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When Sexism Makes for a Catchy Song

November 11, 2019 - by Tariq Hussain

My songwriting students pen misogynistic lyrics. But the music industry tells them that’s okay

Cover Story / September 2019

Céline Dion is Everywhere

August 28, 2019September 16, 2019 - by Suzannah Showler

At fifty-one, Dion is wrapping up her Vegas residency with a world tour, an album, and two movies in the works. Why has it taken forty years for the world’s most talented singer to finally become cool?

A photograph of a woman with a drawing of a hut behind her.

Arts & Culture

When a Juno-Nominated Musician Lives in a Refugee Camp

June 20, 2019July 9, 2019 - by Luke Ottenhof

Her album was up for a major prize, but recognition doesn’t change the reality of being a displaced person

Music

In Times of Crisis, We Need Classical Music

March 19, 2019July 12, 2019 - by Kent Nagano

What will we lose if Bach and Beethoven disappear from our schools and concert halls?

First Person

Learning to Forgive My Distant Father

January 17, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Mark Abley

I always knew my dad loved me. But he often seemed to love his music more

Colin Dutcher playing piano with room with high-vaulted ceilings

Music

How Jeremy Dutcher Keeps His Ancestors’ Language Alive

June 21, 2018January 4, 2020 - by Sarah MacDonald

Fewer than 10,000 Wolastoq people live in First Nations communities. The twenty-seven-year-old sings their songs

March 2018 / Music

How to Make a Hit Song in 2018

March 5, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Tariq Hussain

Why artists are rethinking old formulas for chart-topping music

Year in Action

The Radical Notion of Safe Spaces in Music

January 24, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Carly Lewis

Toronto’s Venus Fest is part of a movement to prove our music scenes can be free of sexism

Courtesy of the Polaris Prize / John Paille

Music / Web Exclusives

Lido Pimienta Doesn’t Care Whether You Think She’s Canadian

October 16, 2017November 27, 2019 - by Kelli Korducki

Neither English nor French, this year’s Polaris Prize winner is a truer reflection of our country’s culture

January/February 2017 / Music

Why Are There so Few Female Conductors?

December 19, 2016November 19, 2019 - by Danielle Groen

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