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T5 music presents Besnard Lakes

Laura Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:24:35 +0000

Take 5 presents live music guest Besnard Lakes. The Montreal natives will be in Toronto tonight playing at the Horseshoe.

John Brower on the Future of Music

Laura Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:16:21 +0000

In addition to a 40 plus year career as a music promoter for some of the biggest acts in Rock and Roll, John Brower is also the man who brought The Toronto Rock and Roll Revival to Varsity Stadium at the University of Toronto, which featured the historic appearance of John Lennon and Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band. Torontonians of a certain age will also remember John for the incredible array of acts he brought to the Rock Pile club, as well as the likes of Janis Joplin, David-Clayton Thomas with BS&T to Alice Cooper and Grand Funk Railroad, The Doors, The Seeds, Jimi Hendrix and The Jefferson Airplane. John Brower joins us for a look back at his remarkable career, the music scene that he began in and where he sees things now and in the future.

Desi music flourishes at the Canadian Music Week

Laura Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:07:03 +0000

One of the themes at this year’s Canadian Music Week is “Spotlight on India”. CMW delegates will get an insider’s look at the world’s second fastest-growing economy (behind China) through panels and one-on-one meetings. As the world’s second most populous country, the fourth largest purchasing power, and a music market worth $370 million dollars, India has proven to be a thriving industry with enormous growth potential. Sathish Bala or SatsB is the CEO of BlueBand Musiq which has been exposing new desi music across Canada for over 10 years. Blue Band is also the host of desiFest – the largest South Asian concert in Canada and are the producers of “Spotlight on India”. Sats B joins us to talk about the burgeoning South Asian scene.

Liz Janik on the Future of Radio

Laura Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:58:49 +0000

Liz Janik has had a diverse and exciting career in radio. From the legendary ‘Spirit of Radio’ days of the fledgling CFNY-FM in Toronto, where she was on air as a free-form music programmer to helping clients successfully start up new stations, launch new formats, and turn around a struggling station’s performance. Liz has seen it all. She is a contributing editor to American and Canadian trade publications, with articles on programming and research and was nominated twice by readers of Billboard Magazine for the ‘Modern Rock Consultant of the Year’ award. She is currently President of Janik Media, a division of Media Mix Inc. Liz joins us this morning to talk about her career and the future of radio.

New Technology Changing Media Landscape

Laura Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:52:42 +0000

The speed that new technologies become part of our everyday life has as much an impact on the way we now consume traditional media such as radio, television, newspapers and magazines as the new technologies themselves. Multi platform media, social networking and emerging technologies will be on the minds of many of the delegates at CMW this week and the focus of some of the panel discussions. Pierre C. Bélanger is a full professor with the Department of Communication, at the University of Ottawa, and is an expert in areas of Canadian media industries, telecommunications and sociology of technical innovation. He joins us to discuss the impact of new technology on the Canadian media landscape.

Canadian Music Week is underway!

Laura Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:45:50 +0000

Canadian Music Week (CMW) is under way and Take5 is broadcasting live from the Royal York Hotel… Now in its 28th year, Canadian Music Week has grown to become one of Canada’s largest and most influential media and music conferences. With more than 2,000 national and international delegates attending, it brings together music industry professionals participating in conferences, award shows, & one of Canada’s biggest “New Music” festivals Canadian Music Fest. This year, the live performance portion will run from Mar. 10-15 and features 700 artists at 45 venues over 5 nights. Bessie Bullard is the Communications Director for Canadian Music Week and joins us to talk about the highlights of this year’s events.

Take 5 Music presents Kellylee Evans

Will Campbell — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:32:46 +0000

A recording of a life performance at CIUT by Ottawa singer-songwriter Kellylee Evans.

In conversation with Alt. Radio’s David Barsamian

Will Campbell — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:30:36 +0000

David Barsamian is the award winning founder and director of Alternative Radio, the independent weekly series based in Boulder, Colorado which presents information and perspectives that are ignored or distorted in the corporate-controlled media. The one-hour program is broadcast on public radio stations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries. His interviews and articles appear in The Progressive, The Nation, Z and other journals and magazines. He is the winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU’s Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Award and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes. Alternative Radio airs every Thursday morning at 11 am on CIUT. We spoke to David recently about why an alternative perspective in broadcasting is more important today, than ever. We’ll revisit that discussion.

Magic and family in novel set on Anishnawbe reserve

Will Campbell — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:26:47 +0000

Motorcycles and Sweetgrass, the new novel by Drew Hayden Taylor is a story of magic, family, a mysterious stranger – and a band of marauding raccoons. Otter Lake is a sleepy Anishnawbe community where little happens. Until the day a handsome stranger pulls up astride a 1953 Indian Chief motorcycle, and turns Otter Lake completely upside down. Maggie, the reserve’s chief, is swept off her feet, but Virgil, her teenage son, is less than enchanted. Suspicious of the stranger’s intentions, he teams up with his uncle Wayne – a master of aboriginal martial arts – to drive the stranger from the Reserve. And it turns out that the raccoons are willing to lend a hand. Drew Hayden Taylor joins us live in studio for more on his book.

New site lets parents talk online

Will Campbell — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:04 +0000

WhereParentsTalk.com is a newly-launched Canadian website with the goal of helping Canadian parents navigate the often baffling and scary role of parenthood. It’s Canada’s first online community created for parents by parents. Chock full of the latest news, trends and parenting information in multimedia platforms, WhereParentsTalk assists parents of babies to teens and includes advice from medical and child-care experts, recipe demonstrations and a section devoted to dads. The cornerstone of the website is WhereParentsTalk TV: online webisodes featuring co-founders and award-winning parenting DVD producers Lianne Castelino and Andrea Howick which features interviews, recipes and bite-sized tips for today’s busy parents. Lianne and Andrea join us to discuss.