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Beyonce breaks all-time Grammy wins record
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Grammys 2023: The best and worst moments from this year’s awards
Beyonce accepts the award for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for "Renaissance" during the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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Beyoncé makes history at Grammy Awards; Harry Styles wins album of the year
US musician Beyonce accepts the award for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for "Renaissance." during the 65th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 5, 2023. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Drake, Michael Bublé among early Grammy winners
Drake did not submit his 2022 album "Honestly, Nevermind" to the Grammys, but he still managed to pick up three nominations this year for collaborations with other performers. Drake leaves the court after the first half of NBA basketball action between Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets in Toronto on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Documentary on MuchMusic’s rise to debut at SXSW Film Festival
Spectators hold up their mobile phones during a performance by 5 Seconds of Summer at the iHeartRadio MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVA) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 26, 2018. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill
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With Queen of Me, Shania Twain wants you to wake up feeling like a rock star
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Toronto hardcore group finds pop-rock salvation
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It’s a long sad farewell to 20th-century rock heroes and the vanishing world they represent
Tom Verlaine, center left, and Television perform at Rough Trade NYC, in New York, Nov. 29, 2013. Verlaine, whose band Television was one of the most influential to emerge from the New York punk rock scene, died in Manhattan on Jan. 28, 2023. He was 73. From left: Fred Smith, Tom Verlaine, Billy Ficca and Jimmy Rip. (Brian Harkin/The New York Times)
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Beyonce announces Renaissance world tour with stops in Toronto, Vancouver
FILE - Beyoncé appears at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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Shakeup could save 2023 Vancouver Folk Festival, but board president warns long-term fixes needed
Vancouver Folk Music Festival at Jericho Beach Park, Vancouver, BC Canada. Handout
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2023 Juno Award nominees announced, the Weeknd tops list with six nods
The Weeknd performs during The After Hours Til Dawn Global Stadium Tour at Mercedes Benz Stadium on Aug. 11, 2022, in Atlanta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul R. Giunta-Invision-AP
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The nuanced music series New World Beat is well worth watching, if you can find it
Host Lydia Persaud interviews James Baley. film stills from the documentary New World Beat
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Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for ‘Money,’ dies at 81
FILE - Motown's Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004. Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died. He was 81. His death was announced Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, by the Motown Museum. (AP Photos/Louis Lanzano, File)
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Guitarist Tom Verlaine, influential co-founder of Television, dies at 73
FILE Ñ Tom Verlaine of Television, on stage at The Bowery in Manhattan on May 18, 2006. Verlaine, whose band Television was one of the most influential to emerge from the New York punk rock scene, died in Manhattan on Jan. 28, 2023. He was 73. (Rahav Segev/The New York Times)
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Historical rock opera Vigilante remounts as unplugged concert experience in Edmonton
Edmonton-based theatre company Catalyst is remounting its 2015 production of “Vigilante" as an unplugged concert experience. A scene from the production is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-David Cooper *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Maestro Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra into Toronto for the final time as music director
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti Conductor David Fray Piano
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Live Nation executive apologizes for Taylor Swift concert ticket debacle
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Chris Stapleton to sing national anthem at Super Bowl; Babyface to perform ‘America the Beautiful’
FILE - Babyface performs at the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 26, 2022. The R&B legend will perform “America the Beautiful” while country singer Chris Stapleton will sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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Singer Michelle Willis on the ‘joy of knowing’ late David Crosby
David Crosby of the band Crosby, Stills and Nash, performs at Glastonbury Festival in England, on June 27, 2009. Crosby died Wednesday at 81 years old.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Joel Ryan
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After Ticketmaster’s terrible year, this is how the concert business can be redeemed
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Eyeing reinvention, live classical performances embrace the unexpected
Esprit Nagata Shachu Photo Malcolm Cook. Esprit Orchestra music director Alex Pauk
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Winterruption Festival brings musical reprieve in dark Prairies winter
Tipis Full Park Outdoor. images from previous years' Winterruptions in Saskatoon, photo credit is Barbara Reimer.
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Vancouver Folk Music Festival scraps 2023 edition, and may face permanent cancellation
People listen to the sound check prior to the start of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival at Jericho Beach in Vancouver, B.C., on July 13, 2017. Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail.
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Country singer Tenille Townes, Punjabi rapper AP Dhillon added to Juno performers
Tenille Townes performs at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Country singer Tenille Townes is among the latest performers added to this year's Juno Awards in Edmonton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Madonna unveils Canadian dates in 2023 tour
FILE - Madonna speaks at the MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on Sept. 12, 2021, in New York. Madonna will launch a new tour through North America and Europe this summer that will be include 38 songs in the Billboard Hot 100. The 35-city tour will kick off on July 15 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia with stops in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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AI tools like ChatGPT and Lensa are spreading like wildfire online, fuelling ethics debates
Katrina Ingram, CEP of Ethically Aligned AI, at home in Edmonton, Alberta on Monday, December 19, 2022. Amber Bracken The Globe and Mail ***Multiple exposure image made in camera***
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He performed at Harry and Meghan’s wedding, and now cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is coming to the TSO
Sheku Kanneh-Mason 6 credit Jake Turney
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In Fall on Your Knees stage adaptation, music captures the spirit of life in Cape Breton
Janelle Cooper, right, leads the cast of Fall On Your Knees through a musical number during a rehearsal for the show in Toronto, Friday, January 6, 2023. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)
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Saskatchewan singer rubbed shoulders with showbiz giants
Singer Pat Steel, undated. Courtesy of the Family
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National classical and opera calendar includes an opera about Apple, poetry by Atwood and a rare visit by the Chicago Symphony
AUSTIN, TX - FEBRUARY 1, 2022 - Austin Opera presents the Texas Premiere of Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at The Long Center. production shots of Calgary Opera's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
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Robbie Bachman, co-founder and drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, dies at 69
Randy Bachman (right) holds the Juno as Robbie Bachman videotapes a closeup of the trophy after being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards in Winnipeg, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Robbie Bachman, co-founder and drummer of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died at 69, representatives for his brother Randy confirm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Joni Mitchell to receive Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
FILE - Joni Mitchell arrives at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas. The 78-year-old music legend will perform on June 10 at the Gorge Amphitheatre, a venue in Washington state. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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Jeff Beck, guitar virtuoso who influenced generations, dies at 78
FILE PHOTO: Musician Jeff Beck performs with actor Johnny Depp (not pictured) during the Helsinki Blues Festival in Helsinki, Finland, June 19, 2022. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. FINLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN FINLAND./File Photo
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My son’s determination taught me a valuable lesson about parenting
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Displaced Ukrainian pianist holding concerts in Canada to build back Kharkiv Arts University
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The unsinkable Céline Dion fuels an off-Broadway sensation of Titanique proportions
4 -The cast of Titanique at Daryl Roth Theatre (c) Chad David Kraus.jpeg TITANIQUE Reopens at Daryl Roth Theatre Nov 20 New York City December 2022