This Girl is Kungs reworking of a Cookin’ On 3 Burners song. The track has gone #1 on the French and German charts, #2 on the UK Singles Chart and this week it’s the Pick To Hit™ on In The Mix with HK™. Kungs, born Va...

    John Adams wrote that Independence Day … ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward and forever more. If President Adams were alive today...

    Pop stars upped their multiple revenue streams years ago when record sales started to tank. Merch used to be a T-shirt. Now it’s jewelry, shoes, hats, hand bags, even nail polish. Today stars are more serious than ever with their non-music endeavors. Kanye West, J Lo andSelena Gomez&nb...

  Zayn has been busy since exiting One Direction a year ago, saying “I wasn't 100% behind the music. It wasn't me.” Since then his music is all about him, even naming his recently released first solo album Mind of Mine. The first single of that LP, Pillow Talk,  ...

    Daya may be only 17 but she has the pipes and writing skills of a seasoned artist. Billboard described her as a cross betweenTaylor Swift and Meghan Trainor with a hint of Avril Lavigne. I describe her as the next big thing.   ...

Music and love go hand in hand and over the years there’ve been many a famous musical couple making hits together. FromSonny & Cher to Johnny Cash & June Carter musical romances have turned out great tunes and great tabloids. Katy Perry & ...

Hot off appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Entertainment Tonight  Shawn Hook joins me this weekend to chat about Canadian fans vs U.S. fans, the long road to success and so much more! His current track Sound Of Your Heart (clicking over 30,000,000 streams on Spotify) introduced him to Am...

Rihanna’s track Work featuring Drake has captured the #1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 for 7 weeks in a row! When those two get together two things always happen, the music is on point and the romance rumors fly. Their on again off again relationship always has us guessing. One thing that is with...

  Although Charlie Puth released his first album just months ago, I think we can safely say, in his words, “We will see you again” and for a long time to come. For artist staying power - luck, blind determination, timing and it factor are all good but mad skills are better and Charlie’s got ‘em. He’s a multi-talented mu...

After four studio albums Panic! At The Disco had its first No. 1 album early this year with Death Of A Bachelor. From that set comes this weeks In The Mix with HK™ Pick To Hit™: Victorious. This American band from Las Vegas has changed a lot since its beginnings in 2004. What starte...

Naughty By Nature, the legendary Platinum selling and Grammy award winning group that crossed over to mainstream audiences with anthems like Hip Hop Hooray and OPP are once again on the road and in the studio! They just dropped a fresh track with Queen Lat...

This Monday is music’s biggest night - The 58th Grammy® Awards!   Being a long time voting member of the Academy plus a previous Grammy® nominee I take the awards very seriously. Record of the Year is anoth...

Jonas Blue the young, up and coming London producer gets his musical cues from pop and classic dance music. But his latest single, Fast Car, came from reimagining one of his mother’s favorite songs. Jonas says he remembered hearing Tracy Chapman’s classic Fast Car on repeat as a child. Jonas traded ...

IN THE MIX WITH HK™ PICK TO HIT™ – SHAWN HOOK   This week’s Pick To Hit™ comes from Shawn Hook. He may not be a household name in America yet but his latest single,Sound of Your Heart, has already gone platinum in his native Canada and recently broke 10,000,000 ...

Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga Are Great Gift Givers and Getters!   I try to get creative with my gift giving but Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga have me beat. Ed bought his folks a million-dollar flat right across the street from his home. Plus a new car. Well every house need...

The 2016 Grammy nominations were announced this week and the contenders reactions filled the Twittersphere! Here are a few of my faves: Meghan Trainor – “Crying all day. What an honor it is to be next to such incredible artists like @torikelly.”  James Bay – “THREE GRAMMY NOMINATION...

My Night With Janet Jackson!   I caught up with Miss Jackson in the middle of her Unbreakable World Tour and to say that Janet Jackson is a legend is an understatement. The tour is in support of Janet’s long awaited album of the same name (her first release in seven years). It is also her 7th&nbs...

It has been three years since Carly Rae Jepson ruled the airwaves with her pop phenomenon single Call Me Maybe. Just thinking about that song insures that I will undoubtable be singing it in my head for the rest of the day. That track was Carly’s first foray into the music scene and what an amazing first release it was. Call Me Maybe...

Is it just me or does every day now feel like The Weekend! Let me explain, Abel Tesfaye the singer, songwriter and producer better known as The Weeknd is a young Canadian of Ethiopian decent. He entered the scene with his modern soul music in 2011 with a trilogy of free (gotta love that) mix tapes. Back in 2013 Tesfaye released ...

For me DJing is a sacred creative art form. I keep it pure and mix manually, not by software or computer assist. Don't get me wrong, I'm a tech head. In the studio I'll use whatever it takes to make a track sound the way I want it too. But when I’m spinning it’s all about my hands and ears and the thrill of holding a great beat mix manually without the ...