Canadian Music News

I was just talking about how much I loved "Weak in the Knees" and Serena Ryder last week so I was pretty happy to get a press release about her upcoming album is it o.k.  I’m already anticipating the musical journey I’m going to embark on when I finally get my hands on a copy! 
EMI Music Canada will be releasing the album on November 11, 2008 and she’ll be celebrating the release at Toronto’s The Mod Club on November 19, 2008.  Tickets become available on October 4th at 10am through Ticketmaster outlets, Rotate This (call 416-870-8000 to charge by …read more

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Northern British Columbia’s, Alex Cuba, is a busy man!  I was there when his album, Agua del Pozo, won a Juno Award and now his single "Si Pero No" has been chosen as the "Pick of the Week" by iTunes and Starbucks.  That means that, starting on October 21, 2008, "Starbucks customers will receive an Alex Cuba download card directing them to iTunes for their free song. The cards will be distributed at approximately 700 Starbuck’s locations across Canada."  I’m not a huge Starbucks fan but I’m going to go get my card!  I hope you will too!
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The young Filipina girl with the big voice, Charice Pempengco, who recently appeared on Oprah was able to fulfill another amazing dream – she performed with Celine Dion at Madison Square Garden in New York City earlier this month.  They sang “Because You Loved Me” and the crowd went crazy.  Charice was amazing – I got goosebumps!

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Michael Bublé will be only the third man ever to grace the cover of Chatelaine magazine here in Canada.  The first two were former prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, and hockey legend/current NHL coach, Wayne Gretzky. 
Michael seems to be taking it in stride.  Of being chosen for the cover, he said "I don’t see myself as someone who’s as important as Trudeau or as prolific as Wayne Gretzky."
Is it the crooner’s pouty lips?  His impish grin?  Maybe those soulful eyes?  Could be all of the above since the issue honors the "Men We Love."  Sounds great already!
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Vancouver-based, TheFreshPage, has announced the first-ever contest where the winner will be crowned "Canada’s Best DJ."  Like the contest page says, I agree that it’s time for Canadian DJs to get some love and recognition (I love Samantha Ronson and those other peeps but I want some maple leaf flavor!). 
Votes will be accepted until Monday November 17, 2008. Winner will be announced on Wednesday November 19, 2008.
Vote for your favourite Canadian DJ here!
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The song "Weak in the Knees" by Serena Ryder is one of my favorite in Canadian music this past year.  I had the opportunity to meet and mingle with her at the 2008 Juno Awards in Calgary this past April and she was an absolute doll (that’s us at left with Sophie Millman – it’s not the best picture but it was a crazy night).
I also loved with Canadian Idol winner, Theo Tams, covered this song this past season.  He did a great job at capturing the emotion of the words.

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Okay, I’ve got to admit that I am not really familiar with the Canadian group, Mobile, so I kinda looked at the pictures of them and assumed what I thought they were going to sound like.  Was I ever completely off-base! 
The Montreal band is made up of Mat Joly (vocals), Christian Brais (guitar), Pierre-Marc Hamelin (drums), Dominic Viola (bass) and Frank Williamson (guitar).  They put some effort into their video for "The Killer" and the tune really reminds me of Billy Idol in some ways.  I really like it!

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This song, "Dr Blind" by Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton is unique and eerie, not something that comes as a surprise from Emily, lead singer of Metric. The video was a bit creepy for my taste, but regardless, I think there is something to be said for the creativity that some music videos lack, and this video is definitely not lacking.

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The video below is for "Being Here" by The Stills. The group’s newest album was named after this single’s title and released this year. I like the lyrics to the song and the video is interesting.

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Hey guys!  Just letting you know that I won’t be posting on here for the next couple days (I’ve got someone covering for me, though) since I will be away at the BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas. 
If you are in the area, please stop by the b5media booth.  For registration information, visit the official BWE site.  For information on who is speaking at the conference, click here!
Here is a list of my scheduled presentations.  I hope to see you there!
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