We’re excited to have young music creators begin their journey with a groundbreaking win of the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Canadian Songwriters. These talented winners and new S.A.C. members…
Hailing from Leamington, Ont., Billy Raffoul has won the 16th annual SOCAN Songwriting Prize with his song “Western Skies,” beating out nine other finalists. Prizes include $5,000 in cash, a…
The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame announced six anglophone and five francophone artists from across the country as finalists for the 2021 Slaight Music Emerging Songwriter Award. One anglophone and…
The Minister of Canadian Heritage, Steven Guilbeault, recently announced $70 million over three years to support the country’s live music sector and artists through the pandemic. The government is allocating…
Jo Jo Bennett, the two-time Juno Award winner and Sattalites co-founder, who played the fluegelhorn and trumpet with the band, died on August 3. A reggae influencer who also played…
A jury of 130 media professionals awarded Haviah Mighty’s music video Thirteen, directed by Theo Kapodistrias, the 2021 Prism Prize’s $20,000 Grand Prize. Aquakultre’s Pay It Forward won the Audience…
The answer to generating high-quality lyric videos is here. LyricFind, a Canadian licensing company, has launched a free platform that can quickly produce lyric videos for rights holders’ and labels’…
With millions of new songs released every month on multiple streaming sites, it’s up to indie artists to make sure they have a presence in the marketplace. How do you…
The 2020 SOCAN Awards were handed out in May. Eddie Schwartz, S.A.C.’s president emeritus, received the Cultural Impact Award for his undeniable influence as a songwriter on the international music…
The SOCAN Songwriting Prize finalists—10 emerging songwriters from English Canada and 10 from French Canada—have been selected by fans online. This is the only major songwriting award in the country…