Gord Downie’s Final Act
The Tragically Hip frontman spent his final days challenging and confronting what it means to be Canadian
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Lido Pimienta Doesn’t Care Whether You Think She’s Canadian
Neither English nor French, this year’s Polaris Prize winner is a truer reflection of our country’s culture
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Why a Country Music Act Will Never Win the Polaris
Canada’s narrow cultural taxonomy excludes some of our best artists
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The New Historian
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?
Despite a wealth of talent, Atlantic Canadian acts are struggling to break into the mainstream
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The Strange History of ‘O Canada’
Disliked by the French and misunderstood by the English, what the anthem says about our nation
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Why Are There so Few Female Conductors?
For women, the symphony is not so different from the boardroom
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I Have No Idea of the Sound I’m Looking For
An Interview with Leonard Cohen in 1969
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Try to Say the Grace
Leonard Cohen passes away at eighty-two
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Last Rites
Only Leonard Cohen could sing his own elegy
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