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Sam Sells Feldman Agency To His Executive Team

The rumour leaked early after office hours in Toronto yesterday that Feldman Agency President Jeff Craib and VP Tom Kemp have acquired Canada’s top music talent agency from namesake Sam Feldman who

Sam Sells Feldman Agency To His Executive Team

By David Farrell

The rumour leaked early after office hours in Toronto yesterday that Feldman Agency President Jeff Craib and VP Tom Kemp have acquired Canada’s top music talent agency from namesake Sam Feldman who started the company in 1971.


There is no official statement at the time of writing and Craib could not be reached for comment; however, Feldman emailed a one-word statement when queried about the sale that simply said “yes.”

The Feldman Agency employs about 50 people in its Vancouver and Toronto offices. It is unclear if the sale includes affiliated firms Macklam Feldman Management and Watchdog Management.

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The agency itself books more than 2500 events, concerts, shows and attractions annually and represents a who’s who of Canadian artists that include Alessia Cara, Alvvays, Bryan Adams, Burton Cummings, Corey Hart, Daniel Caesar, David Foster, Michael Bublé, The Beaches, Shad, Sloan, Tim Hicks, Wintersleep, Barenaked Ladies, and, until recently, The Tragically Hip.

Craib, inducted into Canada’s Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2018, joined The Feldman Agency (then called S.L. Feldman & Associates, a.k.a. SLFA) in Toronto in 1993. He was appointed the president of TFA in 2013.

Kemp joined the agency in 1998 and was named Vice President in 2015.

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Obituaries: '60s Pop Idol Lou Christie Passes Away at 82

This week we also acknowledge the passing of New York City rock photographer Marcia Resnick, reggae star Leroy Gibbons and South African jazz drummer Louis Moholo.

Lou Christie (Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco), one of the most beloved teen pop idols of the 1960s and the voice and songwriter behind Billboard Hot 100-topper “Lightnin’ Strikes,” died on June 18, after a long illness. He was 82 years old.

ABillboard obituary reports that the Pennsylvania-born singer "Christie soared to fame in the early ’60s with hits such as 'The Gypsy Cried' and 'Two Faces Have I,' the latter of which reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 in 1963. The star’s biggest hit came three years later, when 'Lightnin’ Strikes' ascended to the chart’s summit, but he would still score a top 10 smash years later in 1969 with 'I’m Gonna Make You Mine.'"

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