OSCAR NOMINATIONS FOR BEST SONG 2022
Well known writers and musicians are up for the award including Beyoncé, Van Morrison, Billie Eilish, and Reba McEntire. And one song that people love isn’t on the list…
13 MINUTES WITH ABDULLAH IBRAHIM
The 87 year-old jazz master plays a three-song set on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series to promote his new release, Solotude
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: YOKO ONO’s MUSIC MADE ACCESSIBLE
A new album of 14 covers by artists like Sharon Van Etten, David Byrne and Sudan Archives spotlights the beauty and simplicity of her music. Who knew?
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: TORONTO’S MUSTAFA
Poet turned musician transforms grief and loss into music
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: TONY ALLEN + HUGH MASEKELA
African music legends deliver a tight and driving one-off album from a 2010 weekend session
BLACK HISTORY MONTH + VALENTINE’S DAY: WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW
The 1965 hit quietly addressed the Vietnam war while its 1971 remix spoke to assassination and civil rights
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022: OUTSIDE CHILD ALBUM
Allison Russell’s first solo album is a wise reckoning about her childhood abuse
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: OUTSIDE CHILD LYRICS
The lyrics to Allison Russell’s Outside Child album tell the story of her childhood abuse in Montreal
READERS’ CHOICE 2021: PART 12
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss eloquently update mid-20th century American song-writing on Raising the Roof
READERS’ CHOICE 2021: PART 11
The focus is on folk, roots,blues and country featuring Pete Seeger as well as Ontario duo Cat Clyde and Jeremie Albino
