East Coast rapper Classified's 22 date Cross-Canada Tour wrapped up in Vancouver last Thursday (April 21). The tour was in support of his new album "Hand Shakes And Middle Fingers" which was released through Sony Music Entertainment Canada on March 22, 2011. Classified garnered plenty of press during this tour, here's a few of the highlights in Western Canada:
* Winnipeg Free Press
* Calgary Herald
* SEE Magazine
* Pique NewsMagazine
* Nanaimo Bulletin *
Shore 104.3 FM Launches Song Search 2011!
This past Friday, Vancouver radio station Shore 104.3 FM announced the kick off to Song Search 2011 and invited musicians from all across British Columbia to submit their best song to be considered in the 2011 Song Search contest. The Shore 104.3FM Song Search is a contest open to emerging artists in the province of B.C. and focuses on the roots of great songwriting. B.C. musicians have exactly one month to get their songs in for Song Search 2011. Submissions are now being accepted and contest submissions will close on Sunday, May 1st at 11:59 PM. For full contest details, updates & additional information visit the Shore 104.3 FM website!
Mike Edel on A-Channel News
Fritz Media client Mike Edel will be performing tonight at Lucky Bar in Victoria! It's his official album release party in his current hometown of Victoria and should be a packed house, so if you're planning on going make sure you get there early. The show is an early one, doors open at 8 PM and you can get your ticket at the door for 15 bucks. Mike will also be selling copies of his new album "The Last Of Our Mountains", so don't forget to bring some extra pocket change. Oh and in case you missed it, Mike was on A-Channel News at 5 last night in a fun, feature interview with entertainment reporter, Adam Sawatsky. The interview takes place in a tree! Check it out!
Brand New Foo Fighters Song!
The Foo Fighters highly anticipated new album "Wasting Light" will be released through Sony Music Canada on April 12, 2011. To get fans a bit fired up, The Foo's released a video for the song "White Limo" over a week ago, which features the band riding around town in a limo driven by Lemmy from Motorhead. The song proved to be very much on the heavier side of things for the band and had fans wondering if this was the direction The Foos were headed in for the new album. And then just this afternoon, The Foo's released "Rope" - the first single from "Wasting Light" - to Canadian radio. Upon first listen is definitely classic Foo Fighters and seems no heavier than usual. But what do you think? Giv'er a spin!