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ANNOUNCING THE POPGURU REVUE: A LIVESTREAM CONCERT SERIES

September 15, 2021
Ghost Caravan, John Orpheus, Odario, Popguru Sound & Vision, Sam Casey, The Wilderness of Manitoba
Concert Series, Folk Rock, Hip Hop, Indie Pop, Livestream, Pop, RnB, Singer Songwriter, Soul

 As the return to the live music landscape weaves through its peaks and valleys, Popguru Sound & Vision is bringing fresh sights and sounds for all to experience with an engaging new event series. Today, the fully integrated, Toronto-based music company is thrilled to announce The Popguru Revue – an immersive full-production livestream concert series featuring performances from an array of the company’s diverse and dynamic artist roster. Kicking off on October 9 with sets performed at Revolution Recording in Toronto, the showcase intends to provide an engaging audio and video experience every Saturday night hosted from the Popguru YouTube channel. 

Popguru Sound & Vision Founder, Graham Stairs, reflects on the company’s history: “When I started Popguru, my mandate was to make a difference for me, for my artists and for my community. It has been fulfilling to see artists like The Wilderness of Manitoba and Grand Analog that I took from scratch and helpedthem develop into critically acclaimed and successful artists. They’ve performed and toured North America, the UK and Europe. They’ve both been nominated for Sync Artist of the Year, and The Wilderness of Manitoba has been nominated for a JUNO. We’ve become friends over the years and that bond has strengthened the sense of community.” 

“Odario has guested on a Ghost Caravan track. John Orpheus’ producer, Mike Schlosser, is working on tracks with new signing, Sam Casey. The collaborations are something that I encourage and something that was a part of the fabric of great labels like Motown and Island in their heyday, both of whom drew on their communities. The Popguru Revue, our livestream concert series, was envisioned in the same spirit and will bring the various artists’ music to an international viewing audience. It will also be a great way for people to spend their Saturday nights in October and November!”

The first performance will be delivered by acclaimed singer, songwriter and author, John Orpheus, on October 16 at (9:00 PM EST). Combining hip-hop swagger, Afrobeat energy and dancehall charisma to create a sound built on big catchy hooks, John is known for his rabble-rousing live shows filled with audience participation, chanting and impromptu dance-offs that feel more like Caribana road parties than concerts.

In addition, performances will include: an additional acoustic set by John Orpheus, who released his latest album Saga King via Popguru’s label imprint, The Confidence Emperors, in July, and an accompanying memoir this year; Toronto’s The Wilderness of Manitoba, who will share recent works from their upcoming album, Farewell To Cathedral (out October 29 on Popguru Sound & Vision); hip hop artist, DJ and CBC Music radio personality Odario; emerging Toronto-based singer-songwriter, Sam Casey; the multidisciplinary indie pop laden sounds of musician-actor-filmmaker, Simeon Ross, the empowering songs of Ghost Caravan, a group of collaborators lead by singer/actress, Shaina Silver-Baird; indie pop duo TANDM and larger-than-life glamster Alex Exists.

See the full schedule lineup and learn more about the artists below. 

Founded in 1998 by A&R maverick Graham Stairs, Popguru Sound & Vision is a fully integrated music company that makes a difference. Its core business is artist management, but, as a diversified company, Popguru is involved in music publishing, two record label imprints and providing music for film, television and other media.

Prior to starting his own company, Stairs was a partner in Intrepid management and did A&R for Intrepid Records, Latitude Records and EMI Music Canada. He was involved with such seminal Canadian artists as Martha and the Muffins, the Rheostatics, National Velvet, Chalk Circle, Damhnait Doyle and Sandbox. He was also behind the soundtrack album for the film, Highway 61, and the Bruce Cockburn tribute album that gave the Barenaked Ladies their first national hit with Lovers In A Dangerous Time. To this day, it is still one of the most played songs on Canadian radio. More recently, Stairs did A&R for True North Records where he signed Catherine MacLellan, Hunter Valentine and Australian band, the Audreys. 

The strength of any company is its artists and repertoire. Popguru subscribes to the philosophy of building a community and long-term careers for its artists. The company’s mandate is to develop content for the Canadian and international marketplaces. The business model uses diversification as a strategy to create and monetize content for the existing and next generation uses of music. Since reactivating Popguru in 2009, Stairs has signed Martha and the Muffins, Odario, Grand Analog, the Wilderness of Manitoba, John Orpheus, Ghost Caravan, producer/songwriter, Mike Schlosser, and Sam Casey for management. Stairs’ vision of the interdependencies between record labels, music publishers, management companies and licensing agencies is the reason that Popguru organizes all of them within the same company. This is Popguru’s response to the needs of artists today and into the future.

Popguru Revue Performance Schedule – stream via Popguru’s YouTube Channel

October 16 – John Orpheus (electric set)
October 23 – Simeon Ross
October 30 – Sam Casey
November 6 – The Wilderness of Manitoba
November 13 – John Orpheus (acoustic set)
November 20 – Ghost Caravan
November 27 – Odario

December 4 – TANDM + Alex Exists

We acknowledge the support of FACTOR and the Canada Council for the Arts in funding these livestream concerts.

Ghost Caravan Performs Their Last Show Of The Year

November 15, 2019
Ghost Caravan, Popguru Sound & Vision, The Confidence Emperors

Ghost Caravan will be performing tomorrow night, September 16th, at the Painted Lady in Toronto as part of Indie Week. This will be the group’s last live show of the year and they hit the stage at 10:45 PM sharp. The club is going to be packed so make sure you buy tickets in advance. Ticket link: https://www.showpass.com/sat-nov-16-the-painted-lady-indie-week-2019/

Ghost Caravan Plays Special TIFF Party

August 29, 2019
Ghost Caravan, Popguru Sound & Vision, The Shadow Cabinet Music Group

Ghost Caravan will be performing at the Horseshoe Tavern on Monday, September 9th for the 4th annual IndieCan Entertainment TIFF Party. The show is free and the group will be onstage at 9:30 PM.

Announcing The First International Sound System Party

April 3, 2019
Ghost Caravan, Grand Analog, John Orpheus, The Confidence Emperors

The Confidence Emperors are proud to announce the very first International Sound System Party at the Drake Underground on Saturday, June 8th featuring Grand Analog, John Orpheus and Ghost Caravan. Come celebrate what we are calling the official start of summer!

Advance ticket link: https://thedrake.electrostub.com/event.cfm?cart&id=206382

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2076297819328645/

Ghost Caravan Releases New Single And Video On March 29th

March 25, 2019
Ghost Caravan, The Confidence Emperors

Ghost Caravan releases its new single and video, I Wish I Knew (The Words To Make You Happy), on March 29th. The video was directed by Justine Stevens who commented, “For the “I Wish I Knew (The Words To Make You Happy)” music video, we took the song’s theme of feeling silenced and isolated within a relationship, and translated that to a broader metaphor for women feeling silenced and sidelined in society. We see each musician gagged with red fabric and struggling against this silencing until each finally finds the strength to break free with the support of the other women. It’s a simple message, but a powerful one. We are here, we will not be silenced and we will stand together.” Lead singer, Shaina Silver-Baird, describes the song as being ” about the feeling of isolation when a wall has been thrown up between you and your partner and you no longer know how to talk to them. There is so much you want to say and yet you’ve already grown too far apart to say any of it – you can’t bridge the gap. The song is about sleepless nights, unlit birthday candles and the breathless moment before it all comes crashing down, when you know the relationship is over, but you still foolishly hope to save it.”

You can pre-save the single here: https://ffm.to/iwishiknew

Ghost Caravan Releases New Single

February 11, 2019
Ghost Caravan, Martha and the Muffins, Martha Johnson, Popguru Sound & Vision, The Confidence Emperors

Ghost Caravan releases its new single, Love Me If You Dare, this coming Friday, February 15th. The song was co-written with Martha Johnson and Mark Gane of Martha and the Muffins. It marks the first time that the entire live band features on a Ghost Caravan recording. You can see Shaina Silver-Baird, Juliana Iannuzziello, Michelle Faehrmann and Sarah Riegler play the single live at the Rivoli in Toronto on Friday the 15th. Doors are at 8:00 PM and the group is onstage at 11:00 PM. Stick around to see Sarah do a DJ set at midnight!

Advance ticket link: https://www.showclix.com/event/ghostcaravan02152019 

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2247632975509276/

SMartURL: http://hyperurl.co/lovemeifyoudare

Ghost Caravan Invited To Perform At Indie Week

October 30, 2018
Ghost Caravan, Popguru Sound & Vision, The Confidence Emperors

Ghost Caravan will be performing at the Cameron House in Toronto on Thursday, November 8th at 9:30 PM for Indie Week. The line-up for the show will include Shaina Silver-Baird on vocals, Juliana Iannuzziello on keyboards and vocals, Michelle Faehrmann on five string electric cello and vocals, Rachael Cardiello on viola and vocals, and Sarah Riegler on drums and percussion. The group will be playing songs from their debut album, T.O. Confidential, which will be available on vinyl at the show.

You can buy advance tickets here: https://www.showpass.com/the-cameron-house-ghost-caravan-sara-diamond/  

Ghost Caravan Releases New Single And Video Today

September 28, 2018
Ghost Caravan, Grand Analog, Popguru Sound & Vision, The Confidence Emperors

We’re excited to announce the release of Ghost Caravan’s Damn You single and video featuring Odario of Grand Analog today! We want to thank Shaina, Robin, Michelle and Odario for their performances and energy; Niky Sweet for her directing, editing and filming; Jacqueline Dibacco for her camera skills; and the all the people who appeared in the video and made it a real party!

We also want to bring your attention to the track Time’s Up which is being released simultaneously with Damn You. It was relevant and important when it was written and recorded, but, given recent events, it is even more topical now. Please take some time and listen to the lyrics.

Buy, stream and watch Damn You here: http://hyperurl.co/listenDamnYou 

Buy and stream Time’s Up here: http://hyperurl.co/listenTimesUp

We have also made a limited edition vinyl version of the album, T.O. Confidential, and it will be available at Ghost Caravan’s show in Toronto at the Supermarket on Saturday, October 6th. Doors are at 8:00 PM. You can buy advance tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ghost-caravan-vinyl-release-show-tickets-49836044952 

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