
The amount of funding being awarded to the independent and small label bands in Canada is pretty impressive. You constantly hear about people like The Swiss (@polarismusicprize) or something like the Verge awards raising cash to help support the arts and in a time where the government is doing the exact opposite, it's the very tiny silver lining in a very large dark cloud that constantly pours down on musicians. For BC emerging artists – not exactly sure what that term implies, especially when one of the nominees has been grinding for 10 years – the [...]