Music BC will once again host Come Together, Canada's coast-to-coast artist and industry reception for artists ready to break into Canada’s largest music market, from November 25 to 26 in Toronto. This year, B.C. will have two artists present at Come Together: The...
Related News
2025 JUNO Awards Submissions launching October 15, 2024
2025 JUNO awards submissions open October 15, 2024, and will be accepted until November 7, 2024. New categories for the 2025 JUNO Awards include Songwriter of the Year (Non-Performer) Presented by SOCAN, and South Asian Music Recording of the Year. To be considered...
Join the Young Music Professionals Program
Young Music Professionals (YMP) is a new network and not-for-profit organization that works to create a clear, accessible, and supportive career pipeline in Canada's music industry. The network is dedicated to connecting members with each other, industry veterans, and...
Music showcase applications open to perform at SXSW: apply by October 31, 2024
Music showcase applications for South by Southwest (SXSW) in March 2025 are now open. Showcasing at SXSW means performing in one of Austin’s famous live music venues for 30,000 industry reps, 3,000 media members, and thousands of fans and fellow musicians from all...
Arlette Alcock
Arlette Alcock is an award-winning Métis singer and songwriter. Arlette’s powerful songs are inspired by her heritage as well as the social, environmental and political climate that affects us all. Supported by Creative BC's Career Development program, Arlette is working to release her new 5 song EP titled Midnight Mass Graves, with Bohemian-Métis musician and producer Janet Panic.
Descendant of the Little Black Bear Cree and Pine Creek Saulteaux (Anishinaabe) tribes, her music stands out in its bold deliverance and her ongoing quest for peace, equality and justice. Her debut album Tribe of One has been featured on APTN, CBC Radio and is played daily on Northern Native Broadcasting.
Following the release of her second album, Wolfgirl, Arlette won Songwriter of the Year at the 2008 Native E Music Awards in New Mexico. She has been a featured performer at the Night Hawk Aboriginal Music Festival, Celebration Metis, International Aboriginal Day, Missing Women's March, and Oppenheimer Park Christmas Celebration in Vancouver.
"My music has been hand selected to be played world wide, by Apple Music executives and major global Sirius radio," stated Arlette. The featured EP single "Midnight Mass Graves" is now available on streaming platforms.
Stay Connected
Subscribe to our newsletter for music industry news, funding program updates, and funding recipient stories.