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      Words + Music is the online magazine of SOCAN, the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. Just as SOCAN was formed in 1990 by the merger of its predecessor Canadian performing rights organizations PROCAN and CAPAC, their separate magazines merged in 1994 to form Words + Music. Our mission is to provide interesting, high-quality content about the increasingly exciting and

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      Plume, Banx & Ranx, Ginette Reno, Nathalie Bonin, Roxane Bruneau, Mathieu Brisset

      Speaking Out: SOCAN advocates politically for music creators

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      President’s Message: The accelerating pace of change

      Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts

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      Composition vs Master – Breaking Down Music Copyrights

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      Building a career in France: challenges, sacrifices, dreams, reality

      The export strategies of Klô Pelgag, Fredz, Aliocha, Patrick Watson and Billy du Page

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      Here are 11 albums from Québec and Acadia that we’re looking forward to discovering.

      How Jay McCarrol created the sound of Anthony Bourdain’s inner turmoil

      Biopics present a challenge: is it possible to show the life—even in part—of a popular person in a film short of a two-hour runtime? Perhaps the answer is not to be so literal but lean into the poetics of a person’s life, according to Jay McCarrol, the composer for Tony, the recent film about the youthful days of chef and writer, Anthony ...

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      All Features »

      Photo Gallery: Honey Jam 2026 at TD Music Hall

      Photo Gallery: Honey Jam 2026 at TD Music Hall

      The 2026 concert honoured its promise of discovery and sisterhood, drawing a full house to Toronto's TD Music Hall.

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      Steady reached No. 1 on the Indigenous Music Chart on May 18.

      Roublond Wins the 58th Grand Concours Loto-Québec at the Festival international de la chanson de Granby

      So far, little has emerged about the musical world of this year’s winner, Roublond. For now, at least, he remains something of an enigma.

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