The SOCAN Foundation today announced the recipients of the inaugural SiriusXM Black Canadian Music Awards, an award created to recognize and celebrate the artistic merit demonstrated by Black music creators. The five winners will each receive $5,000, made possible by SiriusXM Canada. The five winners are TOBi, Naya Ali,

Internationally-renowned Canadian keyboard player, Michael Fonfara died in a Toronto hospital on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, due to complications from his two-year battle with cancer. He was 74. Born in Stevensville, ON, in 1946, the former Lou Reed keyboardist/bandleader appeared on nine of Reed's albums between 1974 and 2005,

Audible Magic and SOCAN have entered into an agreement to transfer SOCAN's content fulfillment and rights administration business of MediaNet to Audible Magic. Audible Magic is a provider of identification and compliance solutions to social networks hosting user-generated content (UGC). SOCAN is the Canadian performing rights organization. MediaNet says it

The team at Indie Week Canada are hosting a new online conference in February focus on livestreaming, gaming, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and tech in the music industry. Called SCREEN X SCREEN, it's scheduled for Feb. 16-20, 2021. "Artists Lil Nas X, Marshmello and Travis Scott are performing concerts in