Articles by Yasmine Shemesh
BRASS Continue to Shine on 'Look on the Bright Side'
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2022
"Winning Hand" — the first single off Look on the Bright Side, the new EP from Vancouver hardcore punks BRASS — is the perfect introduction...
Ex-Weaves Vocalist Jasmyn Leaves Toronto, Goes Solo and Finds Herself 'In the Wild'
PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2022
Jasmyn Burke decided to move to Hamilton, near the water. There is something calming about the roll of the waves, something restorative, he...
'Glee' at 25: How Bran Van 3000's Eclectic Debut Became a Timeless "Canadian Folk Record"
PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2022
James Di Salvio thought he was making an instrumental trip-hop record and that would be it. He never imagined those late-night jam sessions...
TiKA Breaks Down Barriers in Film and TV with Creative Agency for BIPOC Composers
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2021
TiKA was about seven years old when she first watched Polly, Walt Disney's 1989 made-for-TV musical adaptation of Pollyanna. Directed and c...
Hip-Hop Godmother Michie Mee Surveys the State of Canadian Rap
PUBLISHED May 12, 2021
What can only be described as pure jubilation rings over the telephone line as Michie Mee, the godmother of Canadian hip-hop, tells me who...
How 'Dawson's Creek' Became a Treasure Trove of Canadian Music
PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2021
One of the greatest music moments in Dawson's Creek took place halfway through the third season, in the episode "A Weekend in the Country."...
Bebe Buckskin's 'Asiskiy' EP Is a Powerful Reinvention of Blues Rock
PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2020
Asiskiy, the sophomore EP from blues rocker Bebe Buckskin, is a five-track collection that — with its wahs of slide guitar, growling riffs,...
Cœur de pirate
En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé
PUBLISHED May 29, 2018
One doesn't need to speak French to understand what Cœur de pirate is saying on her new album, En cas de tempête, ce jardin sera fermé. The...
