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Indie Radio Royalties Reward Songwriters

Story by Nick Krewen | February 6, 2014 For SOCAN Words and Music   The day “Rick ‘n’ roll” gave way to rock ‘n’ roll will go down in history as another notch in the belt of independent Canadian songwriters. After torturing its future listeners – maybe “torturing” is too strong a word, so let’s go with “teasing” – with seven days of 24-hours-a-day airings of British singer Rick Astley’s…


Drake, Jay Z and Kiss Are In The Game

Artists are assisting athletes and helping sports franchises build their brands and succeed beyond the scoreboard NICK KREWEN MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com After the Boston Red Sox clinched the World Series at Fenway Park for the first time since 1918 this past October, all eyes in Major League Baseball seemingly switched to the issue of free agency, and particularly, Robinson Cano. Cano, the New York Yankees’ starting…


Twitter-famous Matt Mays takes his seat at the Horseshoe Tavern

Matt Mays got plenty of blowback for accusing Rob Ford of taking his seat at an NFL game, but the Halifax musician won’t swear off social media. Matt Mays has enough new music, he says, to put together a new album next year. By: Nick Krewen Music Published on Sat Dec 07 2013 Rob Ford is the inescapable man, and no one knows this better than Matt Mays. The Halifax…


Corey Hart makes rare Toronto appearance Saturday

Concert planned for May in Montreal will be the ‘Sunglasses at Night’ singer’s ‘farewell’ show, Corey Hart says. Nick Krewen Music Published on Fri Nov 15 2013   Time to get out those sunglasses. If you’re planning to attend the It’s Always Something Gilda’s Club fundraiser at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts this Saturday night, here’s an added incentive: it’s one of the last performances Corey Hart will…


The Toronto hitmaker behind European pop sensation Caro Emerald

Vince Degiorgio, whose songs have sold 30 million records, also introduced N Sync and Justin Timberlake to the world. Nick Krewen Music Published on Wed Oct 02 2013 One of the more surprising recent European music success stories has a local twist. A Dutch singer whose jazzy sound contains a sprinkle of hip-hop undertones, Caro Emerald exploded out of nowhere in 2009 to score two chart-topping hits in her native…