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Matt Lang is Canada’s next big name in country music, winning SiriusXM Top of the Country and $25,000

Matt Lang is Canada’s next big name in country music, winning SiriusXM Top of the Country and $25,000

  SiriusXM Canada, the country’s leading audio entertainment company, is thrilled to announce Matt Lang from Maniwaki, QC as the winner of the second annual SiriusXM Top of the Country competition, in partnership with the Canadian Country Music Association® (CCMA). Matt Lang took home the grand prize of $25,000, an international SOCAN songwriting camp and more. For high-resolution photos of the winner, click here. Following […]

BMI Sets Revenue Records With $1.283 Billion

BMI Sets Revenue Records With $1.283 Billion

  BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) ended its fiscal year on June 30 once again breaking revenue records with $1.283 billion, up 7% over the previous year.  BMI also distributed and administered $1.196 billion to its songwriters, composers and publishers, its highest distributions ever, and a 7% or $78 million increase over last year. These results mark the most reported public performance revenues and […]

Guitarist Diana Rein “Queen Of My Castle” Tour Comes To Alva’s Showroom

Guitarist Diana Rein “Queen Of My Castle” Tour  Comes To Alva’s Showroom

Rising blues artist Diana Rein brings her “Queen Of My Castle” Tour to Alva’s Showroom,  1417 W. 8th St., Sunday, September 29. Showtime: 4pm. Tickets are $20. Info: (310) 833-7538 or visit https://alvasshowroom.com/event/diana-rein/. Rein recently celebrated the release of her new album Queen Of My Castle (on Gulf Coast Records) with a sold-out concert at The Historic Merc in Temecula, […]

Larry ‘Fuzzy’ Knight’s Blowin’ Smoke Revue Featuring the Fabulous Smokettes

Larry ‘Fuzzy’ Knight’s Blowin’ Smoke Revue  Featuring the Fabulous Smokettes

The Blowin’ Smoke Rhythm & Blues Band featuring the Fabulous SMOKETTES are back….at Harvelle’s, 1432 4th St., Downtown Santa Monica on Saturday Night, September 21. For Blues and R&B afficiandos, this is a ‘can’t miss’ show. Featuring the searing guitar paying by Dave Raven Rutchinski and a four-horn section, bass by bandleader, Larry ‘Fuzzy’ Knight, […]

Renowned Soul-Blues Singer Billy Price Presents: A Tribute To Roy Buchanan Featuring Special Guests

Renowned Soul-Blues Singer Billy Price Presents:  A Tribute To Roy Buchanan Featuring Special Guests

 Renowned soul-blues singer Billy Price, presents a Tribute To Roy Buchanan featuring an array of special guest musicians,  at The Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Sunday, September 22. 7:30pm. Tickets are $25. Info: (703) 549-7500 or visit http://www.birchmere.com. Price was the vocalist on two of the late Buchanan’s albums, That’s What I’m Here For and Live Stock. Among the Special […]

SoundSlave Headlines for Chris Cornell Music Therapy Program

SoundSlave Headlines for Chris Cornell Music Therapy Program

Chris Cornell: talented, creative, a legendary artist and tortured soul.  A fighter who battled years of abuse, depression and torment. His struggle eventually pushed him to the brink. He could not take another day and ultimately, and still incredibly hard believe, he died by sucide May 18, 2017. This past July, on the birthday of […]

BUSH – Live and Our Lady Peace

BUSH – Live and Our Lady Peace

also known as OLP, a Canadian rock band from Toronto Ontario, started out the night performing some of their well-known songs like “Innocent”, “Somewhere Out There” which is one of my personal favorites and “Starseed”. You can’t help but to immerse yourself into the music and enjoy the moment with the crowd as you prepared […]

Hootie & The Blowfish “IMPERFECT CIRCLE” Set for Release

Hootie & The Blowfish “IMPERFECT CIRCLE” Set for Release

As a summer of sold-out shows celebrated by fans and critics alike nears its celebratory three-night U.S. finale in Columbia, S.C., the band Billboard praises as “back and better than ever” will continue the excitement into the fall with today’s announcement of Imperfect Circle, the first new album from Hootie & the Blowfish in nearly 15 years. Due out November […]