Signal Boost: Manitoba Music News Roundup

Check out this week's edition of Signal Boost roundup for the latest music headlines and media coverage amplifying the music community in Manitoba.

Winnipeg Free Press Brightest Lights in the Northern Musical Sky | Vagina Witchcraft, Zoon

Global Two Manitoba Artists Make 2021 Polaris Music Prize Long List | Vagina Witchcraft, Zoon

News Wire Leonard Sumner Receives Prestigious Indigenous Songwriter Award From SOCAN Foundation and TD Bank Group | Leonard Sumner 

Winnipeg Free Press Celebrating Safely | Boogey the Beat, Renée Lamoureux, Mattmac, Jerry Sereda, Sol James, West End Cultural Centre 

The Canadian Business Journal Winners Announced For the Inaugural Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Awards | Burnstick, Desiree Dorion, Mattmac, Jerry Sereda

CBC 6 Indigenous Artists You Need to Know in 2021 | Sebastian Gaskin

Radio-Canada Lara Fabian, Damien Robitaille et Véronic Dicaire à la Télé Pour la Fête du Canada | Sebastian Gaskin, Boogey the Beat

Calgary Herald Folk Festival to Feature Canadian Artists in Week-Long Outdoor Concert Series | William Prince, Leaf Rapids, Sebastian Gaskin

Now Toronto Massey Hall Is Reopening in November and 40 Concerts Are Already Scheduled | William Prince

Fraser Valley News Buffy Sainte-Marie, Walk off the Earth and Jim Cuddy to Headline Virtual Surrey Canada Day | William Prince

CTV Venues Prepare for Loosened Summer Restrictions | Times Change(d)

The Graphic Whoop and Hollar Folk Festival Announces Performer Lineup, Plans Hybrid Event | Little Miss Higgins, Attica Riots 

Witchpolice Radio WR598: Quick Hits V | Ponemah | Ponemah 

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