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Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Events, Grammy, Halifax, Hamilton, JUNO, Manitoba, Montréal, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Polaris, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan, Stratford, Toronto, Vancouver September 16, 2024

The Polaris Music Prize will soon be awarded. Here’s who Charlotte Cardin is rooting for

The Montreal singer will be competing with nine others, including the Beaches, Elisapie and Jeremy Dutcher, for the $50,000 award. By Nick Krewen Special to the Star Charlotte Cardin can’t wait. On Tuesday night at Massey Hall, the 19th edition of the Polaris Music Prize — honouring the best Canadian album of the year — will be presented, and the pop chanteuse’s 99 Nights will be competing with nine others: folk, R&B and…

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Adult Contemporary, Alberta, Canada, Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame, Canadian Music Hall Of Fame, Country, Grammy, JUNO, k.d. lang, Leonard Cohen, LGBTQ, Nashville Sound, Pop, Producer, Punk, Songwriter, Voice August 30, 2024

As ‘90s icon k.d. lang enters the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, she reflects on her extraordinary career

The singer said she doesn’t miss the stage but still feels the creative impulse. By Nick Krewen Special to the Star In 1988, k.d. lang arrived at what she called “an emotional destination:” she recorded an album called Shadowland with the legendary Owen Bradley, who decades earlier had produced country icon Patsy Cline. At the time, the perennially lowercased lang was still something of an unknown quantity in the U.S….

Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Events, Folk, Halifax, Hamilton, Manitoba, Montréal, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan, Stratford, The Tragically Hip, Therapeutic, Toronto, Tourism, Travel, Vancouver June 24, 2024

From ‘Bobcaygeon’ to ‘Sudbury Saturday Night’ — this musician is cycling across Canada to learn about the places made famous in song

Aengus Finnan’s musical journey will end in mid-September on Vancouver Island.  By Nick Krewen Special to the Star As our country celebrates its 157th birthday, July 1 will find Aengus Finnan in the midst of a nation-hugging project of his own, one he calls “The Great Canadian Song Cycle.” It’s both a literal and figurative adventure: the folk musician and administrator is currently wheeling across our land on his trusty…

Alberta, Canada, Comedy, In Memoriam, Television, Toronto, United States April 5, 2024

Everyone knows Joe Flaherty was funny. These Canadian comedians say he was also generous, friendly and kind

Comedians who met and worked with Flaherty, like Naomi Snieckus, Ron Pederson and Seán Cullen, say he was always ready to lend a hand to his fellow funny people. By Nick Krewen Special to the Star Joe Flaherty was not only a master of impressions but knew how to leave a good one. Local comedians described the beloved Pittsburgh-born Second City and SCTV star, who died Monday at the age of 82…

Alberta, Americana, Arranger, Canada, CCMA, Composer, Country, Cowboy Music, Folk, Guitar, JUNO, Neotraditional, Producer, Songwriter, Voice, Willie Nelson March 16, 2024

Drunken poker, gummy bear highs and a famous friend: Corb Lund on his new album El Viejo

The Alberta singer-songwriter’s talent for (true) storytelling is on full display in El Viejo. Lund plays the Danforth Music Hall on March 20. by Nick Krewen Special to the Star When it comes to penning storytelling adventure songs, nobody is more entertaining than Taber, Alberta’s Corb Lund. Especially when they’re extracted from actual experience. On his 10th and latest studio album of uniquely authentic Western originals, El Viejo, there are several…