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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On – decades of Indigenous music and activism finally gets the recognition it deserves

posted Wednesday, February 8, 2023

by: in Activism, Film, Music

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On is a joyous, challenging account of this cultural and musical icon Buffy Sainte Marie’s lifelong commitment to music, and sharing the truth. Buffy shares her own story from her early love of music to the activism she continues to this day, despite her career being suppressed because of it. Additional […]

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Outrave – Exploring the Queer & POC Roots of Electronic Dance Music

posted Sunday, February 5, 2023

by: in Music, Queer, Streaming Online, Toronto

The pilot episode of OUTRAVE focuses on Toronto‘s queer community and their contributions to raves and electronic music in the city from the 1980s until today. It premieres on Revry February 5th, 2023. From the origins of house to today’s massive global rave culture, it’s always more than a party as Outrave explores the connections between […]

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Spotify Launches ‘GLOW’ – New Equity Program Celebrating and Amplifying LGBTQIA+ Artists, Creators, and Community

posted Wednesday, February 1, 2023

by: in Music, Queer, Streaming Online

Music and culture have long been shaped by the LGBTQIA+ community: on stage, behind the scenes, and in culture overall. Committed to using the power of Spotify’s platform to elevate, uplift and spotlight voices that have been historically marginalized, they’re launching GLOW – a new global music program developed to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. GLOW […]

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Happy FKN Sunshine – two small town siblings embark on a music career

posted Monday, January 30, 2023

by: in Film, Music, Streaming Online

Happy FKN Sunshine tells the story of Ronnie Weston (Mattea Brotherton) and her brother Will (Matt Close) who live in a one mill town. When the mill workers go on strike, the future for their family looks bleak. Fortunately, Ronnie has found a brisk business selling weed. When Will wants to start a band, Ronnie […]

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I Heard Sarah – a rock and roll love triangle that includes fame, addiction, and recovery

posted Friday, January 27, 2023

by: in Film, Music, Streaming Online

I Heard Sarah tells the story of young troubled rock star, Ian Ford, who busts out of a court mandated rehab and goes on the run to his hometown where he and he best friend had started their first band. While Ian’s been touring and living a high life the past six years, his former […]

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Le Tigre announces first international tour in almost two decades, including three Canadian dates

posted Friday, January 27, 2023

by: in Lesbian, Music, Queer, Toronto

Le Tigre (Kathleen Hanna, JD Samson, and Johanna Fateman) will bring their joyous, experimental post-riot grrrl antics and conceptual multimedia performance to stages across the globe this summer for the first time in 18 years, reuniting at a time when we need them the most. The beloved trio will kick off their North American leg at the […]

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Queer Music Social – Indie Music Event for 2SLGBTQIA+ Artists – January 26, 2023 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, January 25, 2023

by: in Featured Events, Music, Queer

Toronto’s music scene is gaining a new outlet for Queer musicians come January 26, 2023 with the inaugural QUEER MUSIC SOCIAL presented by pop musician Cory Stewart. Featuring a lineup of some of the city’s top Queer talent including Michelle Mondesir, IAMREBELWILL, Tafari Anthony and Stewart, QUEER MUSIC SOCIAL will provide a platform outside of Pride celebrations for […]

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Dust Bowl Fairies – a mix of klezmer and vaudeville creates a mystical mystery with a queer twist

posted Tuesday, January 24, 2023

by: in Music, Queer

Dust Bowl Faeries are a Hudson Valley NY collective of odd lovelies who have put together a new EP entitled Carnival Dust. Now, most folks think of carnivals as being a good time, but there’s an underbelly there – an air of mystery, a hint of something sinister, something peculiar. It’s that duality that attracts […]

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French Queer pop/rock band Hyphen Hyphen release new album, C’est La Vie

posted Friday, January 20, 2023

by: in Music, Queer

Queer Pop/Rock Band Hyphen Hyphen reveals Own God, a new extract from their new album C’est la Vie to be released on January 20, 2023 via Parlophone France. The album also features Call My Name, Don’t Wait For Me, and Too Young. HYPHEN HYPHEN is composed by Santa, Line and Adam. The European band has had […]

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Vancouver Folk Music Festival Won’t Be Returning in 2023

posted Thursday, January 19, 2023

by: in Music, Vancouver

Founded in 1978, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival has been a unique community-based celebration internationally renowned for presenting the finest traditional and contemporary folk and roots music from around the world. As a non-profit operation, the festival has always relied upon ticket sales, member-donations, and community fundraising to cover the costs of producing their annual […]

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