Feature Stories – Artists


For Lori Yates, songwriting is a therapeutic companion

Four-decade career culminates in “Matador” album

P’tit Belliveau: Become an artist-entrepreneur, or build a house?

“If you just want to do music, don’t be an independent, ...

Jordan Gagne: A seasoned professional scores “The Rookie”

Screen composer’s path to a higher profile

Mikel Hurwitz, organizer of sounds

Composer, musician, producer, conductor

For New West, final version of each song “depends on what it wants to be”

Collaborative quartet earns more than 100 million views

Uninhibited SadBoi writes short, sharp songs

Eclectic singer-songwriter makes demos in her bathroom

Vandelux: Hedge fund COO becomes full-time singer-songwriter

Ever-evolving electronic/dance musician hits 80 million stre...

Beverly Glenn-Copeland releases first album in almost 20 years

80-year-old has enjoyed unexpected career renaissance in the...

Walking Through the Fire (of Truth and Reconciliation)

Sultans of String collaborate with Indigenous musicians

For Aphrose, motherhood clarified her purpose

Neo-soul singer moves from background to forefront

Keys N Krates: Let’s play house

From electronic eclecticism to focused simplicity

#ComposersWhoScore : Medhat Hanbali, The Specialist

A conversation about the trade and how it’s learned

For Fefe Dobson, melody comes first

Returning on a wave of resurgent pop-punk

Rêve: Writing to Make You Dance

“I felt I needed to be taken seriously as a songwriter”

Arielle Soucy : Songs You Can Inhabit

She’s presenting her first album, “Il n’y a rien que j...

Dominique Fils-Aimé, from the roots to the treetops

New trilogy begins with plant life connection to Mother Eart...

Fléau Dicaprio : somewhere between first and second degree

He explodes on the rap Québ scene with “Chien mangé chie...

Engaging storyteller Danny Michel puts it all out on the table

Overcoming isolation, writers’ block to deliver Ghost Town...

La Force : Through Thick and Thin

“Ultimately, no one is protected from death”

Jeremy Dutcher “turns everything up a dial” for sophomore album

First time releasing original songs, singing in English

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