Parent company MapleCore Ltd. Country of origin Canada Founded 2002 | Genre Rock Founder Grant Dexter Parent organization MapleCore Ltd. | |
Distributor(s) Fontana NorthUniversal Music Canada Official website www.maplemusicrecordings.com Artists Albums | ||
MapleMusic is a Canadian independent record label founded by Andy Maize, Jeff Maize, Mike Alkier, Evan Hu and Grant Dexter in 1999 and based in Toronto, Ontario. Other investors include Gary Slaight, Michael Burke and Universal Music. In 2016, MapleMusic changed its name to Cadence Music Group.
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History
The MapleMusic Recordings label is a project of Andy Maize from Canadian roots rock band Skydiggers and Maple CEO Grant Dexter. Other artists who have released albums on MapleMusic include David Usher, Colin James, Boy, The Dears, Jason Bajada, Martha Wainwright, Pilot Speed (formerly known as Pilate), Gordon Downie, Joel Plaskett, Spirit of the West, Ridley Bent, Kinnie Starr, Cookie Duster and the Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir.
MapleMusic released three Radiohead albums In Rainbows, The King of Limbs and TKOL RMX 1234567 in Canada, along with ATO in the US and XL in the UK.
Two singer-songwriters, however, have been particularly responsible for MapleMusic Recordings's success: Sam Roberts, who was transformed from a struggling independent musician to a Canadian rock icon practically overnight by his 2001 MapleMusic Recordings debut, The Inhuman Condition, and Kathleen Edwards, whose album Failer made her a critical favourite in 2003.
MapleMusic Recordings' brick and mortar business is distributed and marketed in Canada by Universal Music Canada.
In 2015, Iain Taylor became CEO of MapleMusic.
In March 2016, the label announced it had changed its name to Cadence Music Group.
Juno Awards
The Juno Awards are presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Polaris Music Prize
The Polaris Music Prize is an award given to the best Canadian full-length album based solely on artistic merit.