Feature Stories – Artists


Emanuel and the Cinderella story of “Need You”

For the singer-songwriter, “Nothing beats that human conne...

MIELS : The music you find around yourself

Québec-U.S. duo tackles Franco rock

Dakota Bear: Songwriter, rapper, activist

Using music as the vehicle for a message of unification

Jenius: Producer’s intuitive fluidity, organic relationships, pay off

Working with Polo G, Travi$ Scott, KILLY, Anders

Jenna Andrews: Songwriter/Publisher co-writes No. 1 BTS hit, “Butter”

And U.K. Top 10 David Guetta hit, “Heartbreak Anthem”

Upstarts: Jay Jay

The 12-year-old rapper has a battle to fight

John Orpheus: Saga Boy finds his identity

While Saga King promises a “funky Caribbean pop soundclash...

Mother Mother: Seasoned band explodes on TikTok

While new album documents life “Inside”

SOCAN Classics: “Le Train” – Vilain Pingouin (1990)

The band’s best-known song has stood the test of time

Poesy: The Launch, Lipson, and a little luck

Constant co-writing “has made me a way more outgoing perso...

Ian Janes: Writing from a title

And engaging listeners with a companion booklet

Allison Russell has found her voice

“I felt the urgency to write”

Hildegard: Days of Ecstasy

When Helena Deland and Ouri write together, the whole is gre...

Post Script: Playing All Cards

Franco-Albertan duo crafts melodies that are at ease in any ...

Better Together: Louis-Jean Cormier & Daniel Beaumont

« I like to think that two heads can work on a single pro...

LUMIÈRE’s Emancipation

“I waited this long to write my first song because I was a...

David Lafleche: Finding Your Voice

The conductor and music director abandons television to indu...

Jeune Rebeu : finding a balance between business and feelings

“I don’t see it as a duality, but rather as two things t...

Charlotte Cardin: Feeling Everything to the Fullest

“I had to re-learn how to write music”

The Weather Station hits critical bullseye with current album

Powerful songwriting proves our environmental ignorance is n...

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