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Tami Neilson: Stay Outta My Business

Now based in NZ, the twangy rock 'n soul singer is making a mark internationally. The first single from her upcoming album, Sassafrass!, this track is bold and brassy, driven by her force of nature voice.

Tami Neilson: Stay Outta My Business

By Kerry Doole

Tami Neilson - "Stay Outta My Business" (Outside): The career and life story of Neilson is a fascinating one. Ontario born and raised, she was a member of the popular Neilson Family country band. Love lured her to New Zealand a decade ago, and she has ascended to award-winning stardom Down Under.


Her reach is expanding internationally, and she has devoted plenty of time to Canada, touring her earlier albums Dynamite and Don't Be Afraid. Her next album, Sassafrass!, comes out June 1, preceded by this rousing single. The bold and brassy tune features horns and backing vocals, but Neilson's powerful force of nature delivery remains front and centre.

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Her freewheeling, genre-jumping sound defies easy categorisation, with her label's tag of "twangy rock 'n soul" coming close. Expect Sassafrass! to be more upbeat than Don't Be Afraid, an album created in the aftermath of the death of Tami's father Ron.

After NZ dates, Neilson heads to Europe this summer, with more Canadian shows expected after that.

A charismatic and witty performer and a skilled songwriter, Neilson is the real deal. Watch closely.

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Major Music Streaming Companies Push Back Against Canadian Content Payments: Inside Canada's 'Streaming Tax' Battle
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Inside Canada's 'Streaming Tax' Battle

Spotify, Apple, Amazon and others are challenging the CRTC's mandated fee payments to Canadian content funds like FACTOR and the Indigenous Music Office, both in courts and in the court of public opinion. Here's what's at stake.

Some of the biggest streaming services in music are banding together to fight against a major piece of Canadian arts legislation – in court and in the court of public opinion.

Spotify, Apple, Amazon and others are taking action against the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)’s 2024 decision that major foreign-owned streamers with Canadian revenues over $25 million will have to pay 5% of those revenues into Canadian content funds – what the streamers have termed a “Streaming Tax.”

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