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CMW announces co-chairs for Canadian Music Week 2014

TORONTO – The organizers of Canadian Music Week today announced the co-chairs for CMW 2014: Elliott Lefko, vice-president of Los Angeles-based Goldenvoice Concerts; CTV music correspondent and music industry PR veteran Eric Alper; Jim (JJ) Johnston, president and CEO of JJIMS Inc.; and Shauna de Cartier, founder of Six Shooter Records. Lefko, who books concerts for Goldenvoice in southern California, Alaska, Hawaii and Canada, has promoted tours for Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Morrissey, The Foo Fighters, Tegan And Sara, City & Colour, The Tragically Hip and Hayden. Regarded in Canada as an authority on music, Alper is a regular contributor...