Feature Stories – Themes


Six “Queb” beatmakers to watch, 2023 edition

Close-up on the ones changing Québec’s musical landscape

Musicaction serves both music-makers and their ecosystem

Listening to communities in order to better serve them

The continuing, crucial importance of FACTOR

Supporting Canadian music with new flexibility

On the rise again: Jully Black, Glenn Lewis, Shawn Desman

All releasing new music for first time in a decade

Five Québec rap rookies to watch in 2023

Izuku, Joseph Sarenhes, Sloan Lucas, Guessmi, Chung reveal t...

Music as Medicine

Alysha Brilla, Desirée Dawson, Lia Liza share its healing p...

The Breakdown: Scoring for videogames

How does it work?

SOCAN helps showcase emerging Montréal Anglophone members in Los Angeles

Aiza, Clerel, Kallitechnis among beneficiaries of new progra...

Advance Québec: Moving Québec’s music industry forward

An interview with Widney Bonfils, Chairman of the Board

Five Quebec Beat-makers to watch In 2022

Gene Tellem, Melowithdaheat, Nkusi, Beau Geste, RKT BEAT

The Best of 2021

Members’ Favourite Moments, Contributors’ Top 10 Song Li...

Success goes to the dogs for multiple SOCAN members

Paw Patrol is a boon to Cal Brunker, Bob Barlen, Rob Szabo, ...

Classical composers in pandemic times

How did they respond to isolation, racial reckoning, social ...

Urbano Queb : The New Latino Wave

An overview of Québec’s Urbano movement, characterized by...

From niche playlist to go-to Indigenous catalogue

Nagamo Publishing’s production music library

How has the pandemic affected musicians’ mental health?

And how are SOCAN members and support organizations coping?

Music Publishers Canada fosters the careers of female-identifying producers

With Women in the Studio National Accelerator

Publishing: Jehan V. Valiquet, in service to the timeless Charles Aznavour

He dedicates Amoureuses des mots album to legendary French a...

Visual Arts X Music: Martin Bureau knows how to create a setting

“When I think about my favourite bands, lots of images re-...

QCLTUR: All for One

Is Québec’s hip-hop scene tighter than ever?

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