Bruce Douglas Cockburn is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk- and jazz-influenced rock to soundscapes accompanying spoken stories. His lyrics reflect interests in spirituality, human rights, environmental issues, and relationships, and describe his experiences in Central America and Africa.
Benjamin Mink is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer best known as a longtime collaborator of Canadian singer k.d. lang. He plays several string instruments, notably the guitar, violin, and the mandolin.
John Mills-Cockell is a Canadian composer and multi-instrumentalist, perhaps best known for his ground-breaking work with progressive / avant garde Canadian groups Intersystems and Syrinx, and for his numerous works for radio, television, film, ballet, and stage.
True North Records is a Canadian independent record label.
Murray Edward McLauchlan, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player. He is best known for his Canadian hits "The Farmer's Song," "Whispering Rain," and "Down by the Henry Moore".
The Juno Awards of 1974, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 25 March 1974 in Toronto at a ceremony at the Inn on the Park's Centennial ballroom hosted by George Wilson of CFRB radio's Starlight Serenade programme.
Bruce Allen is a Canadian music band manager who represents a number of popular Canadian musicians including Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Jann Arden, Anne Murray, [[]], Prism, Loverboy and Michael Bublé. He also manages music producer Bob Rock and American rock band The Offspring. In 1985, Allen spearheaded the charity supergroup Northern Lights, who recorded the song "Tears Are Not Enough" in support of Ethiopian famine relief.
A Passing Fancy was a Canadian band from Toronto, Ontario, active from the mid-1960s fronted by the singer-songwriter and guitarist Jay Telfer and Brian Price.
Salt, Sun and Time is the fifth full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Bruce Cockburn; released in late 1974 on True North Records. The album was recorded in Toronto, Ontario at Thunder Sound studio between May and August 1974; except the songs "Salt, Sun and Time" and "Rouler Sa Bosse" which were mixed at Manta Sound with Leo DeCarlo. "Salt, Sun and Time" and "Rouler Sa Bosse" were included on Cockburn's 2005 instrumental album Speechless.
Stan Klees was a Canadian music industry businessman. He created the music recording companies Tamarac and Red Leaf Records in the 1960s.
Gary Gray is a recording engineer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He's recorded albums for artists such as Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot, Rough Trade, Murray McLauchlan and Brent Carver. He's also recorded music by such composers as Howard Shore, John Debney, Georges Delerue, Marvin Hamlisch, Gary Chang, Lee Holdridge, Kenneth Wannberg, and Christopher Dedrick. Gray worked as an engineer and senior orchestral engineer at Manta Sound in Toronto for 28 years before its eventual closure. He now works freelance in Toronto and has recently engineered live recordings for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He won the Juno Award for Recording Engineer of the Year in 1982, and was also a nominee for the award in 1981, 1983, 1984 and 1985.
Joy Will Find a Way is the sixth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1975 by True North Records and received a gold certification in Canada in 1985.
Inner City Front is the eleventh full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn, released in 1981 by True North Records.
Lunch At Allen's is a band consisting of four Canadian artists of folk, country, and popular music, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan, Murray McLauchlan and Ian Thomas. Their name comes from the fact that three of the four members, Jordan, McLauchlan, and Thomas, would often meet for lunch at Allen's restaurant on Danforth Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.
Catherine MacLellan is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, based in Prince Edward Island.
Harvey Glatt is a Canadian music promoter, manager, broadcaster, record and instrument retailer, and record label owner.
Humans is the tenth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. Humans was released in 1980 by True North Records.
In the Falling Dark is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1976 by True North Records. It is considered a watershed moment in Cockburn's recording career, as he leaves behind the minimal acoustic arrangements of his earlier albums, presenting a fuller band sound. The album received a Canadian Gold Record Award, and was his first album to chart in the United States, reaching No. 191 in Cash Box.
The Riverboat Coffee House was a Canadian coffeehouse located at 134 Yorkville Avenue in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was a key venue for folk rock music and singer songwriter music made famous for featuring high-profile acts, and is considered to be "the best-known coffee house in Canada." It opened in October 1964 and closed on June 25, 1978.
True North Gallery, founded in 2016 by Geoff and Brooke Kulawick, is an art museum and gallery in downtown Waterdown, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to showcasing visual art by professional musicians, it claims to be the only art gallery of its kind. It is located at the head office of True North Records and Linus Entertainment. The gallery is privately owned and offers free admission.
