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2018 In Canadian Music
The following musical events and releases that happened in 2018 in Canada. Events * March – Juno Awards of 2018 * April – East Coast Music Awards * May – Prism Prize * June – Preliminary longlist for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize is announced * July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize * July – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced * September 17 – Jeremy Dutcher wins the Polaris Music Prize for his album ''Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa'' * December 1 – 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards Albums released A *AHI (musician), AHI, ''In Our Time'' *Alaskan Tapes, ''The Ocean No Longer Wants Us'' *Alaskan Tapes, ''You Were Always an Island'' *Jann Arden, ''These Are the Days'' – February 2"A Calendar Of 2018 Album Releases...So Far" ''FYI Music News'', December 27, 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gord Bamford
Gordon Bamford (born April 17, 1976) is an Australian-Canadian country music singer. He has released ten studio albums. Bamford stands as one of the most decorated artists in Canadian country music with 26 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) awards, along with multiple JUNO nominations. Additionally, Bamford is one of two multi-time winners of Nashville's Country Music Association (CMA) Global Country Artist of the Year award, along with the Shires (duo), the Shires. Biography Early years Bamford was born in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. When Bamford was five years old, he moved with his mother, Marilyn, from Australia to Lacombe, Alberta, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada after his parents' divorce. A singer who toured with an Australian country band, Bamford's mother encouraged him to pursue a career in music. In 1995, Bamford entered and won the Nornet Radio Network's "Search for the Stars". With Rob Bartlett from Sundae Sound producing, Bamford went to Calgary to record his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Stones
The Blue Stones are a Canadian blues rock duo based in Windsor, Ontario. History In August 2018, The Blue Stones signed a record contract with Entertainment One, where they subsequently announced plans to re-release their debut LP ''Black Holes'' on October 26, 2018. They subsequently toured the US with their Be My Fire Tour. In early January 2020, The Blue Stones were nominated for the 2020 Juno Award in the category of Breakthrough Group of the Year. In early 2021, the band announced their sophomore LP ''Hidden Gems'', co-written and produced by Mutemath frontman Paul Meany. The ten song album was preceded by singles "Shakin' Off The Rust," "Grim," "Careless," "Let It Ride," and "Spirit." ''Hidden Gems'' was released on March 19, 2021. Their third album, titled ''Pretty Monster'', was released in November 2022 and was preceded by singles "Don't Miss," "Good Ideas," and "What's It Take To Be Happy?" The album was later nominated for a 2024 JUNO Award in the category of Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forest Blakk
Forest Blakk is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. Career In 2015 he released "Love Me", his first single.Mike Bell"Jesse-James Cameron loses his Innocence, returns as Forest Blakk with Love Me" ''Calgary Herald'', February 12, 2015. The song reached #34 on the Canadian hot adult contemporary charts in ''Billboard''."Chart History: Forest Blakk" ''''. His second single, "Where I First Found You", followed in 2017, and the EP ''Minutes'' was released in 2018. His second EP, ''Sideways'', followed in 2020. In 2021, a remix of his single "If You Love Her" as a duet with |
Dans Ma Main
''Dans ma main'' is the sophomore studio album from French-Canadian pianist and composer, Jean-Michel Blais, released on May 11, 2018 via Arts & Crafts. The album differs from the simple and down-to-earth production of his studio debut, '' Il'', in that Blais explores more ethereal and electronic textures. Concept and production On the ''Dans ma main'', Blais experiments with different synth and electronic textures, a concept introduced to him while working with CFCF on '' Cascades''. He enjoyed the possibilities he could explore with the new technology, allowing to explore sounds and textures beyond his piano. Blais explains in a conversation with Red Bull Music Academy, "I never want to lose contact with the original piano instrument, but we have so many tools now to treat it differently than to just have the instrument on its own, so why not use them, and how? It certainly is opening. It gives me sounds and texture possibilities". ''Exclaim!'' wrote that, "Blais's Ableton L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Blais
Jean-Michel Blais (born 1984) is a composer and pianist from Quebec, Canada. His music is influenced by a range of composers and pianists such as Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, classical minimalists (Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Erik Satie), and modern composers such as Chilly Gonzales and Yann Tiersen. English pop singer Ellie Goulding has cited Blais as an inspiration for her fourth album. His debut studio album ''Il'' was released in April 2016 on Arts & Crafts, garnering critical acclaim, including making ''Time'' magazine's top ten albums of the year list. In 2017, he collaborated with Grammy-nominated English-Canadian electronic artist CFCF on the EP '' Cascades.'' His sophomore album, ''Dans ma main'', was released on 11 May 2018, also on Arts & Crafts, and on 30 November 2018 Jean-Michel released ''Eviction Sessions''. Early life Jean-Michel Blais grew up in the rural town of Nicolet, Quebec. As a young boy, his parents influenced his love of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Music
CBC Music (formerly known as CBC FM, CBC Stereo and CBC Radio 2) is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It used to concentrate on classical and jazz. In 2007 and 2008, the network transitioned towards a new " adult music" format with a variety of genres, with the classical genre generally restricted to midday hours. In 2009, Radio 2 averaged 2.1 million listeners weekly; it was the second-largest radio network in Canada. History The CBC's FM network was launched in 1946, but was strictly a simulcast of the AM radio network until 1960. In that year, distinct programming on the FM network began. It was discontinued in 1962, but resumed again in 1964. In November 1971, the CBC filed license applications for new FM stations in English in St. John's, Halifax, and Calgary; and in French in Quebec City, Ottawa, and Chicoutimi, telling the CRTC that it intended to start a second "more extended and more leisurely" program service on its FM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laila Biali
Laila Biali (born 3 October 1980) is a Canadian jazz singer and pianist. She has been nominated for and won a Juno Award and has worked with Chris Botti and Sting. Career Born in Vancouver, Biali began playing piano at a young age. She studied classical piano for many years. At the Royal Conservatory of Music she was attracted to jazz, and when she was nineteen she entered Humber College in Toronto. Four years later she released the album ''Introducing the Laila Biali Trio''. She moved to New York City and found work as a pianist and vocalist for other musicians. While touring with Paula Cole, she met drummer Ben Wittman, and she and Wittman later married. In 2009 she sang background vocals for Sting's DVD '' A Winter's Night: Live from Durham Cathedral''. She toured with Chris Botti and Suzanne Vega. She has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City and at Glenn Gould Theatre in Toronto. Her second album, ''Tracing Light'' (2010), received a Juno Award nomination. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernice (band)
Bernice is a Canadian indie pop band from Toronto, Ontario, fronted by singer and songwriter Robin Dann. They have twice been longlisted nominees for the Polaris Music Prize, receiving nods at the 2018 Polaris Music Prize for ''Puff LP: In the air without a shape''"2018 Polaris Music Prize: Arcade Fire, Daniel Caesar, Gord Downie make this year's long list" , June 14, 2018. and at the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for ''Eau de Bonjourno''. In addition to Dann, the band's other core member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beppie
Beppie is the stage name of Stephanie Nhan, a Canadian children's musician, and educator from Edmonton, Alberta. She is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Children's Album of the Year, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 2019 for ''Let's Go Bananas!''"Edmonton music teacher earns Juno nod for Children's Album of the Year" Edmonton, March 14, 2019. and at the for ''Nice to Meet You''. A music teacher at Edmonton's Resonate Music School & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridley Bent
Ridley Bent is the stage name of Brian Daniel Fowler, a Canadian country singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bent was raised throughout Canada in a military family. He formally launched his musical career in 2000 in British Columbia, including performances as an opening act for Great Big Sea and Sam Roberts. His debut album, ''Blam!'', was released on MapleMusic Recordings in 2005, and was marked by a style that incorporated country, rock and hip hop influences, in a manner similar to Buck 65.Robert Everett-Green, "Blam: Ridley Bent". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...'', May 13, 2005. The album was produced by Chin Injeti, formerly of the R&B band Bass is Base. Described by Bent as "hick hop", the album was best known for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Baro
Alexis Baro is a Cuban-Canadian trumpet player and composer,Roger Leveque, "Going easy on the Latin grooves; Cuban-Canadian trumpeter Alexis Baro offers up more of a funk-jazz fusion". ''Edmonton Journal'', November 28, 2009. most noted as a Juno Award nominee for Jazz Album of the Year, Solo at the Juno Awards of 2019. Biography Baro was born in Havana, Cuba. In school he became a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, singer Omara Portuondo's band. After completing his musical education, he completed a teaching certification at the Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory.Rob Vanstone, "Music is in Baro's genes". ''Regina Leader-Post'', November 19, 2009. Baro performed lead trumpet for the National Radio and Television Orchestra of Cuba at the age of 19. In 2001, Baro was discovered by Canadian jazz drummer Archie Alleyne and became a member of the Canadian 'hard-bop" band Kollage. In the band Kollage, he was writer and performer for eight years.Mike Youds, "Get set move; Alexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |