Angine de Poitrine occupies a different part of the prog rock musical spectrum than Rush, who emerged from the classic prog rock era.
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A recent survey of working musicians in Canada points to a growing discontent about AI in music, and points to how we could gain a music industry that allows Canadian music to flourish.
Urban and regional music scenes that anchor and enliven communities don’t simply survive on talent; they depend on the institutions and infrastructure that sustain them.
The Juno awards remind us that cultural institutions have the power to reinforce national pride, and also invite critical reflection, dissent and re-imagination.
As big streaming companies fight legislative requirements to pay into Canadian content, the story of satellite radio exemplifies competing commercial and public interests in policymaking.
Beyond how beautifully Elisapie interprets classic rock songs, with creative choices like using throat singing to cover Metallica, her music also brings the Inuktitut language to a wider audience.
Before people began subscribing to music and TV streaming, satellite radio companies convinced radio listeners to become radio subscribers.
Beefs often target Drake’s race, constructing him as a Canadian who is not Black enough to claim an authentic connection to African-American hip hop culture.
New K-pop groups comprised entirely of North Americans, Korea’s ‘K-culture training visa’ to attract international participation and K-pop auditions in Canada are all signs of a K-pop evolution.
Paying tribute to departed and living musicians via memorial tributes and awards is a way of lifting up artists’ significant roles defining and shaping musical innovation and cultural identity.
All-female rock bands like The Beaches are both a breath of fresh air and also heirs to a tradition of women in rock that includes early Black female guitarists and the 1990s riot grrrl movement.
Canadian R&B artists, including Drake, have built lifestyle brands that simultaneously reinforce and challenge dominant beliefs about R&B music as Black and American, and Canadian identity as white.
Buffy Sainte-Marie has generated a multi-decade fruitful career that is hard to rival. Her motive as an activist is usually overlooked.
Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1. His legacy includes songs that memorialize tragic shipping disasters and the 1968 Detroit Uprising.
The Online Streaming Act is set to soon become law in Canada. The act is a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done to support BIPOC content.
There is a distinction between deliberate use of a song to support a particular political campaign, and incidental music in the background at a social function hosted by a political party.
Here’s how radio Canadian content policy started, and how Canadian legislation, C-11, could contribute to supporting and growing home-grown music in the digital era.
A Spotify boycott wouldn’t fix the working conditions of most musicians. Fostering a more equitable, community-based music culture requires changing how we listen to music and support its production.
Known variously in Juno history as ‘Best Single,’ or ‘Best-Selling Single,’ and now ‘Single of the Year’ this award always garners attention. Reflections on select singles since 1979.
Three-quarters of the high-profile category Juno 2020 nominees were Ontario artists. This year’s awards have been cancelled, but new efforts to boost music development across the country are needed.
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Professor Popular Music and Media Studies, University of Alberta
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Scholarly Communications & Copyright Librarian, University of Winnipeg
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Lecturer in Musicology, Dan School of Drama & Music, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Candidate, Communication and Culture, York University, Canada
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Professor of Music, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of music, School for Studies in Art and Culture, Carleton University
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University
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Professor in English, Cross-appointed with Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Queen's University, Ontario