63: Toronto Festivals and Apple Hires Zane Lowe

Gilles LeBlanc AKA Rockthusiast and your host Sean Chin discuss the state of music festivals in the Toronto and Greater Toronto Area. We comment on lineups already announced such as CMW, WayHome, Field Trip and predict on to be unveiled fests like NXNE, Bestival, TURF, and the maybe Lollapalooza. In the first half of the show we analyze Apple’s big acquisition of BBC Radio 1 host Zane Lowe and what his possible role at the Cupertino-based company could be. 

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06:17 — 61.3MB)

Links:

• Nikki Yanosky at Massey Hall Review
• Iggy Azalea Quits Twitter
• What Apple’s Hiring of Zane Lowe Signals for the Company’s Music Strategy
• Zane Lowe Could Do More For Discovery at Apple than Echonest’s $25.6 Million does for Spotify
• Zane Lowe Leaves BBC for Apple, here are 6 Jobs he could be doing
• WayHome generates buzz for new music festival
• Local residents want to kill WayHome festival
• Bestival Will Enter North American Festival Market in Toronto
• Festival links: CMW, NXNE, WayHome, Field Trip, TURF, Bestival

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