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BEYRIES: Encounters of a New Kind

“I’ve come to love this trade, thanks to the exchange I ...

Decision-Makers: Matt Maw of Red Music Rising

Director of new Indigenous record label / management compan...

Zach Zoya: When the Journey is the Goal

Versatility is his “primary musical value”

How to release music during a pandemic: four examples

“The show must go on” is more true now than ever

TOBi: Writing songs that are both timely and timeless

While exploring Black joy as a form of resistance

Adamo: Giving it time

“People only see talent when it hits them in the face”

SOCAN members make it onto the Obamas’ playlists

An honour, and a bump in publicity

Comment Debord: All seven of them at once

“Our songs resonate both with 20-year-olds and old Parti Q...

How the song happened: Cory Marks’s “Outlaws & Outsiders”

Co-writer Kevin Churko brought in some heavy-hitter guests

Bobby Bazini : A need to move

“This time, the responsibility for the project was my own....

Jessy Lanza: Daring to be vulnerable

While adapting to the new reality of the pandemic

Joey Moi: Big Loud Records producer, songwriter, entrepreneur is on a roll

“We get to sign the artists we fall in love with, then mak...

Le Couleur – French as a passport

Their music travels for them

Adrian Sutherland: The man from Attawapiskat seizes the day

“As a solo artist, I have the freedom to express whatever ...

CRi: Controlled Chaos

“I’d love it if Monique from Baie-Comeau listened to my ...

Songwriter / producer WondaGurl crushing it at 23

Cooking beats for Drake, Rihanna, Travi$ Scott, Killy – an...

Antoine Corriveau: Letting weeds grow

“It makes no sense that, in a pandemic, our reaction shoul...

Bantü Salsa, winner of Nuits d’Afrique fest Best New Artist Award

“I wanted to show the similarities between African and Lat...

For Bahamas, boredom provides motivation

As he writes songs that honour the moment and find forgivene...

New Series! “SOCAN Picks of the Month”

October 2020: Moneyphone, Sael, Hunnah, Jarrel The Young, km...

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