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2 weeks ago | 
ca.billboard.com | Richard Trapunski |Rosie Long Decter |Yasmine Seck
Also this week, DJ/production duo The Halluci Nation (formerly A Tribe Called Red) release Path Of The Baby Face, featuring a guest turn from Bret 'The Hitman' Hart. Other notable releases this week include Indigenous artist Digawolf with Trapline, much-talked about singer-songwriter Bells Larsen with Blurring Time, and singer-songwriter Braden Lam with The Cloudmaker's Cry).
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2 months ago | 
ca.billboard.com | Rosie Long Decter |Richard Trapunski |Yasmine Seck |Kerry Doole
MusicSaya Gray is making a name for herself. The California-based, Toronto alt-pop artist has been a musical director for artists like Daniel Caesar and Willow Smith. Now, her new debut album SAYA (released on MARION MURATA in Canada) is turning heads, combining eclectic production and arrangements with cool songwriting.
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2 months ago | 
ca.billboard.com | Richard Trapunski |Rosie Long Decter |Yasmine Seck |Kerry Doole
MusicIn Fresh Sounds Canada, Billboard Canada puts you on to the must-hear songs of the week by artists on the rise and those about to break. Here's what we're listening to this week. Saya Gray, “LIE DOWN..”Saya Gray is making a name for herself. The California-based, Toronto alt-pop artist has been a musical director for artists like Daniel Caesar and Willow Smith.
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2 months ago | 
ca.billboard.com | Yasmine Seck |Rosie Long Decter
Rappers from France are also turning their focus toward North America, viewing Quebec as a vital stepping stone to the United States. With its cultural richness and diverse influences, French rap has transformed into a global force, and many artists are now pushing beyond Europe’s borders. With hip-hop reigning as a dominant genre in the U.S., Quebec has become an ideal springboard for artists looking to extend their reach.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
ca.billboard.com | Rosie Long Decter |Richard Trapunski |Kerry Doole |Yasmine Seck
ConcertsCity and Colour will celebrate 20 years of Sometimes at Toronto's Budweiser Stage this summer. The folk project and alter ego of Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green is marking two decades of his debut album, which went double platinum and launched the trajectory of Canadian indie label Dine Alone. On June 20, Green will perform the album front to back in an intimate acoustic set.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
ca.billboard.com | Richard Trapunski |Rosie Long Decter |Kerry Doole |Yasmine Seck
The rest of the summer is a mix of previously announced Canadian shows in late July and early August and yet another run of U.S. gigs in Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Neward, Baltimore, Raleigh, Nashville, Atlanta and Tampa, winding down on August 23 at Keseya Center in Miami. After that, Perry heads down to South America and then back to Europe in the fall for a run currently slated to wrap up on Nov. 5 at the Accor Arena in Paris.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
ca.billboard.com | Yasmine Seck |Rosie Long Decter
Freakey! is one of Montreal’s best-kept secrets. Hailing from the St-Léonard and Repentigny areas, the producer has been quietly building an impressive career in the shadows. He’s crafted beats for global heavyweights like U.S. star Don Toliver (on his gold album Heaven or Hell), Belgium’s Hamza and French rapper La Fève – artists on the upper echelons of international hip-hop scenes. He’s also a regular collaborator for Canadian artists making waves including Toronto’s KILLY and Quebec’s Lost.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
billboard.com | Ashley Iasimone |Yasmine Seck
How will The Eras Tour end? Here on Dec. 6, 2024, on a Friday night in Vancouver — home of Taylor Swift‘s final three Eras shows (Nos. 150-152, for those counting) — we’re among about 60,000 kindred spirits at BC Place. “You and I, we’re about to go on a little adventure,” Swift, in a bedazzled blue-and-gold Lover bodysuit, teases the crowd. “That adventure is gonna span 18 years of music, and we’re gonna be doing this one era at a time.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
ca.billboard.com | Yasmine Seck |Steve Knopper
There’s a golden opportunity for Montreal artists on the global stage. At local venues and at festivals like M for Montreal, which wrapped up last month, many have noticed a new wave of Montreal rap – an electrifying scene that is gaining momentum with audiences overseas. The city’s cultural richness – where French, English, Creole and local slang converge – has always defined its unique hip-hop style.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
ca.billboard.com | Yasmine Seck |Michael Saponara
For music fans, there’s more information available about their favourite artists than ever before – and for artists and labels, there's more information about their fans. At this year’s M for Montreal conference, the panel “Leveraging Data for Music Discovery” brought together industry leaders to explore how fan data is revolutionizing the music business.
