Feature Stories – Artists


Bantü Salsa, winner of Nuits d’Afrique fest Best New Artist Award

“I wanted to show the similarities between African and Lat...

For Bahamas, boredom provides motivation

As he writes songs that honour the moment and find forgivene...

New Series! “SOCAN Picks of the Month”

October 2020: Moneyphone, Sael, Hunnah, Jarrel The Young, km...

Shreez: Changing His Life

“I do as I please, but I’m not an idiot either”

As Heard On….Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

“All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)” by Ian Nieman an...

Noah Reid: Not just paddling up Schitt’s Creek

Singer-songwriter pens honest, heartfelt songs

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

Streaming services foster a massive global hit

Decision-Makers: Marcella Grimaux

Creative director, visual designer, artistic director

Monk.E : The Ugandan Connection

“I’ve grown artistically, socially, and on a human level...

Polaris 2020 short-lister Witch Prophet

Raising funds to co-found her own record label, Heart Lake

Ragers: Might as well

High-energy rap combo explores twists and turns of French la...

Winnipeg live hip-hop band Super Duty Tough Work

Polaris Prize 2020 long-listers expand their creative approa...

Kiesza returns with Crave

After six years, and a traumatic brain injury

Bernardino Femminielli’s “French Exit”

“I still see what Parisians no longer see”

Fred Everything: Steady as He Goes

Deep house DJ/producer’s career going strong for nearly 30...

Robert Robert: Giving beats a story

“Club music also exists in the context where it’s played...

How songwriter/producer Junia-T became a Studio Monk

Collaborative approach earns a place on 2020 Polaris Short L...

Poirier: Local and universal, like convenience store fireworks

He releases his eleventh album, Soft Power

Guylaine Tanguay: “I want to ‘de-tacky-fy’ country music”

With new album and tour of drive-ins, she’s in summer mode

Klô Pelgag: Sorrow, joy, and the bridge between them

Confessions of a singer-songwriter in a class all her own

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