Hip-Hop

The best R'n'B and Hip-Hop songs of this year!

Le 25 mars est paru le tout premier album solo pour la jeune rapper Montréalaise Marie-Gold.

Held at the historic Carlu in downtown Toronto, the evening featured performances by nine of the 10 Polaris nominees. These included Marie Davidson, Elisapie, FET.NAT, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Les Louanges, Haviah Mighty, PUP, Shad, and Snotty Nose Rez Kids. Jessie Reyez was also in attendance. CBC Music’s Raina Douris was the host for the gala.

Music affects your frame of mind, can make you happy, anxious, and bring about any other emotion. Here's a review of the past 6 months of music!

You all know my usual deal, I like to listen to music while doing something else and depending on how good an album is, I either find myself finishing the task with ease or in the case of We Need to Talk, sitting on my couch with my eyes closed listening to every lyric and getting lost in the story. At only 36 minutes long, the album is definitely a product of the streaming era since the songs are catchy and say a lot in a short time, but end too quickly for my liking. That isn’t on Tayla, the average song length has dropped almost 30 secs since hip-hop was born, so it makes sense that most artist now make shorter songs. Plus, they want you to repeat the track since they’re getting paid for every stream. My listening of that album alone may put Tayla and any future Tayla Jr. through college.

As part of our partnership with Women in Music Canada, we had the pleasure of welcoming a talented young artist from Toronto, Mackenta, for a full day of mentorship and knowledge sharing.

6lack took 14 tracks and managed to express the complexity of love in a way that everyone and anyone could appreciate.

Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival takes place each year in Fredericton's beautiful and historic downtown. This year Stingray Music was honoured to sponsor again the Stingray Rising Stars competition.

Stingray Music attended the 2018 Polaris Music Prize Gala at The Carlu on September 17, 2018. A select panel of music critics judged and awarded the Prize without regard to musical genre or commercial popularity.

We visited beautiful Toronto to attend the Women in Music Canada Stingray Rising Stars showcase at The Rivoli on September 11, 2018.