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Molly Johnson
Marc Jordan
Since the mid '90s, Canadian singer-songwriter Marc Jordan has released a series of jazz-style records, including the JUNO Award-winning Reckless Valentine. With the release of his twelfth album in 2010, Crucifix In Dreamland, he returned to his pop stylings of the '70s and '80s, but with a fresh contemporary twist.
This latest album reveals that Jordan is singing better than ever! "We cut the record live, and that was an interesting thing for me," he says. "When I started in music in Los Angeles, we used to put guys in a room and cut a record. Then with the changes in technology we started sitting behind computers and doing everything with Mac Pro Tools. With this one, it essentially all happened live on the floor."
Internationally, Marc Jordan is also a sought-after songwriter whose lyrics have been sung by such superstars as Rod Stewart, Josh Groban, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt and Canada's own Molly Johnson!
Hear more about the Marc's career, including his involvement with the acclaimed Lunch At Allen's project and his recent role acting in the movie Score: A Hockey Musical.
1994 - Producer of the Year
2005 - Songwriter of the Year
2005 - Vocal Jazz Album of the Year
2001 - Best Vocal Jazz Album
1992 - Songwriter of the Year
1979 - Most Promising Male Vocalist
Ron Sexsmith
Ron Sexsmith is an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter extraordinaire! With eleven albums to his credit, including his most recent release, Long Player Late Bloomer, he has also written songs for such greats as Rod Stewart, Michael Bublé, K.D. Lang and Nick Lowe.
As Sexsmith explains, "In Canada you can be at the JUNO Awards and then return to your rented house like you've turned back into a pumpkin. There are no stars in Canada. We're all poor indie artists or people like myself who make no more than a living. I'm fine with that. I've never been interested in money which is probably why I don't have any."
From supplementing his income as a courier to garnering accolades from such musical superstars as Bob Dylan, Elton John, Michael Bublé and Elvis Costello, Ron Sexsmith will discuss major influences upon his career, including the JUNO Awards and even the after parties.
2005 - Songwriter of the Year
1998 - Best Roots & Traditional Album
2009 - Adult Alternative Album of the Year
2007 - Adult Alternative Album of the Year
2006 - Roots & Traditional Album of the Year: Group
2005 - Adult Alternative Album of the Year
2004 - Songwriter of the Year
2003 - Songwriter of the Year
2000 - Best Roots & Traditional Album
Lawrence Gowan
With his 80's anthem, "Strange Animal", Scarborough's Lawrence Gowan's 16-year solo career includes six Top Ten songs and several Gold and Platinum albums. Over the years, he's also earned twelve JUNO nominations, 2 JUNO Awards, a Casby award, along with several SOCAN awards.
In 1999, Lawrence has joined the band Styx. As the lead vocalist of one of the greatest rock bands of all time, he's toured extensively across North American and around the world. Not only have Styx tours have been amongst the highest grossing concerts in the USA, the band has played the Superbowl twice!
Don't miss this opportunity to hear about Lawrence Gowan's evolution from being know as just "Gowan", as well as his thoughts on music videos, progressive rock and recently celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Strange Animal album.
1985 - Best Video for "Criminal Mind"
1985 - Best Album Graphics for Strange Animal
1991 - Male Vocalist of the Year
1987 - Male Vocalist of the Year
1987 - Album of the Year for Great Dirty World
1987 - Canadian Entertainer of the Year
1986 - Best Video for "Cosmetics"
1985 - Male Vocalist of the Year
1985 - Album of the Year for "Strange Animal"
1985 - Best Selling Single for "A Criminal Mind"
1985 - Best Video" for "You're a Strange Animal"
1983 - Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year
Steven Page
Steven Page's career as a singer-songwriter-musician began in 1988, performing with Ed Robertson at Nathan Phillips Square and the Horseshoe Tavern. As the band evolved, the Barenaked Ladies went on to win multiple JUNO Awards, several Grammy Award nominations, a World Music Award and numerous other accolades - along with selling more than 12 million albums!
His recently released album, Page One marks Steven Page's first solo release since leaving the highly- successful band he co-founded, wrote and performed with for more than 20 years, Barenaked Ladies. He' s also scored three plays for the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the last 5 years. As Steven explains, "I enjoy the process of being artistic, of taking chances and not knowing what might come next."
Join Steven Page for a candid discussion of his decision to embark on a solo career, along with the many universal themes he explores in Page One, including love, loss and new beginnings. He'll also discuss his passion for environmentalism and "greening" concert tours.
2009 – Best Children’s Album for "Snacktime"
2001 – Best Pop Album for "Maroon"
1999 – Best Pop Album for "Stunt"
1999 – Best Single for "One Week"
1999 – Best Group
1993 – Group of the Year
1993 – Best Group
2001 – Best Album for "Maroon"
2001 – Best Single for "Pinch Me"
2001 – Best Songwriter for "Pinch Me"
Sophie Milman
Russian-born, Toronto-based Sophie Milman is an award-winning jazz singer whose unique style has captivated audiences worldwide. She's performed around the globe, at landmark venues like the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center and New York's Blue Note club, sharing stages with the likes of Chick Corea and the Manhattan Transfer.
With her first two albums being about where she came from and issues of the past, she subsequently took a leap of faith with her third album, Take Love Easy, taking familiar jazz tunes by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington and Antonio Carlos Jobim into new territories and also bringing pop songs Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen and Joni Mitchell into the jazz repertoire. "The title is so different from me - I never take anything easy in my life. Every day I question myself about everything. But I really want to take life easy," she confesses.
The Los Angeles Times raved, "the sky's the limit for this exceptional young talent." Spend your lunch hour with Sophie Milman, hearing about her experience climbing the jazz charts and finding out about her plans for the future.
2008 – Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for "Make Someone Happy"
2006 – Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for "Sophie Milman"
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson's first rose to fame by co-writing the single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1999. Two years later, she released her own debut album Room with a View with chart-topping success in Canada and the United States.
Over the years, she's garnered critical acclaim and commercial success, winning a myriad of awards along the way. In 2003, Johnson went on her first co-headlining tour with Keith Urban. Then after taking a four year hiatus to have a family, she returned with the single "Let Me Introduce Myself," which served as the lead single to her fourth album, Love Rules, released in 2010.
"All in all," says Carolyn Dawn Johnson, "I'd like to think that in my life, love rules." Don't miss hearing about life in Nashville and the diverse career of this talented country music singer-songwriter.
Congratulations for Carolyn Dawn Johnson for her 2011 JUNO Award nomination for Country Album of the Year! Her JUNO-nominated CD, Love Rules is available at HMV in FCP.
2002 - Best Country Artist/Group
2005 - Country Recording of the Year for "Dress Rehearsal"
2001 - Best Country Female Artist
2011- JUNO Award Nomination for Country Album of the Year
Jim Cuddy
Jim Cuddy is a founding member of Blue Rodeo, one of the most successful bands in Canadian music history. Over the past twenty-five years, the pop/country-rock band has recorded 12 studio albums, 2 live albums and a greatest-hits collection - winning 12 JUNO Awards along the way and selling more than 4 million copies around the world! The band has also received a star on Canada's Walk Of Fame.
Still with Blue Rodeo, Jim has also recorded two solo albums projects, including the JUNO Award winning The Light That Guides You Home. With this latest, more personal album, not only does his bittersweet voice sound better than ever, he continues to prove the stellar quality of his songwriting skills.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear Jim muse about the generations of fans affected by his songs and his influence on the history of Canadian music.
2007 - Adult Alternative Album of the Year
1999 – Best Male Vocalist
2007 - Single of the Year
1999 - Best Male Vocalist
1995 - Songwriter of the Year
1994 - SOCAN JUNO For Songwriter of the Year
1991 - Songwriter of the Year
1990 - Composer of the Year
1989 - Composer of the Year
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