Signal Boost: Manitoba Music News Roundup

We're deeply saddened to hear of Carole Vivier's passing. It’s hard to find the right words to write about Carole. Icon. Trailblazer. Legend. Superconnector. Powerhouse. Champion. Mentor. Leader. All true and all on display during her 26-year tenure at Manitoba Film & Music. She’s been instrumental in building the film and music industries into the strong and thriving sectors that they are. Her compassion for the people on and off the stage and screen was equal to her passion for growing our industries. She made good things happen. She didn’t shrink from tough moments. She fought for the arts sector in Manitoba. That voice. That laugh. That presence whenever she walked into a room. She cared deeply. Of her many legacies, that’s the heart of it all. Thank you for everything, Carole. It’s been an honour.

Winnipeg Free Press Champion Of Manitoba Film, Mentor To Many, Mother Above All 

Check out the latest music headlines and media coverage amplifying the music community in Manitoba...

Free Press Community Review New Record A Celebration Of Women, Local Music | Her (204), Boniface, Andrina Turenne, Keri Latimer, Cara Luft, Jess Reimer, Keisha Booker, Kelly Bado, Rayannah, Jade Turner, Rhonda Head, Desiree Dorion, The Weakerthans, Chantal Kreviazuk, Eagle & Hawk, Sons of the Pioneers, Sebastian Gaskin, Crash Test Dummies, Chic Gamine, Gloria Desjarlais,  Benoit Morier, Women In Music Canada, Robyn Stewart, Kerri Stephens, Lana Winterhalt, Good + Plenty Producers Club, Michele ii, Private Ear Recording, Park Theatre

Winnipeg Free Press Gold Standard: Five Decades Of Stalwarts, Upstarts | Winnipeg Folk Festival, Chris Frayer, Mitch Podolak, Ava Kobrinsky, Colin Gorrie, Valerie Shantz, Lynne Skromeda, Manitoba Film and Music, Al Simmons, Fred Penner, OMBIIGIZI, Begonia, Leonard Sumner, Zrada, Dominique Adams, Romi Mayes, Slow Spirit, Summer Bear Dance Troupe, The Duhks, Two Crows for Comfort, WackyDoodle Dance Party

Exclaim Allison Russell, Ani DiFranco, Gillian Welch, Mavis Staples Lead Winnipeg Folk Festival's 50th Anniversary Edition | Winnipeg Folk Festival, Begonia, Fred Penner, Romi Mayes, The Duhks, Two Crows for Comfort, Zrada, OMBIIGIZI

CBC Blues Hall Of Famer Mavis Staples, Grammy Winner Jason Isbell In Lineup For 50th Winnipeg Folk Festival | Winnipeg Folk Festival, Chris Frayer, Begonia, Fred Penner, The Duhks, Al Simmons

Global News Winnipeg Folk Festival Announces Lineup For Milestone 50th Anniversary | Winnipeg Folk Festival, Fred Penner, Begonia, Two Crows for Comfort, Zrada, Romi Mayes, Leonard Sumner, Chris Frayer

CBC Up To Speed Manitoba Music Visits Los Angeles | Manitoba Music, Vanessa Kuzina

The Ace Burpee Show The Ace Burpee Show presents THE HAILEYS as the Local Artist of the Month for March | The Haileys

CHVN Winnipeg Artist Brings Afro Beats With New Christian Music | Oboise Umobuarie

Canadian Beats Tommy Douglas Keenan Shares New Single, "Oh Melody” | Tommy Douglas Keenan

The Uniter Distillation Through Decomposition: How Compost Wittles Their Songs Down To Their Core | Compost

Classic 107 Super Ladies of the 60s and 70s: Mal Magorel Shines in Music and Mavens Series | Mal Magorel

Steinbach Online Juno Nominated Blues Pioneer Big Dave Mclean Joins Us For Made In Manitoba | Big Dave McLean

Classic 107 Prairie Voices Choral Family Celebrates 25 Years | Prairie Voices, Horizon, Bluestem, Johanna Hildebrand

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