Friday October 2nd, 2018

(This Interview was recorded at Jasper Dandy  https://jasperdandy.ca/  the all-day pub, sports bar and weekend live music venue located at 725 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1H1  (647) 343-1698 .

One of the most prestigious artist development programs in Canada is the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class   https://www.junomasterclass.ca/   .  The program, judged by some of the nations most important Industry leaders in Canada, chose three emerging artists to take part in an all-inclusive trip to Toronto for an intensive mentorship week hosted by Canada’s Music Incubator  https://canadasmusicincubator.com/    at Coalition Music  coalitionmusic.com/  with industry leaders and Canadian artists. There’s also a trip to the 2019 JUNO Awards  https://junoawards.ca/   in London, a performance slot at JUNOfest  https://junoawards.ca/event/junofest/  presented by CBC Music   https://www.cbcmusic.ca/  and one artist will be selected to perform in front of over 1,200 music industry elite at the JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards. The winners will also be featured in exclusive content that will run on JUNOTV.ca, as well as receive studio time at Slaight Music Recording Studios  www.slaightmusic.com/  .  This years winners were  Haviah Mighty  https://haviahmighty.ca/  ,  Port Cities  https://www.facebook.com/portcities/  &  smrtdeath  https://www.facebook.com/smrt.death/ .   And for the first time 2018 winner of CBC Music Searchlight   https://www.cbcmusic.ca/searchlight  competition was also invited to participate and that was the artist known as  Aquakultre  https://aquakultre.bandcamp.com/  .  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  chats with Hip Hop artist Haviah Mighty  https://haviahmighty.ca/  about taking part in the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class, how her musical sisters influenced her career and music including her single You – Official Music Video (from the album Flower City)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqMwSfIxQto  and her upcoming new album.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqMwSfIxQto

Friday November 2nd, 2018

The weekend of Friday October 26th-Saturday October 27th, 2018, 14 celebrities took part in the 11th Annual Rally for Kids http://www.rallyforkids.com/Toronto/    in support of the Pinball Clemons Foundation   https://www.pinballfoundation.ca/   .  The Rally is a unique, exhilarating and memorable event that provides participants with two incredible days filled with fun and excitement. Described as a high-end scavenger hunt meets “Amazing Race”, this event, featuring luxury vehicles, will challenge, inspire and entertain.  All registered Car Rally Teams must agree to fundraise a minimum of $7,500 to qualify and $25,000 to qualify and draft their celebrity navigator.  Some of this years celebrates included Kim Coates of Bad Blood & Sons of Anarchy, Djimon Hounsou of Black Panther and Gladiator and Aida Turturro of Blacklist & The Sopranos.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com    was at Hotel X Toronto www.hotelsone.com/Toronto/X-by-Library‎  on the red carpet  the night before the street rally to chat with many of the celebrities and participants including Actress Aida Turturro   https://twitter.com/aidaturturro925?lang=en about taking part in this event, her work on The Sopranos (Janice Kills Richie Aprile – The Sopranos HD  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X6AaNbZZfQ  ) and future projects.  

 (Rally For Kids Scavanger 2018  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQpxfIcP88  ) 

Thursday November 1st, 2018

(This Interview was recorded at Jasper Dandy  https://jasperdandy.ca/  the all-day pub, sports bar and weekend live music venue located at 725 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1H1  (647) 343-1698 .

One of the most prestigious artist development programs in Canada is the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class   https://www.junomasterclass.ca/   .  The program, judged by some of the nations most important Industry leaders in Canada, chose three emerging artists to take part in an all-inclusive trip to Toronto for an intensive mentorship week hosted by Canada’s Music Incubator  https://canadasmusicincubator.com/    at Coalition Music  coalitionmusic.com/  with industry leaders and Canadian artists. There’s also a trip to the 2019 JUNO Awards  https://junoawards.ca/   in London, a performance slot at JUNOfest  https://junoawards.ca/event/junofest/  presented by CBC Music   https://www.cbcmusic.ca/  and one artist will be selected to perform in front of over 1,200 music industry elite at the JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards. The winners will also be featured in exclusive content that will run on JUNOTV.ca, as well as receive studio time at Slaight Music Recording Studios  www.slaightmusic.com/  .  This years winners were  Haviah Mighty  https://haviahmighty.ca/  ,  Port Cities  https://www.facebook.com/portcities/  &  smrtdeath  https://www.facebook.com/smrt.death/ .   And for the first time 2018 winner of CBC Music Searchlight   https://www.cbcmusic.ca/searchlight  competition was also invited to participate and that was the artist known as  Aquakultre  https://aquakultre.bandcamp.com/  .  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  chats with  Aquakultre  https://aquakultre.bandcamp.com/   about taking part in the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class, how he went from being a plumber to winning the CBC Music Searchlight Competition 2018, music including his latest single What It’s All About  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oc8fqh-V3M         and forming his new band and their plans for a future album.

Thursday November 1st, 2018

This past weekend (Friday October 26th-Saturday October 27th, 2018)  14 celebrities took part in the 11th Annual Rally for Kids http://www.rallyforkids.com/Toronto/    in support of the Pinball Clemons Foundation   https://www.pinballfoundation.ca/   .  The Rally is a unique, exhilarating and memorable event that provides participants with two incredible days filled with fun and excitement. Described as a high-end scavenger hunt meets “Amazing Race”, this event, featuring luxury vehicles, will challenge, inspire and entertain.  All registered Car Rally Teams must agree to fundraise a minimum of $7,500 to qualify and $25,000 to qualify and draft their celebrity navigator.  Some of this years celebrates included Kim Coates of Bad Blood & Sons of Anarchy, Djimon Hounsou of Black Panther and Gladiator and Aida Turturro of Blacklist & The Sopranos.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com    was at Hotel X Toronto www.hotelsone.com/Toronto/X-by-Library‎  on the red carpet  the night before the street rally to chat with many of the celebrities and participants including Former Toronto Raptors  https://www.nba.com/raptors/  great Jerome JYD Williams  https://twitter.com/JunkYardDogJW about why it was important to take part in the rally and how the Ratptors will do this season.

 (Rally For Kids Scavanger 2018  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQpxfIcP88  ) 

Wednesday October 31st, 2018

(This interview is also on SoundCloud  https://soundcloud.com/rudy-blair/chat-w-inspector-toronto   )

Today(Wednesday October 31,2018) is Halloween and thousands of children will be out tonight dressed in their costumes, going door to door asking the traditional question to get candy and goodies..”Trick or Treat”. Rudy Blair Entertainment Media rudyblairmedia.com  chats with Inspector Toronto Police Service Chris Boddy  https://twitter.com/tpschrisboddy?lang=en   about tips for kids and adults to make sure this Halloween is safe for everyone .  

Tuesday October 30th, 2018

This past weekend (Friday October 26th-Saturday October 27th, 2018)  14 celebrities took part in the 11th Annual Rally for Kids http://www.rallyforkids.com/Toronto/    in support of the Pinball Clemons Foundation   https://www.pinballfoundation.ca/   .  The Rally is a unique, exhilarating and memorable event that provides participants with two incredible days filled with fun and excitement. Described as a high-end scavenger hunt meets “Amazing Race”, this event, featuring luxury vehicles, will challenge, inspire and entertain.  All registered Car Rally Teams must agree to fundraise a minimum of $7,500 to qualify and $25,000 to qualify and draft their celebrity navigator.  Some of this years celebrates included Kim Coates of Bad Blood & Sons of Anarchy, Djimon Hounsou of Black Panther and Gladiator and Aida Turturro of Blacklist & The Sopranos.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com    was at  Hotel X Toronto www.hotelsone.com/Toronto/X-by-Library‎  on the red carpet  the night before the street rally to chat with many of the celebrities and participants including one of the greatest players to ever step on a Canadian Football League  https://www.cfl.ca/   field Damon Allen   damonallen.ca/wp-content/themes/damonallen/bio.html   about taking part in this event and his recent induction into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame 2018   www.sportshall.ca/  .

(Rally For Kids Scavanger 2018  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQpxfIcP88  )

Tuesday October 30th, 2018

(This Interview was recorded at Jasper Dandy  https://jasperdandy.ca/  the all-day pub, sports bar and weekend live music venue located at 725 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1H1  (647) 343-1698 .

One of the most prestigious artist development programs in Canada is the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class   https://www.junomasterclass.ca/   .  The program, judged by some of the nations most important Industry leaders in Canada, chose three emerging artists to take part in an all-inclusive trip to Toronto for an intensive mentorship week hosted by Canada’s Music Incubator  https://canadasmusicincubator.com/    at Coalition Music  coalitionmusic.com/  with industry leaders and Canadian artists. There’s also a trip to the 2019 JUNO Awards  https://junoawards.ca/   in London, a performance slot at JUNOfest  https://junoawards.ca/event/junofest/  presented by CBC Music   https://www.cbcmusic.ca/  and one artist will be selected to perform in front of over 1,200 music industry elite at the JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards. The winners will also be featured in exclusive content that will run on JUNOTV.ca, as well as receive studio time at Slaight Music Recording Studios  www.slaightmusic.com/  .  This years winners were  Haviah Mighty  https://haviahmighty.ca/  ,  Port Cities  https://www.facebook.com/portcities/  &  smrtdeath  https://www.facebook.com/smrt.death/ .   And for the first time 2018 winner of CBC Music Searchlight   https://www.cbcmusic.ca/searchlight  competition was also invited to participate and that was the artist known as  Aquakultre  https://aquakultre.bandcamp.com/  .  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  chats with the  Nova Scotia trio Port Cities  https://www.facebook.com/portcities/   (Breagh MacKinnon, Dylan Guthro & Carleton Stone) about taking part in the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class, their music including their single Montreal  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucJeRpIdAvs  and their upcoming tour with Canadian Music Hall of Fame and former Barenaked Ladies Steven Page https://www.stevenpage.com/  .

Monday October 29th, 2018

This past weekend (Friday October 26th-Saturday October 27th, 2018)  14 celebrities took part in the 11th Annual Rally for Kids http://www.rallyforkids.com/Toronto/    in support of the Pinball Clemons Foundation   https://www.pinballfoundation.ca/   .  The Rally is a unique, exhilarating and memorable event that provides participants with two incredible days filled with fun and excitement. Described as a high-end scavenger hunt meets “Amazing Race”, this event, featuring luxury vehicles, will challenge, inspire and entertain.  All registered Car Rally Teams must agree to fundraise a minimum of $7,500 to qualify and $25,000 to qualify and draft their celebrity navigator.  Some of this years celebrates included Kim Coates of Bad Blood & Sons of Anarchy, Djimon Hounsou of Black Panther and Gladiator and Aida Turturro of Blacklist & The Sopranos.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com    was at  Hotel X Toronto www.hotelsone.com/Toronto/X-by-Library‎  on the red carpet  the night before the street rally to chat with many of the celebrities and participants including Shaun Jalili   https://twitter.com/shaun_platinum?lang=en  of Platinum Cars  https://www.platinumcars.ca/  (major sponsor for Rally for Kids), Mike Pinball Clemons  https://twitter.com/pinball?lang=en  and his wife Diane Clemons  https://www.dianeclemons.ca/  about what it means to them to be part of this event.  

(Rally For Kids Scavanger 2018  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQpxfIcP88  ) 

Saturday October 27th, 2018

If your driving around the downtown streets of Toronto, you may notice a celebrity or two driving right next to you.  Why? Because this weekend (Friday October 26th-Saturday October 27th, 2018)  14 celebrities are taking part in the 11th Annual  Rally for Kids http://www.rallyforkids.com/Toronto/   in support of the Pinball Clemons Foundation   https://www.pinballfoundation.ca/  .  The Rally is a unique, exhilarating and memorable event that provides participants with two incredible days filled with fun and excitement. Described as a high-end scavenger hunt meets “Amazing Race”, this event, featuring luxury vehicles, will challenge, inspire and entertain.  All registered Car Rally Teams must agree to fundraise a minimum of $7,500 to qualify and $25,000 to qualify and draft their celebrity navigator.  Some of this years celebrates included Kim Coates of Bad Blood & Sons of Anarchy, Djimon Hounsou of Black Panther and Gladiator and Aida Turturro of Blacklist & The Sopranos.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com   was at  Hotel X Toronto www.hotelsone.com/Toronto/X-by-Library‎  on the red carpet  the night before the street rally to chat with many of the celebrities and participants including real estate Mitch Krystantos  https://www.facebook.com/mitch.krystantos about what this event is all about and why it was important for him to take part. 

(Rally For Kids Scavanger 2018  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQpxfIcP88  )

Monday October 29th, 2018

(This Interview was recorded at Jasper Dandy  https://jasperdandy.ca/  the all-day pub, sports bar and weekend live music venue located at 725 Queen St E, Toronto, ON M4M 1H1  (647) 343-1698 )

One of the most prestigious artist development programs in Canada is the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class   https://www.junomasterclass.ca/   .  The program, judged by some of the nations most important Industry leaders in Canada, chose three emerging artists to take part in an all-inclusive trip to Toronto for an intensive mentorship week hosted by Canada’s Music Incubator  https://canadasmusicincubator.com/    at Coalition Music  coalitionmusic.com/  with industry leaders and Canadian artists. There’s also a trip to the 2019 JUNO Awards  https://junoawards.ca/   in London, a performance slot at JUNOfest  https://junoawards.ca/event/junofest/  presented by CBC Music   https://www.cbcmusic.ca/  and one artist will be selected to perform in front of over 1,200 music industry elite at the JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards. The winners will also be featured in exclusive content that will run on JUNOTV.ca, as well as receive studio time at Slaight Music Recording Studios  www.slaightmusic.com/  .  This years winners were  Haviah Mighty  https://haviahmighty.ca/  ,  Port Cities  https://www.facebook.com/portcities/  &  smrtdeath  https://www.facebook.com/smrt.death/ .   And for the first time 2018 winner of CBC Music Searchlight   https://www.cbcmusic.ca/searchlight  competition was also invited to participate and that was the artist known as  Aquakultre  https://aquakultre.bandcamp.com/  .  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  chats with Winnipeg recording artist  smrtdeath  https://www.facebook.com/smrt.death/  about taking part in the Allan Slaight JUNO Master Class , his unusual style of HipHop, Pop and Rock and new music including his single “Everything”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwDBNYZpbos  .