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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
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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 Alex 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
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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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Photo by Sylwia Sarama
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How Sum 41 Became the New Classic Rock

October 7, 2016December 7, 2020 - by Ryan McNutt

At a time when guitar is harder and harder to find on the music charts, pop punk is unexpectedly having a moment

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We Deserve Polaris

September 19, 2016November 18, 2019 - by Liisa Ladouceur

Why the industry’s coolest music prize is earnestly—and sometimes painfully—Canadian

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The Great Canadian Hip Trip

August 25, 2016December 3, 2021 - by Paul Colangelo

5,000 kilometres, fifty hours driving, 250 Polaroids—exploring the country through Tragically Hip lyrics

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Illustration by Irma Kniivila
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What Happened to Celine Dion’s Wardrobe?

July 29, 2016November 18, 2022 - by Isabel Slone

The Canadian singer’s unlikely rise to the altar of high fashion

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Photograph by David Bastedo
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No Last Waltz

July 25, 2016April 5, 2017 - by Yoni Goldstein

It’s hard to enjoy the Tragically Hip’s music knowing Gord Downie has cancer

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Illustration by Benoit Tardif
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I’m Taking It Easy When I Take the Bus

July 4, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Karen Pinchin

How one local jingle became our national transit jam

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