Richard Trapunski
Journalist and Editor at Freelance
Digital Editor and Music Journalist, Billboard Canada at Billboard
Digital Editor & music journalist @billboardca. | Expert on music, culture, business, tech. | Reach me at [email protected]
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3 days ago |
billboard.com | Richard Trapunski
REZZMAU5 – the collaboration between REZZ and deadmau5 – shouldn’t work as well as it does. “We produce in two totally different ways,” says Joel Zimmerman, the man behind deadmau5. “I am so old school and she is so new school.” Both artists hail from Niagara Falls, Ontario, and both are known for their innovative production, DIY ethos and big-stage spectacle.
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6 days ago |
billboard.com | Chris Eggertsen |Richard Trapunski |Stefano Rebuli
The Billboard Summit is launching in Canada with a global superstar who made history in the country. Diljit Dosanjh will be a special speaker at the event, which will launch at NXNE in Toronto’s TIFF Lightbox on June 11, 2025. The record-setting artist made history with his Dil-Luminati tour last year, with his stadium concerts at Vancouver’s BC Place and Toronto’s Rogers Centre going down as the biggest ever Punjabi music events outside of India.
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6 days ago |
ca.billboard.com | Richard Trapunski
Rising pop singer and social media luminary Alicia Moffet has released her new album No, I'm Not Crying, her first on Montreal label Cult Nation, home of international star Charlotte Cardin. Listen to the song "Fake," which was inspired by an ill-advised night Moffet had reading a Reddit thread about herself. They're not the only Canadian artists delivering anticipated new albums this week.
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1 week ago |
ca.billboard.com | Richard Trapunski
FYI Serving as Awards show host for the final time is veteran country star Jason McCoy (The Road Hammers), who has assumed that role since 2014. Owen Riegling leads the awards nominations with six, followed by Andrew Hyatt, Elyse Saunders and Tebey with four nominations each. See the full nominations list here. Tickets for the awards and festival events here.
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1 week ago |
billboard.com | Richard Trapunski |Mitchell Peters
OVO Fest will be back in summer 2025. Drake made the announcement while making a surprise guest appearance at Central Cee‘s concert in Toronto Saturday (May 24) at History. “I’ll see you this summer, by the way” Drake said to the crowd, while congratulating the British rapper on his success.
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