Curtis Newart (Photo courtesy Immaculate Records)
Curtis Newart is a Canadian-American recording artist, editor of The Rock Times online music magazine (est. 2022), and founder of the indie record label Immaculate Records (est. 2005).
He has written over 200 music news articles for The Rock Times, and has interviewed GRAMMY award winners and nominees. The Rock Times celebrated its 25th consecutive monthly issue in September 2026.
Additional subsidiaries of Immaculate Records have included JAENY (Jamestown Area Entertainment New York), Lauperland, and Newart Photography.
Newart's breakthrough album Rock the Chandeliers charted at #43 on the College Radio Charts for North America in September of 2018, spinning on over 100 radio stations. He signed music licensing deals with OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), NASCAR & Discovery, Inc. Newart's hit song "Superhuman" was remixed by renowned composer Jan Pulsford in 2025.
In 2024, Newart released several remastered club and dance remixes of his earlier work including "Ridicule", "I Would", "Superficial", and "I Don't Care".
His 2006 debut album, Exploits in a Modern World, was carried by HMV Canada and Sam the Record Man. The track "Dead Religion" charted at #36 on Amazon UK's Religion chart.
As a publicist, stage manager and fund raiser, Newart worked with hundreds of entertainers, events & organizations, including the United Nations, and the off-Broadway hit B-Average: A Musical About Passing.
For many years, he worked closely with Hollywood couple Thor Arngrim (manager to Liberace and Debbie Reynolds), and Norma Macmillan (the voice of Casper the Friendly Ghost and Gumby).
As a child, Newart was awarded an Outstanding Success in Speech Arts award from the Dr. F.H. Mewburn (OBE) chapter of the IODE (Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire), Canada.
