Before the Ultimate Fighting Championship puts on its second Ontario show Dec. 10, the promotion invited fans to meet some of the league’s stars in person. Jake Shields, Clay Guida, Melvin Guillard and Carlos Newton were just some of the fighters who made appearances over the weekend at the two-day Toronto Fan Expo.
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“It’s Ludicrous how we disturbing the peace” raps Toronto rhymer Price on the latest off his Light Work mixtape. Over two verses on “Ears to the Streets” Price proves he’ll soon be among the elite hip-hop acts coming up on the Canadian scene in 2012.
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It’s not uncommon for Hawksley to drop multiple records in a single year. Over his decade-plus on the scene, he’s released 13 studio albums and produced more than three dozen more for artists ranging from Tegan and Sara to Great Big Sea.
Despite the recent success of homegrown artists and entertainers from Drake, Justin Bieber and Nickelback to Ellen Page, Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen, a poll finds Canadians are one of the least cool nations on the planet.
“Basically I was discovered ‘cause of the internet. But you come to L.A. with a little bit of heat on you and people blow smoke up your ass,” says Jon Lajoie. “You have to take it all with a grain of salt.”
In this MartyrTV exclusive, Ryan Guldemond and Jasmin Parker (keys, vox) of Mother Mother explain why the Quadra Island, BC, collective remains as quaint today as a small town and as close as a family.
Chronicling the experiences of one of this country’s greatest “scribblers” – novelist, essayist, journalist, and screenwriter, Mordecai Richler – would seem an enviable task for a contemporary Canadian author.
It’s was 9:30 p.m. on a Thursday night, I think. My interview with Bach had been scheduled for something like six hours before, but when I couldn’t reach through to his line in New Jersey, Bach’s publicist told me to “just keep trying.” I did.
Over a 20-year career, Evidence has used metaphor most often as his narrative tool of choice. With his sophomore offering, a follow-up to The Weatherman LP, the prolific rapper has cooked up an auditory hurricane.
Somali-Canadian rapper K’Naan has been quiet in terms of new projects since the release of Troubadour. But the inspirational 34-year-old singer, poet and activist is back with a five-track EP entitled More Beautiful Than Silence.
When I asked Ben Caplan during the Southern Ontario stop on the Canadian leg of his recent tour, how it’s been going since his new album came out, his response was curt: “I’ve been touring like a mother fucker!”
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