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The acclaimed hip-hop artist and motivational speaker is launching his Black Canadian 365 project to celebrate Black History Month. It documents his life as a Black Canadian via freestyle rap and long form blog posts and images, and he reveals more about the initiative and his family roots in this interview.

This Toronto quartet has delivered shantified material since 2013 and has just released a second album,  Across The Western Ocean. Here one of the members describes that record, its favourite songs, the thrill of seeing sea shanties go viral, and engaging with fans of the genre online.

News that the legendary jazz vocalist is battling Alzheimer’s has saddened the music world. Here is a wide-ranging and fascinating interview he gave back in 1993, at the tender age of 67.

The singer/songwriter has had hits in both the country and pop realms, and his new country album, The Good Ones, is spawning more hit singles. Here he describes the record, the ways he’s adapting to the pandemic, his pleasure at seeing the genre become more diverse, and hopes for 2021.

The veteran Montreal psych-rock band delivers a new album this week. Here its co-founder discusses the record, a favourite song, the group’s loyal audience, the challenges of a curfew, and hopes for 2021.