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Friyie goes Off The Map, from Jane Street to Salt Lake to Ghana

After his initial bold risk created a career-changing connec...

MUTEK 2025: Three Québec artists shine bright

Electronic music / digital art festival runs Aug. 19-24

Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux, screen composer for Peak Everything movie

“If the music doesn’t need anything else to exist, it me...

Maude Sonier: Acadia as a bass line

“Each token of recognition is a breeze carrying you forwar...

How did Chrissy Spratt earn more than four million TikTok followers?

By finding her niche with covers of Afrobeats hits

TDJ: Slowing Down the Pace

“It’s still explosive, just a little more contained”

TOBi presents ELEMENTS Vol. 2

Finding balance, and the power of expression

Making and choosing the music for hit TV series North Of North

How screen composers, music supervisor enhance its identity

SOCAN Academy: Nikhil Seetharam on Composing for Comedy & Building Your Career

Scoring for Laughs

Karolane Carbonneau: the sweet spot between NOBRO and comment debord

“I think we have no choice but to diversify for things to ...

Fred Mollin, record man and lifelong SOCAN member

His memoir highlights importance of staying open to new oppo...

Acclaimed Indigenous songwriters named first Massey Hall Artists in Residence

A next-level career pathway for Celeigh Cardinal, Sebastian ...

Amanda Martinez: Making the music for Recuerdo and Rosie’s Rules

“It took me a long time to call myself a songwriter”

Blynk and Katrine Sansregret: Opposites Attract

Both featured June 19, in SOCAN showcase at Francos de Montr...

Two Women: A feminist score for a new generation

“We got great advice from Tram7 and Fair Enough,” says d...

Paul Daraîche: 60 years in, the legend lives on

At 78, he’s taking one last lap with Un dernier je t’aim...

Dinuk Wijeratne unifies music of multiple cultures with “Identity”

Contemporary classical composer embraces “art song with gl...

Muhoza: Sharing the Truth

Meet the winner of the 2025 Francouvertes competition

Dan Mangan records new album Natural Light in one week at a cottage

Cooking musical “leftovers” into a potent new egg scramb...

Antoine Corriveau: Don’t Cage the Night

“I don’t want to make the same thing over and over”

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