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Drogue: Stabbed by Sound Waves

Band members have never all been in the same room

Le Phoque OFF 2021 : a daring, inspiring virtual edition

SOCAN will host three webinars on exporting your music

Misc: A Sense of Urgency

“I don’t have a Plan B, and there won’t be one!” –...

TEKE::TEKE: Positive Destruction

Montréal combo attracts attention of famed labels Kill Rock...

La Fièvre: Re-connecting with your clan

“We’re trying to re-connect with a sense of community th...

Sophia Bel: Sweet Revenge of the Princess of the Dead

“Seeing your vision through is lifelong work”

Video Interview: Career Highlights with Sara Quin, of Tegan and Sara

From the Academy Awards to Taylor Swift to hosting the JUNOs

SOCAN members make it onto the Obamas’ playlists

An honour, and a bump in publicity

Jessy Lanza: Daring to be vulnerable

While adapting to the new reality of the pandemic

Video Interview: Staying Home with Sara Quin, of Tegan and Sara

On songwriting, and re-recording high school demos

Backxwash wins 2020 edition of $50,000 Polaris Prize

For the album, God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out...

Antoine Corriveau: Letting weeds grow

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

Songs by Men Without Hats, Rankin Family, Rough Trade inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

“Safety Dance,” “Pop Goes the World,” “Fare Thee W...

How the Song Happened: Powfu’s “death bed (coffee for your head)”

Streaming services foster a massive global hit

Krief: The Homebody Rocker

“Nowadays, I never look for what’s trending or hot”

Video Interview: Staying Home with Owen Pallett

We chat with celebrated songwriter, composer about his Islan...

Bernardino Femminielli’s “French Exit”

“I still see what Parisians no longer see”

Backxwash: breaking with the past

Against all odds, she finds herself on the Polaris shortlist

In the Spotlight: Pantayo

Modernized kulintang gets short-listed for 2020 Polaris Musi...

Anachnid: She sings with wolves

“I increasingly understand what I do and why I’m here”

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