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The Besnard Lakes:

In just 10 years, The Besnard Lakes have become the unchalle...

Caféïne:

This past spring, Xavier Caféïne released New Love, a scor...

Tire le coyote

artisan du folk country

Rising star Lindi Ortega

Move to Nashville influences her songwriting

The Sadies both transcend and celebrate their heritage

Country-music heirs make a family album

In the Spotlight: The Coppertone

“As soon as my young ears heard John Lee Hooker’s ‘Boo...

The Tom Fun Orchestra

The more the merrier for band songwriter Ian MacDougall

Hôtel Morphée: A Family Affair

People who take risks are exciting

In the Spotlight: The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer

Not a travelling carnival show.

Caïman Fu : long distance

A strange animal

Japandroids share the wealth – and the work

Hard-touring duo always split songwriting credits 50-50

Metz strip their songs down to essentials

Noisy rockers aim to make their music very direct

In the Spotlight: Rah Rah

Best purveyors of anthemic indie rock

In the Spotlight: Mo Kenney

Started taking guitar lessons at 11

Gros Mené : The Return of the Beast

"After 13 years, we’ve all evolved considerably"

Corb Lund gets Cabin Fever in The Rockies

Gettin’ down on the mountain

Inside Dany Placard’s Bubble

His paramour and their sons are the muses to which we owe th...

Matt Mays finds inspiration in his travels

On the road again

In the Spotlight: Wake Owl

“This is definitely not my first batch of songs”

Old Man Luedecke carves his own path to double Juno wins

Unconventional and self-deprecating

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