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The Prism Prize—which celebrates outstanding artistry in Canadian music videos—has revealed its top ten nominees including Jessie Reyez, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and Tanya Tagaq. The winner is set to be announced on July 6 at an awards presentation in Toronto. The artist and director of the selected video will take home $20,000. The artists listed […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day this Mar. 8, Congolese-Canadian singer Lu Kala is joining forces with Spotify to co-curate tracks for its Equal Canada playlist. The playlist aims to highlight Canadian women in music by featuring “a diverse range of inspiring stories of movements around the world, through music and at full volume,” Spotify […]
The Juno Awards unveiled the full list of nominations today and leading the count is The Weeknd with six nods. The Weeknd, who released Dawn FM just over a year ago, is up for the TikTok Juno Fan Choice Award, Single of the Year for “Sacrifice”, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and […]
The friendly competition between former pals Drake and The Weeknd was as hot as ever in 2022. Both had busy years, with three major releases between the two of them. More than a decade into their respective careers they’ve never been bigger, but Canadian music had many more artists to celebrate in 2022. Canadian music […]
When it came time for Toronto artist Jessie Reyez to name her long-awaited second album, it turned out there was only one name that could truly capture it all: Yessie. It’s a nickname, but it’s also how she’s referred by those closest to her: management, friends, and family. And Yessie is the kind of personal […]
Two years after dropping her debut album Before Love Came to Kill Us, Toronto artist Jessie Reyez is back with sophomore release Yessie and a Vevo Sessions live performance of her song “Only One.” The 11-track release includes only one feature: “Forever” with 6lack. The Atlanta R&B singer previously appeared on “Imported” with Reyez. Tim Suby produced […]
The year is 2042. You wake up, dress your better-looking avatar in its metaverse fit for the day, and head to the virtual boardroom. At work, your mind wanders to date ideas that could rekindle the spark with your robot partner. Maybe you’ll take the hyperloop to L.A. to catch the Raptors-Lakers game; it’s just a half-hour from […]
After Jameson Connects kicked off a month of celebrations last Wednesday with online music platform Boiler Room and the crème de la crème of the Irish music scene, all eyes are now on their main St. Patrick’s Day event: the Jessie Reyez + Friends global livestream on March 17. Bringing local sounds to the world on one of the biggest nights […]
It has been… a year. And while there’s certainly been no shortage of reasons to celebrate its impending end, we’re spending the final weeks of 2020 commemorating the bright spots in what’s been an otherwise flaming garbage dump of a year, celebrating the songs, albums and work that helped make the year a little more […]
It’s been a big, weird year for Canadian music. The likes of The Weeknd, Drake, and dvsn all dropped heat in 2020 to help get us through lockdown, while rising artists have been forced to pivot to online streaming formats in order to survive. So, where do we go from here? As we enter 2021 […]
