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Why a Country Music Act Will Never Win the Polaris

September 14, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Anthony Easton

Canada’s narrow cultural taxonomy excludes some of our best artists

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Photo by Community Archives
Music

The New Historian

August 2, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Richard Trapunski

In her latest album, Simone Schmidt sings the forgotten stories of women incarcerated a Kingston mental asylum—and questions who has the right to rewrite history

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What’s Holding Back the East Coast Music Scene?

July 11, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Ryan McNutt

Despite a wealth of talent, Atlantic Canadian acts are struggling to break into the mainstream

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Illustration by Jonathan Dyck
July/August 2017 / Music

The Strange History of ‘O Canada’

June 27, 2017April 5, 2020 - by Peter Kuitenbrouwer

Disliked by the French and misunderstood by the English, what the anthem says about our nation

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conductor waving her baton
January/February 2017 / Music

Why Are There so Few Female Conductors?

December 19, 2016April 7, 2020 - by Danielle Groen

For women, the symphony is not so different from the boardroom

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Mike Jahn
Music

I Have No Idea of the Sound I’m Looking For

November 11, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Michael Harris

An Interview with Leonard Cohen in 1969

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Photograph by Sofía Lens
Music

Try to Say the Grace

November 10, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Mark Abley

Leonard Cohen passes away at eighty-two

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Illustration by Anita Kunz
January/February 2017 / Music

Last Rites

November 10, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Pico Iyer

Only Leonard Cohen could sing his own elegy

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Gord Downie’s Path to Reconciliation

October 21, 2016October 23, 2019 - by Alexander Tesar

The troubadour of white Canada has made coming to terms with our past his final mission

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Screenshot from Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan
Music

Dylan Who?

October 14, 2016October 17, 2019 - by The Walrus

Canadian writers share their opinion on Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize win

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