Toyota Searchlight 2021 Winner Jhyve Releases “Play Safe”
The winner of Toyota Searchlight 2021 – Jhyve – has just released a brand new single – “Play Safe”! For the past few years, Play MPE has partnered up with CBC Music for Toyota Searchlight. Searchlight is one of the top competitions for discovering the new talent bursting forth from the Canadian music scene. Last […]
A Conversation with Artist Managers Nancy Tunick & Joelle May
It’s a question every band needs to answer once they get out of the garage and into the spotlight. Do you really need a manager? Is there a reason why someone outside of the group needs to be included in decisions that affect you? If so, how do you find someone who can help? […]
The 2021 Polaris Music Prize Winner – Cadence Weapon’s Parallel World!
Hey there music lovers! Huge news in the Canadian music sphere (nay, the world!) The Polaris Music Prize has just announced their Grand Prize winning album as Cadence Weapon’s Parallel World! The Winner Celebration took place last night at CBC Toronto’s Studio 211, hosted by CBC Music’s Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe. It included performances by 2020 Grand Prize […]
Polaris Music Prize – Short List Announced!
Hey Canada! Hey world! The Polaris Music Prize has officially revealed their Short List of awesome Canadian talent. A huge congratulations to all of the artists, what a group! What’s especially exciting is that one of these ten stellar artists will not only take home the Polaris Music Prize but this year they will also […]
Punching Above Our Weight
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 […]
Play MPE Partners with Canada’s Beloved National Talent Search CBC MUSIC’S TOYOTA SEARCHLIGHT!
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 […]
We’ve “Got it Bad” for Shawnee Kish!!
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 […]