Pierre Kwenders
Hear Exclaim!'s Favourite Canadian Music of 2022
PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2022
We can always rely on time to do that thing where it somehow passes by in the blink of an eye and at a snail's pace all at once. It's offic...
The Year in Photos: Our Favourite Concert Memories of 2022
PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2022
After the concert industry went into hibernation in 2020 and 2021, it exploded back to life in 2022. Following another brief lockdown at th...
Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022
PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2022
Back in 2020, when lockdowns arrived, optimists began speculating how much great art would be created in that time. King Lear had supposedl...
Calgary's Block Heater Gets Pierre Kwenders, Julie Doiron, OMBIIGIZI for 2023 Concert Series
PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2022
Calgary Folk Music Festival's eighth annual ATB-powered winter ritual, Block Heater, returns February 9 to 12, 2023. Over the course of fo...
Winterruption YEG Gets Fucked Up, Pierre Kwenders, Zoon, Status/Non-Status for 2023 Edition
PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2022
Winterruption YEG will return to Edmonton from January 25 to 29, and the festival has just announced its 2023 lineup of music, comedy, drag...
Pierre Kwenders Shares 'José Louis and the Paradox of Love' Short Film
PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2022
Congolese-born, Montreal-based polymath Pierre Kwenders has shared a new Robert Mentov-directed short film to accompany his Polaris Prize-w...
Montreal's Moonshine Collective Dial Up New Album 'SMS for Location Vol. 5'
PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2022
Montreal-founded, globally-based collective Moonshine have announced another instalment in their SMS for Location release series. The Juno...
Pierre Kwenders Plots Canadian Tour Dates
PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2022
Pierre Kwenders just won the Polaris Music Prize with his album José Louis and the Paradox of Love, and now he's going on a victory lap of...