TORONTO The Juno Awards are giving clubgoers reason to celebrate. Organizers of Canada’s biggest night in music are set to announce plans for a new award recognizing underground dance single of the year, launching in 2022. The details will be unveiled tonight as part of the Juno Awards “opening night” virtual show where winners […]
When is Lollapalooza taking place?
Lollapalooza returns to Chicago s Grant Park for summer 2021.
As usual the big event will take place over four days.
The festival is on from July 29 until August 1, 2021.
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How do I get a ticket to Lollapalooza?
Four-day passes begin at $350 - plus a $58.78 service fee that includes the Chicago amusement tax.
They are on sale now at Lollapalooza.com.
One-day tickets have not yet been announced or on sale.
Typically, Lollapalooza waits until four-day passes are sold out to announce the day-by-day lineup and put single-day tickets on sale.
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Sydney Blu selects music for the post-pandemic dance floor
Mark Gwinnett
CANADIAN artist Sydney Blu has just dropped her dancefloor-driven new LP, Conviction.
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Following her early releases on Deadmau5’ Mau5trap label which broke boundaries for female electronic artists to her more recent work alongside artists like Kevin Saunderson and Hot Since 82 the album follows a move to Berlin from her native Canada.
After starting writing Conviction in Berlin, the pandemic hit. Sydney was on her way back to North America for a tour in March 2020 and got stuck there, in a small Canadian town called Thunder Bay where she finished writing and recording the album. The resulting long player is two lifestyle extremes combined into a single body of music.
We feel left out, neglected : Sydney Blu urges Junos to recognize underground DJs
by David Friend, The Canadian Press
Posted Mar 17, 2021 4:00 am EDT
Last Updated Mar 17, 2021 at 4:14 am EDT
TORONTO Sydney Blu wants the Juno Awards to recognize the artistry that it takes to draw people to Canada’s nightclub dancefloors.
The veteran Toronto DJ and producer is putting the finishing touches on a proposal urging Junos organizers to think beyond the borders of radio-friendly dance hits.
She’d like them to introduce a new award that recognizes the underground electronic dance music community.
The performer, whose real name is Joanne Hill, says it would offer more legitimacy to traditional house and techno music producers who often “feel left out and neglected” when they’re not nominated.