TORONTO — Kevan Staples, the co-founder of the groundbreaking avant-garde Toronto rock band Rough Trade, has died at 75 years old. His bandmate Carole Pope
TORONTO — Canadian folk legend Sylvia Tyson spent more than half a century in the music business, but lately, she’s felt a growing distance from
TORONTO — The founder of Canadian Music Week is taking the new owners of Departure Festival to court, alleging they’ve breached their contract and failed
TORONTO — Neil Young has scrapped plans to play a free concert in Ukraine. The “Rockin’ in the Free World” singer announced on his website
TORONTO — Elton John will receive the 15th Glenn Gould Prize, a $100,000 award for an artist whose work has “enriched the human condition.” The
The board will meet this week to consider ways to address the music organization’s disgruntled members.
TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie lost her Juno awards, Polaris Music Prize and several Hall of Fame inductions in a matter of hours on Friday —
TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie’s induction to Canada’s Walk of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame were revoked late Friday as organizers responded to
TORONTO — Charred cars, bullet-ridden bathroom stalls and abandoned tents, backpacks and toothbrushes from the site of the Nova Music Festival massacre will be put
TORONTO — Deadmau5 is taking the cheese. The Canadian electronic music producer, known for wearing a mouse head helmet on stage, has sold his song
TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie says she has returned her Order of Canada medals “with a good heart” and reasserts that she never lied about her
TORONTO — The Canadian Live Music Association says it’s responding to the U.S. tariffs with a new campaign to promote homegrown musicians and venues. The
TORONTO — Tate McRae has landed her first No. 1 on the Billboard album charts. The Calgary-raised pop singer’s third full-length album “So Close to
TORONTO — Neil Young is planning to perform a free concert in Ukraine. The folk singer-songwriter announced on his website that he is “currently in
OTTAWA — The battle between AI companies and copyright holders notched an early win for publishers in the U.S. in mid-February when a court ruled
TORONTO — Alessia Cara simply wanted to experience a bit of normalcy. It didn’t seem like much to ask for as the pop singer-songwriter approached
TORONTO — Country singer Josh Ross is set to play the Juno Awards in Vancouver. The Burlington, Ont.-native is this year’s leading Juno nominee, and
TORONTO — Canadian talent will have one fewer space to network at this year’s South By Southwest music and film festival in Austin, Texas. Telefilm
TORONTO — Changing the lyrics of a national anthem is often considered taboo, but Chantal Kreviazuk’s tweak to the words of O Canada at the
TORONTO — A collection of Beatlemania photographs shot by Paul McCartney himself is headed to the Art Gallery of Ontario. The Toronto gallery says “Paul
TORONTO — Jann Arden’s nostalgia trip faced a major detour partway through making “Mixtape,” her new album of 1990s pop covers. When the Calgary-based singer-songwriter
TORONTO — The Tragically Hip’s songbook is getting the jukebox musical treatment under the guidance of “Come From Away” producer Michael Rubinoff. Named after a
TORONTO — Toronto’s open-ended production of “Come From Away” will wrap up in May. Mirvish Productions says it’s ordered a final extension to the Gander,
TORONTO — Decades later, Mark McKinney says the pressure of writing comedy sketches for “Saturday Night Live” still haunts him. The Ottawa-born comedian says he
