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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
Plume, Banx & Ranx, Ginette Reno, Nathalie Bonin, Roxane Bruneau, Mathieu Brisset
Currently lobbying government on several key issues
Adapting to constant, disruptive technological shifts
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Legal considerations for creators
What are the differences?
The export strategies of Klô Pelgag, Fredz, Aliocha, Patrick Watson and Billy du Page
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A few days before I spoke to Laura Roy, the singer and songwriter performed on CBC East Coast Music Hour, with Ali Enriques (violin and piano) and Sam Wilson (guitar), two musicians with vital roles on her debut album, Late Bloomer Season. It had been a while since the trio played together, and as Roy finished the first verse of “Warpaint,” she noticed tears streaming down Enriques’ face. The moment was both startling and comforting for Roy; serving as a reminder the vulnerability that’s ...
Rapper Kinji00 and producer Lb66 continue to boldly evolve while avoiding repeating the same sovereignist rap formula.
Here is the 2026 cohort of finalists.
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Few Québec singers can claim to have made their mark in English Canada, but Alicia Moffet is one of them.
SOCAN spent the last week in May in Ottawa with parliamentarians, senators, and music creators for rigorous discussion and connections about artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the state of creativity. Our marquee event in the capital, SOCAN on the Hill, focuses on how our organization supports and advocates for our members, bringing stories and conversations to ...
Here is the fourth and final instalment of our red-carpet interviews from the 2026 Gala SOCAN, held May 3 at TOHU in Montréal.
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