Emerging Canadian Music Talent Recognized Through the Galaxie Rising Stars Program

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 7, 2010 -- Galaxie supports the rising stars of Canadian music

Montreal, June 7, 2010 – Galaxie, Your Musical Universe, is proudly committed to supporting emerging Canadian music talent through its Galaxie Rising Stars Program. The objective of this program is to help provide opportunities for emerging Canadian music talent in all genres to be heard and to support the best of this talent with cash bursaries to advance their careers.

Since its inception in 2000, over 750 artists have directly benefitted from the Galaxie Rising Stars program. Each year, the Program works with more than 30 music industry partners across Canada to discover, encourage and promote new artists. "The valuable partnerships between the Galaxie Rising Stars Program and our various partners has allowed us to highlight and reward the talents of gifted artists year after year”, says Louis Bellavance, Director of the Galaxie Rising Stars Program. "It is very rewarding to see how some of the young artist from the early days of the program have evolved into established performers on the national and international stage", he added.

Recipients of the award in the past year include:
• Joel Plaskett – Juno Awards 2010 / Adult Alternative Album of the Year
• Rural Alberta Advantage – Canadian Music Week's 2010 Indie Awards
• Kim Wempe – East Cost Music Awards 2010 / Recording of the Year
• Blou – East Coast Music Award 2010 / Francophone Recording of the Year
• Elisapie Isaac – Bourse Rideau 2010
• Jean-Michaël Lavoie – Prix Opus 2010 / Découverte de l’année

• The Good Lovelies – Canadian Folk Music Awards 2009 / Emerging Artist of the Year
• Jean Leloup – Gala de l'ADISQ 2009
• David Leask & Bruce Madole –Ontario Council Folk Festival 2009/ Songs from the Heart, English
• Conlin Linden & Cindy Doire –Ontario Council Folk Festival 2009/ Songs from the Heart, French
• The Waking Eyes – Western Canadian Music Awards 2009 / Independent Album of the Year
• Daniel Roa - Western Canadian Music Awards 2009 / Francophone Recording of the Year
• The Once - MusicNL Conference
• Julie Fournier –Festival Western St-Tite 2009/ Country Pop, Rock Folk

• Patricia Tellier - Festival Western St-Tite 2009/ Country Western
• Tara Oram –Canadian Country Music Awards 2009
• Tall Trees –Ottawa Folk Festival 2009
• Sleepy Driver –Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival 2009

The Galaxie Rising Stars Program will continue to support a variety of music festivals and programs across the country, representing a wide variety of genres. Festivals that will benefit from this program in the coming months include: Ottawa Folk Festival, TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Osheaga, Celtic Roots Festival, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Burlington Sound of Music Festival and many more. At each of these local events, there will be a showcase or a series of performances by emerging Canadian artists with one or more winners selected by a jury. The winner(s) is awarded the Galaxie Rising Star Award along with a cash bursary to help further their music career.

Performers and musical artists who are interested in participating in the Galaxie Rising Stars Program should visit the galaxie.ca site and look under the Rising Stars section to learn which festivals and events will be giving a Rising Star Award in the coming months. The musicians will then need to get in touch with the organizers of the event or festival and find out how they can be one of the acts considered for the Galaxie Rising Star Award. Galaxie is not involved in the selection of participants, nor in the selection of the winners.

The Galaxie music service, owned by Stingray Digital, is available in over 8 million homes across the country and offers a broad selection of music to please all tastes and for all occasions. Galaxie offers an always-fresh mix of classic hits, contemporary chart toppers and new treasures to discover. The Galaxie service includes up to 45 music channels programmed by experts in a variety of genres including: Rock, Pop, Classical, Jazz, Country and more. It is a perfect mix of continuous music with no ads and no talk. Galaxie is included as part of the basic television service on digital cable, on satellite and via Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). Visit www.galaxie.ca for additional information.

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About Stingray Digital Group

Stingray Digital is a leader in interactive music distribution. Our properties include The KARAOKE Channel, the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service on TV and Internet, Galaxie, the leading digital music service on TV in Canada, Chum Satellite Services, a leader in commercial music and video solutions and its music licensing unit, Stingray Music. Stingray Digital was founded by seasoned new media entrepreneurs, Eric Boyko and Alexandre Taillefer, and is financially backed by Telesystem and Novacap. Headquartered in Montreal, Stingray Digital has 135 employees in offices across Canada and additional offices in Charlotte, North Carolina and Budapest.
For more information, visit www.stingraydigital.com.

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For more information, please contact:
Louis Bellavance, Director – Galaxie Rising Star Program
Stingray Digital 514-664-1244

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