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Canadian icons, anthems to be honoured at 34th SOCAN Awards

K’naan’s "Wavin’ Flag," Arkells set to shine

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Nelly Furtado to induct Sarah McLachlan at Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala

Inductees Tom Cochrane and Diane Tell will perform, as will Lights

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Josh Ross wins five honours at 2024 Canadian Country Music Awards

Owen Reigling, Big Loud Music awarded; Hall of Fame inductee k.d. lang performs

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Video: Virginie B presents Astral 2000

Sophomore album is both eccentric and accessible, synthetic and organic

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Prix Gémeaux 2024 : Philippe Brault and Kim Gaboury awarded

SOCAN holds a luncheon to honour the 2024 nominees

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2024 ADISQ Gala: Les Cowboys Fringants, Karkwa, Salebarbes, Souldia dominate nominations

Alexandra Stréliski, Aliocha Schneider, Charlotte Cardin, Roxane Bruneau also among frontrunners

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Noeline Hofmann storms out of the starting gate

Noeline Hofmann storms out of the starting gate

Alberta singer-songwriter fuelled by “Purple Gas”

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Alanis, Charlotte Cardin, Jessie Reyez, LU KALA, Jully Black honoured at first-ever Billboard Canada Women in Music Awards

Alanis, Charlotte Cardin, Jessie Reyez, LU KALA, Jully Black honoured at first-ever Billboard Canada Women in Music Awards

SOCAN’s Alex Golden, Charlie Wall-Andrews are similarly re...

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SPACQ-AE launches new “L’envers du décor” podcast

SPACQ-AE launches new “L’envers du décor” podcast

Six episodes slated for fall of 2024

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Aaron Paris and Fredz Announced as 2024 Recipients of the CSHF Breakthrough Songwriter Award

Aaron Paris and Fredz Announced as 2024 Recipients of the CSHF Breakthrough Songwriter Award

Presented by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame with Amaz...

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Mamarudegyal MTHC earns 2024 TD Indigenous Songwriter Award

Mamarudegyal MTHC earns 2024 TD Indigenous Songwriter Award

Five Additional Artists Receive Cash Prizes.

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Song & Score Week Returns to Toronto, Sept. 25 – 27

Song & Score Week Returns to Toronto, Sept. 25 – 27

Delivers exciting line up of events dedicated to the art & c...

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Audiogram turns 40: generation-spanning musical creativity

Audiogram turns 40: generation-spanning musical creativity

Five current artists of Audiogram’s roster cherry-pick the...

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Shawn Hook overcomes a major health scare

Shawn Hook overcomes a major health scare

And traces the career path to his EP Beauty in Surrender

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Video: Marie-Pierre Arthur presents “Album bleu”

Video: Marie-Pierre Arthur presents “Album bleu”

Fifteen years after her debut album, she reinvents herself o...

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Metric, Sam Roberts join lineup at 2024 CSHF Gala Induction Ceremony

Metric, Sam Roberts join lineup at 2024 CSHF Gala Induction Ceremony

Sarah McLachlan, Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo) also...

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Goldie Boutilier’s “The Actress”: How the song happened

Goldie Boutilier’s “The Actress”: How the song happened

With a little help from SOCAN’s Liam Russell

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Submit now for APEM Sync of the Year Awards

Submit now for APEM Sync of the Year Awards

People’s Choice Award to be presented for first time

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Alanis Morissette, Jessie Reyez to be honoured at first-ever Billboard Canada Women in Music event

Alanis Morissette, Jessie Reyez to be honoured at first-ever Billboard Canada Women in Music event

Performers include LU KALA, Haviah Mighty, Charlotte Cardin,...

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Keysha Freshh vulnerable heartbreak album switches it up

Keysha Freshh vulnerable heartbreak album switches it up

Female rapper has men singing the hooks

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Kroy: The Need to Suffer

Kroy: The Need to Suffer

With MILITIA, built over a decade, she steps back to ponder ...

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Maggie Andrew wins 2024 CBC Music Searchlight Grand Prize

Maggie Andrew wins 2024 CBC Music Searchlight Grand Prize

Other winners: Amanda Jordan, Dee Dee Austin, NOBRO, Summer ...

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Jackson Hughes leads one-on-one music production workshops

Jackson Hughes leads one-on-one music production workshops

On behalf of SOCAN Foundation, for our members’ benefit

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#ComposersWhoScore: Peter Venne’s work on “Hunting Daze”

#ComposersWhoScore: Peter Venne’s work on “Hunting Daze”

Applying his creativity to Annick Blanc’s disturbing first...

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Danial Sheibani wins in 2024 SOCAN Foundation Young Composer Awards

Danial Sheibani wins in 2024 SOCAN Foundation Young Composer Awards

Allowing him to compose for the National Youth Orchestra of ...

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SOCAN Foundation announces 2024 TD Incubator participants

SOCAN Foundation announces 2024 TD Incubator participants

Twenty young musicians receive mentorship, funding, career d...

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