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Music Biz Headlines, Sept. 17, 2018

Tanya Tagaq (pictured) turns literary, Karena Evans moves into the spotlight, and Justin Bieber reportedly gets hitched. Also making headlines are Lily Allen, Drake, Simon Cowell, Scott McCaughey, The Matador, The Dirty Nil, and Mudhoney.

Music Biz Headlines, Sept. 17, 2018

By Kerry Doole

Tanya Tagaq steps out onto an unfamiliar stage

The Toronto-based Inuk musician is uncharacteristically nervous about her literary debut, but Split Tooth will get you in the gut, heart and mind as much as her music does.  – Carla Gillis, NOW


Drake video director Karena Evans steps in front of the camera

Living the dream as a young, Black female director is an experience Karena Evans doesn’t take for granted. Over the past year, the 22-year-old Toronto filmmaker stood behind the camera on music videos for superstar Drake and Grammy nominee SZA.  – David Friend, CP

In what is sure to be a long and fruitful union, Justin Bieber marries girlfriend of several months Hailey Baldwin

According to multiple news sources, Justin Bieber is no longer on the market. Reports are that that 24-year-old Canadian megastar married his girlfriend of several months, 21-year-old Hailey Baldwin, in New York Friday morning.  – Mike Usinger, Georgia Straight

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Winning a major music competition doesn’t guarantee a career

Winning a major competition opens doors. It does not guarantee a career. Jon Kimura Parker recalls that his victory at the Leeds International Piano Competition sent him all over England and Canada, but years passed before he developed much of a career in the United States.  – William Littler, Toronto Star

The X Factor’s return: ‘Simon Cowell is like a cross between Steve Bannon and an Irish wolfhound’

The autumnal reality staple is back! But despite some new Robbie-shaped additions, it’s never looked so flat, joyless and bored of its own existence.  – Fiona Sturges, The Guardian

The Minus 5's Scott McCaughey on his harrowing stroke

Friends saved the popular indie rocker from getting 'wiped out' by hospital bills.  – Craig Rosen, Billboard

The Matador lives to fight again

With a new zoning certificate in place, owner Paul McCaughey hopes the venue will open by March 2019.  –  Michael Rancic, NOW

Lily Allen: ‘I was pretty brazen with all my behaviour. I just didn’t care'

Fame, family, failure, being stalked, getting low, getting high: nothing is off limits in the musician’s new memoir. She explains why.  –  Sophie Heawood, The Guardian

What's in Your Fridge: Richie Felix Alexander

We ask interesting Vancouverites about their life-changing concerts, favourite albums, and, most importantly, what’s sitting beside the Heinz Ketchup in their custom-made Big Chill Retropolitan 20.6 cubic-foot refrigerators.  – John Lucas, Georgia Straight

Review: The Dirty Nil are totally committed to the power of rock on Master Volume

The Dundas, Ontario trio exist more for the primal act of rock music than its culture, and their delightful, precise new album hints at why.   – Luke Ottehof, NOW

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Mudhoney abides: Steve Turner on the grunge backlash, Nirvana, Green River, vintage metal, and digital garbage

The co-founder of the veteran Seattle band holds court. – Allan MacInnis, Georgia Straight 

TIFF still hoping to work with Drake after opening-night cancellation

Drake’s scrubbed appearance at the film fest may have left some fans upset, but the two could still collaborate in the future, suggests the artistic director of TIFF.  – Victoria Ahearn, CP

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An archival photo of Gary Topp (right) with Sting & The Police and his former promotion partner Gary Cormier (left).
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An archival photo of Gary Topp (right) with Sting & The Police and his former promotion partner Gary Cormier (left).

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Music News Digest: Legendary Toronto Promoter Gary Topp Celebrated In New Book 'He Hijacked My Brain'

This week: Canadian festival submission dates, Jesse Greene wins The Amy Louie Grossman`s Music Scholarship, singer-songwriter Dave Gunning fights food insecurity in schools in Nova Scotia.

Awards News

On Nov. 26, The Amy Louie Grossman`s Music Scholarship fundraiser and presentation took place at Grossman's Tavern in Toronto. Jesse Greene took home the $2000 bursary for blues musicians, and Jay Bleus was handed the runner up prize of $1000. The 2022 winners Five And Ten presented ALGMS matriarch Christina Louie with a framed cover of the recording they were able to produce with their scholarship assistance.

The Downchild Blues Band, Danny Marks, The Happy Pals, Frankie Foo and Jesse Greene performed at the fundraiser, Dan McKinnon handled the MC and stage manager duties and Kiddie Car Music (Kid Carson) donated the backline. Donations at the fund raiser added $2165.00 to the ALGMS fund.

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