The Polaris Music Prize has launched a new project, the Polaris Cover Sessions. The Cover Sessions project invites past Polaris Short List nominees to visit Revolution Recording Studios and record a cover song by another past Polaris Short List nominee. AUX TV is filming each recording session to create a video to debut on the…
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Rixton The Broken Heart Tour
Rixton – Rio Theatre – August 18, 2014On Monday, Manchester based pop/R&B quartet, Rixton made a stop on their The Broken Heart Tour in Vancouver at the Rio Theatre. The up and coming band has grown beyond its YouTube origins to score their first UK #1 and now headline their first North American tour. The…
Tower Of Song take Leonard Cohen on the road.
The songs of Leonard Cohen are perhaps some of the most covered around the world, demonstrating the love of the Canadian poet, singer/singerwriter’s music. Covering Cohen’s works is not an easy task due to his own unique style, but Victoria-based songwriters and musicians Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone were up for the challenge, forming the…
You Tube Star of the Month – June 2011
I stumbled upon this months sensational video from seeing a random tweet about a cover of Adele’s – Someone Like You by Eli Lieb. As it turns out there are a lot of great Adele covers online, amazingly mostly from men. So this month the YouTube star is really Adele who has inspired so many…
YouTube Star Of The Month – May 2011
This months YouTube star isn’t as prolific as some others on YouTube but has a great voice and I’m sure a great future if he pursues it. May I present one of my favourites from Brandon Webman
Desert Island Discs – Disc 6
(Read disc 1, disc 2, disc 3 disc 4, disc 5) Stereophonics – Just Enough Education to Perform This was a difficult decision. The Stereophonics are one of my favourite bands, so choosing just one of their albums really made me think about them in depth. This 2001 release was their third studio album and…