Showing posts with label Searchlight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Searchlight. Show all posts

Saturday, March 24, 2018

News Roundup, Part 2: Canada and World (Searchlight Contest, Awards, Passings)

    News

     Canada
    CBC Searchlight Contest


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    Tuesday, March 6, 2018

    GOOD LUCK! Local Artists on Top 100 Searchlight List! VOTE!


    CBC's Annual Searchlight competition recently whittled down the thousands of entries to pick the top 100 (50 that are chosen by public vote and the other half judged by CBC Music). Local communities have a few area musicians on the list.

    The top 10 will be chosen by March 8, 2018 and the winner will be announced on March 19, 2018. Click here to vote for the top ten.

    Below is a list of local nominees. Click here for the complete list.
    GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

    Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winner

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    Friday, May 12, 2017

    News Roundup (Searchlight Winner, Loralee McGuirl, Justin Dunlop)

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    Saturday, March 18, 2017

    GOOD LUCK! Local Artists on Searchlight Top 25

    Picture courtesy of CBC Music
    We are one step close to knowing who this year's winner of the CBC Searchlight competition. The panel chose an act from each of the 23 regions. Also, the two acts with the most popular votes are added to round out the top 25 list.

    Hamilton singer/songwriter Emma VanDyk won her city's category and LoFi Mind was chosen as the representative for Kitchener-Waterloo. The winner will be revealed soon.



    Links: Emma Van Dyk, Video above courtesy of  Emma VanDyk



    Links: LoFi Mind, More LoFi Mind Stories, Video above courtesy of LoFi Mind

    Here's the complete list:
    Blast from the Past: Last Year's Finalists
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    Saturday, March 11, 2017

    GOOD LUCK! Local CBC Searchlight Top 10!


    With more than 2,000 acts entered, the regional top 10s have been chosen for 2017 CBC Searchlight competition. Phil McCarty won the popular vote for the Hamilton region and LoFi Mind earned it for Kitchener-Waterloo.



    Video above courtesy of Phil McCarty



    Links: LoFi Mind, More LoFi Mind Stories, Video above courtesy of LoFi Mind

    Winners from each of the 23 regions (chosen by a panel) will be unveiled on Tuesday, March 14 and will move to the next round. The two acts with the most number of votes will automatically advance as well.

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    Thursday, April 28, 2016

    News Roundup (Lucid Lee and Little Child, CBC Searchlight Finalists, Awards, Lonnie Mack)

    News

     Local
    Regional Top 10 CBC Searchlight Finalists

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    Canada
    World
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                        Wednesday, April 29, 2015

                        GOOD LUCK! Area Artists are CBC Searchlight Finalists


                        After many votes (for over 3000, champions have been crowned for the regional portion of the CBC Searchlight contest.  23 winners (including two from our area) will move on to the nationals to compete for the Best New Artist award.  You can help by voting until May 4, 2015.  The winner will be announced on q on CBC Radio on Friday, May 15. The grand prize is $20,000 worth of band gear from Yamaha Canada Music and a gig at the CBC Music Festival in Toronto.

                        The Hamilton regional champ is Burlington country duo Skinner for their song 2nd and Broadway. Click here for the CBC Story.



                        For the Kitchener-Waterloo Region, Listowel folkster Kyle Boyne took top honors for his tune Misguided Soul. Click here for the SouthwesternOntario.ca Story



                        GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
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