Short Artist Profiles


Paper Lions graduate to Full Colour

Evolving band ready for the future

Christine Jensen: Set Theory

Winner of SOCAN’s 2015 Hagood Hardy Award

Mehdi Cayenne: Sweetness’ Small Symphonies

Tales of desire, convoluted adventure, tango of the impossib...

Francesco Yates: Putting guitar in current pop

School of Rock devotee learns lessons from Pharrell

Todor Kobakov: Bitten by the film bug

Applying previously learned skills to current movie scores

Bernard Adamus: A Day in America

A unique, charismatic character from Québec’s musical pan...

Colin Linden’s Rich In Love

Ace guitarist/producer stays humble about songwriting

Jazz Cartier’s intensely Torontonian debut

Unsettling songwriter may be city’s next great rap act

Scott Helman: Born to be a singer-songwriter

Now learns from writing with others

Film & TV composer Rich Walters

“Be-cool” attitude benefits his career

Kiran Ahluwalia’s sure-footed artistry

Crossing musical borders with fearless grace

Bahamas: From background to spotlight

Singer-songwriter asserts himself on third album

The Once

Bringing the Roots from "The Rock" to the world

The world of xSDTRK

Thinking less, pushing boundaries

Film composer Jeff Morrow

Forging his own unique path

Grief gets a grip on Kalle Mattson’s muse

Rising songwriter releases a song cycle about death

SonReal comes by his name honestly

Rapper not afraid to be genuine, vulnerable

Storming the charts like MAGIC!

Professional songwriters find “Rude” awakening

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