Watch for Rufus Wainwright on Bravo tonight (June 27) as the cable channel airs the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at 7 p.m. PDT.
The Canadian-American musician received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 26, 2008
Rufus Wainwright receives GLAAD award
June 24, 2008
New Music Tuesday: Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea released their latest album today. Fortune’s Favour, the tenth album for the Newfoundland trio, features 14 tracks including “Walk on the Moon,” which is currently at no. 49 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart. A full listing of the tracks, liner notes, and download information can be found here.
Great Big Sea will [...]
June 24, 2008
Hayden rocks the Aladdin
Some musicians give solid performances that go off without a hitch but sound like you put their CDs in a changer and hit shuffle. Hayden is not one of those.
Though he said he was having a bad humour day, it didn’t show in his performance Monday night at the Aladdin Theater in Portland as he [...]
June 21, 2008
Alanis Morissette on CNN Sunday
Keep an eye on CNN Sunday for a recent interview with Alanis Morissette. Her newest album, Flavors of Entanglement, was released a couple of weeks ago, and is currently at no. 8 on the U.S. chart. She’s in Europe all summer, but will be touring the United States starting in September … stay tuned here [...]
June 20, 2008
Artist Spotlight: Jeremy Fisher on touring, creativity, and the price of gas
[Ed's note: Today we introduce a new feature to NW CanCon, which we hope to run on a regular basis. For now, it's called Artist Spotlight, but we promise to come up with a more creative name before the next edition.]
Toting a well-worn guitar that smells like chai tea, Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Jeremy Fisher pulled into [...]
June 18, 2008
Polaris Music Prize
The “long list” for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize was announced recently.
What’s cool about the Polaris prize is that it’s awarded to the best full-length Canadian album regardless of genre or sales.
The $20,000 prize-winner is selected by a jury of dozens of journalists, broadcasters, bloggers and programmers from across Canada in a multi-ballot system. The [...]
June 18, 2008
New music Tuesday
As well as Jeremy Fisher’s new release (previous post), several other Canadian artists released new records today:
Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer
King Khan & The Shrines, The Supreme Genius Of King Khan And the Shrines
Ndidi Onukwulu, The Contradictor
Chromeo, Fancy Footwork
Both King Khan and Chromeo will be performing in the Northwest in the near future … check [...]
June 17, 2008
New single from Jeremy Fisher
Jeremy Fisher’s latest single, “Remind me,” is now available on iTunes. You can see the video for the song on YouTube.
The Vancouver-based singer first toured the U.S. and Canada by bicycle in 2002. He upgraded to a Ford van for his recent trans-continental tour with The Proclaimers, and now he’s headed down the West Coast [...]
June 12, 2008
Skydiggers’ ninth available now
The Skydiggers ninth album, City of Sirens, was released June 10. The songwriting for the album literally spans the band’s career: they reached into the vault for “When you walk by,” the first song they ever wrote way back in 1988, while other tracks were written in pre-production sessions in late 2007. Most of the [...]
