SOCAN Awards to toast 24 people who boosted Canadian content
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Bob Ezrin celebrates his award for Producer of the Year at the JUNO Gala dinner in Calgary, Saturday, April 2, 2016. Ezrin is one of 24 people who will be honoured at the SOCAN Awards later this month for helping raise the profile of Canadian-made music.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
TORONTO – The latePierre ElliottTrudeau and famed producer Bob Ezrin, along with 22 others who raised the profile of Canadian-made music, will be toasted at this year’s SOCAN Awards.
The music industry organization unveiled plans to dole out its newly created Guardian Award to a series of longtime champions of Canadian content in late May.
SOCAN Awards to toast 24 people who boosted Canadian content
by David Friend, The Canadian Press
Posted May 12, 2021 2:10 pm EDT
Last Updated May 12, 2021 at 2:14 pm EDT
TORONTO The late
Pierre Elliott
Trudeau and famed producer Bob Ezrin, along with 22 others who raised the profile of Canadian-made music, will be toasted at this year’s SOCAN Awards.
The music industry organization unveiled plans to dole out its newly created Guardian Award to a series of longtime champions of Canadian content in late May.
More than half of the “visionaries” will be recognized posthumously, including Kelly Jay Fordham of the band Crowbar, whose 1971 hit “Oh What a Feeling” was the first song to reap the rewards of the Cancon era.
David Friend
Bob Ezrin celebrates his award for Producer of the Year at the JUNO Gala dinner in Calgary, Saturday, April 2, 2016. Ezrin is one of 24 people who will be honoured at the SOCAN Awards later this month for helping raise the profile of Canadian-made music.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward May 12, 2021 - 11:10 AM
TORONTO - The latePierre ElliottTrudeau and famed producer Bob Ezrin, along with 22 others who raised the profile of Canadian-made music, will be toasted at this year s SOCAN Awards.
The music industry organization unveiled plans to dole out its newly created Guardian Award to a series of longtime champions of Canadian content in late May.