CMW Spotlight: Mauvey at Dakota Taven Sat Jun 11 2022

Will McGuirk June 10, 2022

By Will McGuirk

Riding on the purple reign of his latest single ‘The King” Vancity-based trap-hop artist Mauvey will feature at the Paquin Showcase Saturday at the Dakota Tavern.

Mauvey has a global reach and influence in his tracks, being born in Ghana, but growing up in Britain, and now based in Vancouver. There are tinges of high-life, hiphop, EDM, a Tyler The Creator alt-popness, with a subtle but intense anger along the lines of the grime rapper Bob Vylan. His ‘The Florist’ mixtape dropped in 2021 is available for a listen below the visualizer for ‘The King’.

Crown Lands kicks off 40th annual Canadian Music Week, runs Jun 7 - 11

Will McGuirk June 7, 2022

By Will McGuirk

Oshawa’s post-prog duo Crown Lands lead the line-up at this week’s celebration of forty years of the Canadian Music Week. The CMW takes place in various locations across Toronto, with Crown Lands playing tonight (Tues Jun 7 2022) at the Phoenix, along with openers BRKN Love, and Sam Coffey and the Iron Lung.

Over the course of the week scores of acts will perform at twenty venues including Bif Naked, Birds of Bellwoods, Bran Van 3000, Coeur de Pirate, Excuses Excuses, The Glorious Sons, Haviah Mighty, Mauve, Protest The Hero, Sam Jr. (featuring members of Broken Social Scene and the Sam Roberts Band), SATE, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Texas King, and The Watchmen.

CMW will also host award shows at the El Mocambo: The Canadian Sync Awards on June 9: the Live Music Industry Awards on June 10; The INDIES on June 11.

For more information, tickets and wristbands link here.

Meghan Patrick, Robyn Ottolini win at 2022 CMAOntario Awards

Will McGuirk June 7, 2022

By Will McGuirk

Big hearty congrats to Slowcity pals Robyn Ottolini and Meghan Patrick on their great successes at the 10th Annual CMAOntario, held Sunday Jun 5 2022 in London, ON. Meghan won Album of the Year ‘Heart on my Glass’ , Female Artist of the Year, and Compass Award, while Robyn, who co-hosted, won Music Video of the Year for ‘F150’, and Record of the Year, produced by Erik Fintelman and Mark Schroor