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Kym Gouchie’s Shun beh nats’ujeh (We Are Healing Through Songs)

A gift to bring out the child in us all

Donovan Woods reveals the telling details of daily adult life

By embracing contradictions, condensing multitudes

Shawn Hook overcomes a major health scare

And traces the career path to his EP Beauty in Surrender

Goldie Boutilier’s “The Actress”: How the song happened

With a little help from SOCAN’s Liam Russell

Kroy: The Need to Suffer

With MILITIA, built over a decade, she steps back to ponder ...

Composer Cris Derksen’s Controlled Burn

Cellist braids together Indigenous, electropop, and classica...

Bollywood North: Shweta Subram

Much more than a playback singer

Kayla Diamond starts Kolossal Records

A singer, songwriter, and producer herself, she understands ...

For New West, final version of each song “depends on what it wants to be”

Collaborative quartet earns more than 100 million views

Sebastian Gaskin opens up to co-writing

And expands both his musical and lyrical range

Uninhibited SadBoi writes short, sharp songs

Eclectic singer-songwriter makes demos in her bathroom

Terra Lightfoot’s Unique Path

A mountaintop epiphany changes her trajectory

For Fefe Dobson, melody comes first

Returning on a wave of resurgent pop-punk

Welcome to the era of fast-rising star LU KALA

Hardworking, ambitious singer-songwriter goes pop against st...

How the song happened: “Colonizer,” by Vivek Shraya

Shraya’s work encapsulates love, tension, and humour – f...

Ariane Brunet starts fresh under the name of L’Isle

“There’s more to an artist’s world than just the music...

How the song happened (in 14 years): “Catchin’ Grasshoppers”

New Kenny Rogers LP includes song written by Laura McCall To...

Beau Nectar : Joining Forces

“We’re bilingual without being Québécois, so it’s di...

How the Song Happened: TALK’s “Run Away to Mars”

How it was created, how it went viral

Digawolf reflects true North

With gruff voice, sonically manipulated guitars

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