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2016 In Canadian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that are expected to happen in 2016 in music in Canada. Events *April 3 – Juno Awards of 2016 *April 17 – Final concert by the influential folk-rock band Spirit of the West. *April – East Coast Music Awards *May 15 – Prism Prize presented. *May 24 – The Tragically Hip announce that lead singer Gord Downie has been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. *June 15 – Preliminary longlist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize is announced. *July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize is presented. *July 14 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced. *July 22 – The Tragically Hip play the first date of their Man Machine Poem Tour in Victoria, British Columbia. *August 20 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts The Tragically Hip's concert at the K-Rock Centre in their hometown of Kingston, which may be the band's last-ever live concert due to Gord Downie's cancer diagnosis, as a live cross-platform broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent of Canadians and overseas over the Internet, and through mobile apps. CBC Radio One is simulcast across Canada on Bell Satellite TV satellite channels 956 and 969, and Shaw Direct satellite channel 870. A modified version of Radio One, with local content replaced by additional airings of national programming, is available on Sirius XM channel 169. It is downlinked to subscribers via SiriusXM Canada and its U.S.-based counterpart, Sirius XM Satellite Radio. In 2010, Radio One reached 4.3 million listeners each week. It was the largest radio network in Canada. History CBC Radio began in 1936, and is the oldest branch of the corporation. In 1949, the facilities and staff of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland were transferred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Romano
Daniel Tavis Romano (born 1985) is a Canadian musician, poet and visual artist based out of his hometown of Welland, Ontario. He is primarily known as a solo artist, though he is also a member of Attack in Black and has collaborated with Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire. He has also produced and performed with City and Colour, the recording project of Dallas Green. Romano is a partner in his own independent record label, You've Changed Records, along with Steve Lambke, of the Constantines. Some of his notable visual work includes designs for M. Ward, , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Andersen
Matt Andersen is a Canadian blues guitarist and singer-songwriter from Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, signed to True North Records. He is a Juno Award nominee. His musical career started in 2002 with the New Brunswick band Flat Top. Career In addition to headlining major festivals, clubs and theatres throughout North America, Europe and Australia, Andersen has shared the stage and toured with Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Gregg Allman, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Randy Bachman, Little Feat, April Wine, America, Loverboy, Jonny Lang, Serena Ryder, and Beth Hart. Andersen played in over 200 live performances in 2009, including his fourth UK tour. He won two 2009 East Coast Music Association (ECMA) Awards: Male Solo Artist of the year, Blues Recording of the year for "Something In Between" and recorded a new studio album (''Piggyback'') with harmonica player Mike Stevens. He performed at several of Stuart McLean's Vinyl Cafe shows across Canada, starting in 2009 and continuing into 2011. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amylie
Amylie Boisclair (born 1982) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec.Philippe Papineau"Amylie retourne à l’essentiel" ''Le Devoir'', May 13, 2016. She is most noted for her 2012 album ''Le Royaume'', which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2013. Originally from Mascouche, Boisclair had her first experience in music when she played the role of Sandy in a production of '' Grease''.Marie-Christine Blais"Il était une fois Amylie" '' La Presse'', November 22, 2008. She released her debut album ''Jusqu'aux oreilles'' in 2008, and followed up with ''Le Royaume'' in 2012. Her third album, ''Les Éclats'', was released in 2016. She has also performed in the group Louve, with Marie-Pierre Arthur, Ariane Moffatt Ariane Moffatt (born 26 April 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Known for working across multiple musical genres, Moffatt's music combines elements of electronica, jazz, folk, and pop. A francophone, she is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammoye
Shernette Amoy Evans, known by the stage name Ammoye, is a Jamaican-Canadian reggae musician,Richard Johnson"Ammoye’s happy about Sorry" ''Jamaica Observer'', February 20, 2017. most noted as a six-time Juno Award nominee for Reggae Recording of the Year. Originally from Halse Hall in Jamaica, she moved to Toronto, Ontario as a teenager. She participated in the Toronto music scene in the 2000s, most notably contributing music to the ''Version Xcursion'' compilation of Jamaican Canadian artists. Her first album was ''Haffi Win'', a collaboration with Eric Vani of Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen. She received her first Juno Award nomination at the Juno Awards of 2013 for her single "Radio". She was subsequently nominated at the Juno Awards of 2014 for the single "Baby It's You", at the Juno Awards of 2017 for the single "Sorry", at the Juno Awards of 2018 for the album ''The Light'', and at the Juno Awards of 2021 for the single "Give It All".Holly Gordon"The Weeknd, JP Sax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altameda
Altameda is a Canadian folk-rock and alternative country duo, consisting of singer-songwriter Troy Snaterse and drummer Erik Grice. They are most noted for their 2022 album ''Born Losers'', which was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023. The group was first formed in the mid-2010s in Edmonton, Alberta, when Snaterse recruited several friends to assist in recording what was originally intended as a solo album.Sydney Morton"Altameda refuses to be defined under any musical genre" ''Kelowna Capital News'', January 14, 2019. The other two original members were keyboardist Matthew Kraus and bassist Todd Andrews. Choosing instead to proceed as a full band, they released their debut album ''Dirty Rain'' in 2016. They followed up in 2019 with the album ''Time Hasn't Changed You''. Snaterse and Grice moved to Toronto, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AHI (musician)
Ahkinoah Habah Izarh, better known by the stage name AHI is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He has been a two-time Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 2019 for his album ''In Our Time'' and at the Juno Awards of 2022 for his album ''Prospect''. Originally from Brampton, Ontario and based primarily in Toronto, he released his debut album ''We Made It Through the Wreckage'' in 2016. In 2017, he won the Canadian Songwriting Competition in the folk category, as well as the Stingray Rising Star Award at the Folk Music Ontario conference. He then signed to Thirty Tigers, which released his sophomore album ''In Our Time'' in 2018. '' |
Nomeansno
Nomeansno (sometimes stylized as NoMeansNo or spelled No Means No) was a Canadian punk rock band formed in Victoria, British Columbia and later relocated to Vancouver. They issued 11 albums, including a collaborative album with Jello Biafra, as well as numerous EPs and singles. Critic Martin Popoff described their music as "the mightiest merger between the hateful aggression of punk and the discipline of heavy metal."Popoff, Martin: "The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal", page 316. CG Publishing, 1997 Nomeansno's distinct hardcore punk sound, complex instrumentation, and dark, "savagely intelligent" lyrics inspired subsequent musicians. They are often considered foundational in the punk jazz and post-hardcore movements, and have been cited as a formative influence on the math rock and emo genres. Formed in 1979 by brothers Rob and John Wright, the group began as a two-piece punk band influenced by jazz and progressive rock. They self-released their debut '' Mama'' LP i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Canadian Folk Music Awards
The 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards were presented in Toronto, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ... on December 3, 2016. '' Exclaim'', September 21, 2016. Nominees and recipients Recipients are listed first and highlighted in boldface.References External links Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's "newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of '' The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaytranada
Louis Kevin Celestin (born August 25, 1992), known professionally as Kaytranada (stylized as KAYTRANADA, shortened as KAYTRA), is a Haitian-Canadian record producer and DJ. Celestin rose to prominence after releasing a series of mixtapes, remixes, and original music projects beginning in 2010 under the alias Kaytradamus. By 2013, and under the moniker Kaytranada, he began gaining wider recognition and, the following year, signed a deal with XL Recordings, with whom he would release his critically acclaimed debut studio album ''99.9%'' in 2016. In 2019, he released its follow-up, ''Bubba'', for which he won two Grammy Awards including Best Dance/Electronic Album. Celestin is one half of the hip hop duo The Celestics, along with his brother Lou Phelps. Early life Kaytranada was born Louis Kevin Celestin on August 25, 1992, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Shortly after he was born, his family relocated to Saint-Hubert near Montreal where he was raised, and where he began his music caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
