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Music Canada Releases New Report Prior To CMW's Music Cities Summit

Music Canada has followed up its milestone The Mastering of a Music City report with Keys to a Music City: Examining the Merits of Music Offices, Boards and Night Mayors, just in time for the third annual Music Cities Summit.

Music Canada Releases New Report Prior To CMW's Music Cities Summit

By Nick Krewen

Serving as a successor to the 2015 study The Mastering of a Music City, Music Canada has released a follow-up report, Keys to a Music City: Examining the Merits of Music Offices, Boards and Night Mayors.


Released in time for Canadian Music Week's third annual Music Cities Summit, the Music Canada report, authored by the organization's Executive Vice President Amy Terrill and Policy Analyst Ramlah Ismail, the document examines the roles that music officers, music advisory board, music organization and Night Mayors are utilized in different locales around the world.

The report also offers 10 key lessons learned by experts as a roadmap to a Music City's success, including how:

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  • Political champions are key

  • Strong outside advocates are instrumental

  • Securing the trust and cooperation of the music community is essential.

For more details, head here to download the report.

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The Rolling Stones' New Album Is Inspired By Their Legendary Toronto Shows at El Mocambo in 1977

In a new interview, Ronnie Wood says he associates his start in the band with their secret shows at the venue, a wild era that inspired the band's new album Foreign Tongues. A new single from the album is slated for June 26.

The Rolling Stones are throwing it back to their early days in Toronto.

In a new interview with the Canadian Press, the legendary band's guitarist Ronnie Wood reveals that the Rolling Stones' forthcoming album Foreign Tongues, set for release on July 10, is largely inspired by the period in which the band played its legendary shows at El Mocambo in Toronto in 1977.

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