Upper Canada Musicians

10/04/2026

We are so proud to have Madelyn represented in this wonderful list of undergraduates. Congratulations.

10/04/2026

A sad day for our Canadian rock icons, Sass Jordan passes suddenly at the age of 63.

Canada has lost one of its most distinctive rock voices 💔 Sass Jordan, the Juno-winning singer known for “Make You a Believer” and “High Road Easy,” died on Oct. 2, surrounded by her family. She was 63.
Born in Birmingham, England, and raised in Montreal, Sass rose to fame with her 1988 debut, “Tell Somebody,” and later became a familiar face as a judge on Canadian Idol. Her family remembered her as “an inimitable force of nature” and “an irreplaceable being of light and joy.”
She leaves behind her husband, musician Derek Sharp, and their daughter, Stella 🤍

📸: getty

09/04/2026

Socan is keeping an eye out on AI. If you this you hear something that was generated by AI that sounds strangely familiar. Contact Socan or If your material has been recorded under contract contact the Canadian Federation of Musicians.

09/03/2026

To our Canadian friends and family. Don’t forget to peel the onion.🧅

Friends – we’ve gotta have a quick chat about "Hosted in Canada", "Your data lives in Canada", and "Stored in Canadian data centres”.

Just like the grocery store, it's important to check the label. Or even peel it off to see what's underneath.

Why? These words don't necessarily mean your data is free from US jurisdiction. They don’t reflect who controls the infrastructure, or who holds the off switch.

Here’s the deal: most of Canadian hosting runs on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud.

Like, by a huge margin. Roughly 85% of Canada's public cloud market.

The important bit? Even when the company running the service is Canadian, if the technology underneath is American, it can be compelled through U.S. legal process to produce it, regardless of where that data is physically stored.

Or scarier, if things ever got really ugly, the U.S. could put sanctions in place to restrict services to Canadian customers.

Control of the off switch starts to really matter.

So what do you need to know?

"Your data stays in Canada" more often than not means data residency: where the hard drive is.

"Your data is governed here... and only here. Under Canadian laws, only.” Is more the kind of thing you want to see.

Gander’s core app services, and your data, are hosted in Canada without American tech. We’re built on an open-source stack and currently run in Canadian data centres operated by OVHcloud’s Canadian subsidiary, whose parent company is French.

Soon, we’ll move to infrastructure that is truly sovereign: Canadian-owned, Canadian-controlled and free from any foreign laws at all.

For critical civic-social infrastructure, that matters a whole lot.

So check the label. Under it. Around it. And ask what tech your Canadian apps are using.

Because even if your data is physically in Canada, it doesn't matter much if it can be accessed or taken away on the whims of another country.

08/26/2026

OMG!! Dr. Frank-N-Furter is gone too. RIP Tim Curry

08/25/2026

An icon of country music has died today at the age of 80. Dolly Parton has left this world a better place and was an advocate not only for Country Music but to the many women who travel in her footsteps. Constantly reinventing herself and never backing down from a challenge, her support towards musicians and their music will be dearly missed. Even thought she never had any children her support towards child literacy was steadfast and unwavering. She has left a lasting mark on the world and has showed that you are never too old to make a difference. RIP Dolly.

08/19/2026

ZZ Top hit by the loss of Drummer Frank Beard..

Legendary ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has passed away. He died today at his Texas ranch. He was 77. Barrie 360 dot com has more! ~ McCully

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

08/12/2026

Why not!

Social media, made for humans, made in Canada.

08/09/2026

It’s a sad day for our Kingston neighbours and to many folks around the area with the sudden loss of a great local musician Roger James. Roger has entertained many folks in our region and was a well respected musician. Our thoughts are with his family and his extended musical family. RIP Roger.

ROGER JAMES - It is with heavy heart we announce the sudden passing of Roger James. Born in Long Island N.Y and raised in Syracuse and later Michigan, Roger first brought his musical talent to Kingston in 1973 with Celtic group Tinkers Dam and later Cobblers Awl performing regularly at Finnegan's and Muldoon's at the Frontenac Hotel. After years of travelling he settled in Kingston with his first wife Janis in 1979. They soon after started a family with Jacob and later, with his second wife Lynne, raised three more children Lazarus, Sandy and Rose. Roger always showed his musical versatility by playing guitar, banjo and bodhrán and sang some of the funniest compositions I have ever witnessed. Roger extended his artistic talents into acting and was active as a member of the executive of the Kingston Musicians Union and Master of Ceremonies for the City Of Kingston at numerous events. Roger, you will be sadly missed by the entire musical community and all of your Kingston following. Warm memories will last forever.

07/03/2026

The Canadian Country Gentleman Tommy Hunter has pass away at the age of 89. If you grew up in the 60’s, your TV was probably tuned to CBC every week to see Tommy host his weekly show. The Tommy Hunter Show lasted for almost 3 decade’s by highlighting many Canadian artists and many international artists as well.

We are sad to see this chapter come to a close, but hopefully his memory will live on for many year to come. RIP Tommy.

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Tommy Hunter, one of the most beloved figures in Canadian television and country music, has died. Born Thomas James Hunter on March 20, 1937, in London, Ontario, Hunter passed away on July 2, 2026, of natural causes. He was 89. Known to generations of viewers as "Canada's Country Gentleman," Hunter....