Artist Bio: Toronto-based singer-songwriter Matthew Barber returns with his fourth studio album on Feb. 23rd 2010. True Believer is the follow-up to the internationally acclaimed and Juno-nominated record Ghost Notes (2008, Outside Music); Barber enlisted producer Howie Beck (Hayden, Jason Collett) to man the helm. The result has been an artistic alchemy that takes Barber’s trademark melodies to new heights. True Believer is an uplifting record, continuing the trajectory that began with Ghost Notes. Of course there are pensive moments; Barber after all made his name crafting beautiful but heartbreaking “sad” songs on earlier records like Means and ...
Artist Bio: Maurice began in Victoria, British Columbia in parent's basements, community halls, and the bars of Vancouver Island. The young members crafted memorable pop songs mixed with humor, heartbreak, and references to their Western Canadian landscape. These songs caught the ear of David Foster, who was so taken with their sincerity and level of songwriting, that he signed the group to his Warner Brothers imprint, 143 Records. The years that followed were a period of growth for the band; they spent several months writing and recording what would become Young People With Faceswith Producer Matt Hyde. Recording nearly 25 tracks for ...
Artist Bio: She may have started last year under the music radar, but by the end of 2009 chances are you heard something, somewhere, about Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas. Perhaps you read one of the overwhelmingly positive reviews of The Beat Stuff EP, caught her summer performance for the Prime Minister (and several thousand others) on Parliament Hill, or heard her co-written TV jingle that brought Taylor Swift to tears - and to Twitter to say so. Hannah also racked up a CBC bequeathed Bucky Award proclaiming her to be the “Best New Artist” of 2009. eTalk included her in their ‘Ones ...
Artist Bio: Toronto based act BIRDS OF WALES along with Sparks Music recently announced a worldwide licensing deal. The band which was originally conceived by singer/songwriter MORGAN CAMERON ROSS in his hometown of Vancouver has now settled in Toronto. The debut album entitled 'Belgravia Hotel' [a hotel in London where Morgan penned some of the songs] will be released in Canada on APRIL 13 through Sparks/EMI. The project was produced by Jeff Dawson [Daniel Powter] at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver and mixed by Jeff Dawson, Mike Fraser [Aerosmith, Franz Ferdinand] and Mike Gilles [Bryan Adams, Metallica]. Over the last five ...
Artist Bio: Said The Whale formed in 2007 as a collaboration between songwriters Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft. The pair's debut EP, Taking Abalonia, featured sunny west coast indie pop, with breezy harmonies, shimmering guitars, and lyrical tributes to their home city of Vancouver. In 2008, the album was rereleased as Howe Sounds/Talking Abalonia, featuring seven additional tracks that stretched the band's stylistic palate to include bubblegum folk ("The Light Is You"), thundering hard rock ("Last Tree Standing") and gentle ukulele ballads ("The Real of It"). After several personnel changes, the group settled upon a five-piece lineup that included bassist Peter ...
Launched at the beginning of February 2008, With A Bullet is an independent radio promotion company started by Cara Heath. The goal is to provide a strong foundation in traditional radio promotion and add to that a modern approach that capitalizes on all the avenues of promotion now available in the digital landscape. With A Bullet’s focus will be to solidify the relationship between radio and artists but also look for... [Read more]
We’re excited to announce that With A Bullet owner, Cara Heath, will be speaking at this year’s CMW conference on the “Radio Or Not…Here We Come” panel, with other Canadian independent radio promoters, doing what she... [Read more]