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Corb Lund Celebrates the Beauty of Bleed

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2024

Corb Lund wants to welcome you to his living room. His new album, El Viejo, is the next best thing to hanging out at home with him and his...

Trans-Canada Highwaymen Channel the Spirit — but Not the Sound — of Classic AM Pop

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023

They're not Johnny, Kris, Waylon and Willie, who formed the iconic supergroup known as the Highwaymen — but the Trans-Canada Highwaymen are...

Metric Turned a Church into a Studio and Indulged Their Wickedest Musical Whims

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2023

Impulse purchases were all the rage in 2020. Some people got dogs, others bought cottages. Metric bought a church in small-town Ontario and...

Does AI Pose a Mortal Threat to the Music Industry, or Is it Just "Another Tool in the Toolkit"?

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2023

"David Bowie doing a somersault." In the time it took to type the prompt, an image of "Heroes"-era Bowie loads on the mounted TV, his legs...

​Stefana Fratila Took a Trip to NASA and Captured the Sound of Our Solar System

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2023

Have you ever wondered what the planets sound like? Toronto producer Stefana Fratila has, and she went on a five-year mission to find out....

Tour the Home Studios Where Canadian Artists Make Music

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2023

Gone are the days when artists needed to go into the studio to make a sophisticated recording. While professional studios still very much h...

Meet the Vinyl Maker Who Cut Every Arkells Holiday 7-Inch by Hand

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2023

Between supply chain disruptions and housebound collectors having more time with their turntables, the COVID-19 pandemic has left vinyl rec...

Canadian Guitarists Pick Their Favourite Riff of All Time

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2023

"The very idea of the riff is the electric guitar's greatest contribution to humanity," says PUP guitarist Steve Sladkowski. Perhaps even...