Scott Lanaway is a music artist from Toronto

Toronto

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, Canada

Canada

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His most recent release was 'Mergers & Acquisitions' (2010), a follow-up to 'Answering Machine Diaries' (2006). His musical style has been described as electrofolk - a combination of acoustic instruments and electronic soundscapes. It ranges from pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 to cinematic/atmospheric.

'Mergers & Aquisitions' charted nationally on college radio across Canada. A video for the song '1333' was on MuchMusic, and the song 'Gabapentin' was featured nationally on CBC Radio3 and Sirius satellite radio in the summer of 2010. The album was critically well-received.

Lanaway's music has been played nationally on CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3 is a radio station that consists of two parts devoted to Canadian arts and music: a radio service which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio and streaming audio, and several daily and weekly podcasts from the CBC Radio 3 website...

 and college radio in Canada and the U.S..

He has also had his music placed regularly on network television in the U.S. (MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

, VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

, A&E

A&E Network

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