Murray A. Lightburn
Jackie Shane Documentary to Make World Premiere at SXSW
PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2024
The film will tell Shane's story "in her own unmistakable voice" through "never-before-heard conversations and dazzling animation"...
Murray A. Lightburn Excavates the Past on 'Once Upon a Time in Montreal'
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2023
The music of the Dears is inextricably linked with Montreal, most subliminally in its ambitious arrangements, echoing Quebecers' love for p...
The Dears' Murray A. Lightburn Details New Album 'Once Upon a Time in Montreal'
PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2023
Murray A. Lightburn has shared details of his third solo album. The Dears frontman will share Once Upon a Time in Montreal on March 31 via...
American-Canadian Transgender Soul Singer Jackie Shane Honoured with New Heritage Minute
PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2022
Late American-Canadian transgender soul singer Jackie Shane is the subject of a new Heritage Minute from Historica Canada. The dramatizati...
The Cutest Couples in Canadian Music
Show & Tell
PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2022
Behind every great Canadian musician is… another Canadian musician. With Valentine's Day right around the corner, we caught up with some of...
How the Dears Are Coping with Isolation: 'Minecraft,' Teaching Kids to Engineer, Throwing Potatoes in the River
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2020
Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak aren't just the co-leaders of Montreal rock stalwarts the Dears — they're also a married couple. As th...
Murray Lightburn
"A Thousand Light Years" (Sebastien Grainger remix) / (video tailer)
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2020
Dears main man Murray A. Lightburn went solo for last year's MASS:LIGHT electro-pop opera, and now that collection's "A Thousand Light Year...
Murray A. Lightburn and Kevin Drew Join Forces for "Changed My Ways" Video
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2019
Dears frontman Murray A. Lightburn recently delivered his sophomore solo effort Hear Me Out, and he's showing it off some via a new video f...