Canadian documentary LIFE JACKET nominated for International Christian Film Festival awards this weekend in Miami.

It was Friday the 13th and 13 below zero - neither preventing a lucky crowd from seeing Steven Leckie and the Viletones's much touted and eagerly anticipated new lineup at the Phoenix Concert Theatre.

It takes a lot of blood, sweat, and tears for an artist to actually make a living from their art. Especially here in Canada. I spoke with Canadian jazz sensation – singer/songwriter Laila Biali who’s making it in art and in life.

When my friend and fellow writer Belinda Burston sat on my couch one sunny afternoon and began to read some poems from a worn journal she held carefully with two hands – my hurried state slowed down, and I sat transfixed as she read selections aloud in her lilting British accent.

Carla Collins spends her time whirling in and out of comedy clubs and charity events, on and off film and TV sets, and basically anywhere there's work to be done.

It’s not every day a rock legend’s musical voyage of Dickensian proportions comes to life right before your eyes on Broadway, but that’s what happens at Springsteen on Broadway.

Canada's blues crusader Paul James is a national treasure, and were it not for the shifting, sliding, finicky tides of the music business - he'd be known around the world.

There are few things in the human experience more significant to our lives than words –they have the power to console, cajole, annihilate, obfuscate, build us up or tear us down. The words of the poets and writers we love weave our experiences together.

Like some holy rollers pulling into town to spread some love, truth, maybe a few tales and the blues, Jack DeKeyzer and his seasoned band of musicians moved into the Lebovic Centre for Arts and Entertainment – Nineteen on the Park in downtown Stouffville Saturday.

Music buffs worldwide can now access information about Canadian classical music online. The Canadian Music Centre has posted a new Web site that promotes and celebrates Canadian composers and music.

World-renowned Canadian mezzo-soprano Catherine Robbin is performing her final concert Monday night to pursue a career in teaching.

Internationally acclaimed violinist Moshe Hammer will play the violin while his son creates abstract paintings in a concert being billed as "Beethoven meets Pollock."