Category: Canada | Page 3

For a relatively sparsely populated country, Canada is often lauded for having an outsized cultural footprint in comedy, film, and, of course, music. Essentially – a reputation for punching above our weight creatively. There’s evidence that our cultural footprint has been growing for some time now – some based on metrics such as royalties, which […]

We are stoked about our partnership with Canada’s beloved national talent search CBC MUSIC’S TOYOTA SEARCHLIGHT this year.  Submissions kicked off Monday, April 19th, so artists of Canada – what are you waiting for?! Head on over to cbc.ca/searchlight  right now to submit an original song for your chance to win an amazing prize package […]

Last week, Team Play MPE scored the exclusive to distribute Searchlight 2020 winner Shawnee Kish’s brand new single “Got It Bad” to tastemakers across Canada and beyond…  Our very own David Gurtina was lucky enough to speak with Shawnee at length about the Searchlight 2020 experience, her brand new single “Got it Bad” and much […]

There is a good deal of lore surrounding Alberta’s Banff Centre For The Arts and its creative heritage. There are the Indigenous stories, songs and traditions that surround the area, located in the Rockies on the side of Tunnel Mountain – known as “iniskim’ the ‘sitting buffalo’ or “big buffalo rock” in Blackfoot – a […]

Pro PR Tips from Strut Entertainment’s Samantha Pickard For Samantha Pickard, Founder and President of Toronto-based Strut Entertainment, success, personally and professionally, is about helping people achieve their dreams. Period. “Helping people, helping artists get to where they need to go, I love doing that. It’s the really exciting part of the work we do.” […]

In this age of renewed appreciation for our communities at large, and recognition of available resources, we take the opportunity to spotlight some of the many organizations and support  available to musicians throughout Canada. Notably, a $100,000 fund has been announced in a partnership between The National Arts Centre and Facebook.  The fund aims to […]