noise, according to Music Business Worldwide.
Theatres that install LightVibes will receive access to UMG concert titles from acts such as The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper, The Doors, Queen and Paul McCartney and Wings.
Via Music Week
Spotify Founder Daniel Ek, Avicii Manager Ash Pournouri Starting SXSW-Style Conference in Stockholm in Summer 2015
Stockholm’s population may be just over 2 million people (one quarter of New York City). Yet it’s home to over 22,000 startups, and has been responsible for more than a half-dozen billion-dollar brands: Ikea, H&M, Skype, King (makers of Candy Crush), Ericsson and Spotify among them. Yet it’s never had its own South By Southwest or Silicon Valley Innovation Summit, conferences that have positioned Austin and San Francisco as tech hubs on a global scale.
Daniel Ek, CEO-founder of Spotify, and Ash Pournouri, founder of At Night Management (Avicii), will seek to change that by hosting the inauguralSymposium Stockholm June 8 through 13, anchored by the tech and music-based Brilliant Minds Conference on June 11 and 12.
Via Billboard
The Receiver Announces Upcoming Album “All Burn” on Kscope
Midwest symphonic dream-prog duo, The Receiver, has revealed the initial details for its upcoming studio album, All Burn. All Burn – the group’s debut on progressive powerhouse, Kscope – will release on June 23 in North America. A teaser trailer can be seen here:
Comprised of brothers Casey (vocals, synths/keyboards, bass) and Jesse Cooper (drums & vocals), the siblings call All Burn their “best material to date which focuses on a dreamier aesthetic than our earlier work.”
All Burn is also the first self-produced Receiver album, with mixing handled by Danny Kalb (Beck, Ben Harper, Foster the People, Karen O) and mastering by Brian Lucey (Sigur Ros, The Shins, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys).
Commented Jesse Cooper: “We’re hoping our fans will think this album was worth the wait! It’s the first time we’ve completely self-produced one of our albums, and we feel we got it right. This album is on the more ambient and groovier side, but is still undeniably a Receiver album. We feel it’s our best work to date, from music to concept. We wanted to make an album with a collection of songs that are able to stand alone by themselves, but also had a cohesiveness to listen to as a complete piece of work. The end goal was to create an album that stands the test of time.”
“A lot of music out there is one and done,” added Casey. “It might be really catchy at first, but it’s so instantly gratifying that it loses its luster after a few repeated listens. Our hope is that our music is catchy, but to always have layers that don’t demand attention upon first listen. The goal is to provide a lot for the listener to comb through over time – music to get lost in for a while.”
For a taste of what’s to come, check out the band’s stripped down performance of the upcoming album’s title track on the ‘Mug & Brush Sessions’:
The brainchild of Jim Morris, owner of The Mug & Brush barbershop in Columbus, Ohio, the sessions are an independent music video series featuring national and local Columbus artists, performed in the barber shop. Sessions are engineered and mixed by Keith Hanlon.
Track Listing:
- Drift
- Transit
- To Battle an Island
- Collector
- Dark Matter
- April Blades
- The Summit
- Let It Dry
- All Burn
- How to be Young
- These Days
Formed in 2005 at The Ohio State University, The Receiver released its debut album, Decades, in 2006 on the New York-based, Stunning Models On Display Records. The duo returned with the sophomore offering, Length of Arms, in 2009 through Vital Music Records.
The Receiver is an incredibly active touring partnership, having played throughout North America and sharing the stage with notable acts such as St. Vincent, Midlake, The Album Leaf, Mono, Dawes, Royal Canoe, Maserati, Telefon Tel Aviv, Mr. Gnome and Operators to name a few, as well as performing at 2014’s CMJ Festival in New York.
The brothers have been featured on MTV2’s “Bands on The Rise,” and have songs included on the FX Network’s series, Dirt, as well as a number of independent shorts and films.