#NEWMUSIC: JOSH GROBAN RELEASES NEW ALBUM “CINEMATIC”
Tony®, EMMY®, and five-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist Josh Groban has announced his new album, CINEMATIC, arriving May 8th via Reprise Records. A tribute to the grand and gorgeous world of the silver screen, the 10-track album was produced by Greg Wells (Wicked, The Greatest Showman, Dua Lipa, Adele, Taylor Swift), recorded in both Los Angeles and London, and includes globally revered songs from such movie classics as The Godfather, Casablanca, ...
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#NEWMUSIC: JACK HARLOW – “MONICA” NOW OUT
GRAMMY® Award-nominated, diamond-selling superstar Jack Harlow debuts his highly anticipated fourth studio album, Monica, available everywhere now via Atlantic Records. Listen HERE.
Monica is decidedly a “New York Experience” for Jack. Residing in the city for the last couple of years, he recorded the album at Electric Lady Studios, breathing in the energy and history of the building and exhaling a reinvigorated and recharged vision of his signature sound. The project features some ...
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#NEWMUSIC: KEUNG TO TORONTO FAN EVENT
Fans of KEUNG TO will have an experience to unite in Toronto ahead of his LAVA Live Tour at Massey Hall!
Event Date: Mar 29, 2026
Time: 1:30pm - 4:00pm (Doors open 12:30pm)
Venue: TD Music Hall, 178 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 1T7
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Melodic Eruption: An Immersive Music Journey of a DreamMaker
Step into the core of the "LAVA" Live Tour—an exclusive ...
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#SPOTTED: SIENNA SPIRO IN TORONTO FOR “THE VISITOR TOUR”
2026 is shaping-up to be Sienna Spiro's year. The emerging English Singer-Songwriter is seeing global success with her breakthrough hit "Die on this Hill" after first surfacing a few years back on TikTok. She has embarked on THE VISITOR TOUR, an intimate North American tour which saw her in Toronto last night at The Great Hall. Following North America, she heads to Europe this May.
We are so thrilled to have attended the sold-out show, which placed Spiro's emotive mezzo-Soprano vocals ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: MUSIC SHOWCASE PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 2026 DEPARTURE FESTIVAL + CONFERENCE
The Departure Festival + Conference, presented by Loft Entertainment and Oak View Group (OVG), today announced the return of its highly anticipated Music Showcase, featuring more than 100 emerging artists performing across venues throughout Toronto. Selected from thousands of global submissions, the curated lineup highlights some of the most exciting new voices shaping the future of music. New this year, Departure introduces their Rising Sound Artists initiative, where six standout performers ...
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#NEWMUSIC: CHARLIE PUTH FT. HIKARU UTADA – “HOME”
With just weeks to go until the release of his highly anticipated fourth studio album Whatever’s Clever!, internationally acclaimed Charlie Puth releases his latest single “Home” Ft. Hikaru Utada, with an official music video directed by Hunter Moreno, both out today via Atlantic Records.
Watch HERE:
https://youtu.be/fKsETSl_cyU?si=3Y4hWWkjVsM6v06B
“Home was written for my best friend, wife and soon to be mother of our first child. Brooke has changed my life for the better ...
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#NEWMUSIC: BRUNO MARS’ “THE ROMANTIC” HITS #1 ON BILLBOARD CANADIAN ALBUMS CHART
Warner Music Canada is proud to announce that global icon and 16x GRAMMY® winner Bruno Mars has officially secured the #1 spot on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart with his long-awaited fourth solo album, The Romantic.
The success of The Romantic extends a historic start to 2026 for Warner Music Canada. Mars’ debut marks the latest in a consecutive string of #1 albums for the label, following chart-topping releases from Zach Bryan, Don Toliver, and Hilary Duff.
The album’s arrival ...
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#NEWMUSIC: NXNE 2026 PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCEMENT
North by Northeast (NXNE), Canada’s premier festival for music discovery, is thrilled to announce its return to Toronto from June 10–14, 2026, with tickets now on sale for the week-long festival. Today, NXNE also announces its first 100 confirmed artists of the over 300 acts playing NXNE. Celebrating its 31st year, the festival is set to be its most expansive edition yet, featuring over 300 artists across more than 30 iconic venues, alongside high-profile industry summits, marquee events, ...
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#NEWMUSIC: NEIL SHANKMAN APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT TORONTO MUSIC EXPERIENCE
The Toronto Music Experience (TME) has reached a major milestone in its journey to elevate Toronto’s reputation as a world-class music city with the appointment of Neil Shankman as its first Executive Director.
Following an extensive search for a leader who embodies both the strategic rigor of a global executive and the soul of Toronto’s music scene, Shankman has been selected to guide TME into its next chapter, marking the ambition of TME from a bold visionary concept into an ...
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#BOOKS: “TRACK CHANGES: THE ORIGIN STORY OF CANADIAN MUSIC ON THE INTERNET (1990-2010)”
A major chapter in Canadian music history has been hiding in plain sight for decades. It’s now been brought back into focus by Track Changes: The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet (1990–2010), a new non-fiction book by Toronto-based writer Cam Gordon.
Available now through FriesenPress, the book offers the first comprehensive account of how the internet’s early evolution forever altered Canadian music culture. Track Changes captures two decades of change that largely ...
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