BLACK HISTORY MONTH: “BLACK PROTEST IS MUSIC. LEARNING THE MELODY IS NOT ENOUGH”
To really know what’s going on with Black protest music, we need to know and feel the words
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: “I CAN’T BREATHE”
Black protest hit a political and musical turning point with George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020
READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 10
Discovering veteran artists for the first time and saying goodbye to some of the greats
READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 9
Joni Miller has long had a thing for skinny chicks playing strong lead guitar like Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde Compatriots and Victoria residents Ted Lane and Jim Thomson feel differently about music in the time of COVID. Lane’s unimpressed while Thomson …Read More
READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 8
15 songs that’ll expand your musical audioscape from Coltrane to Seeger, a new tune from London Grammar, the always intriguing Agnes Obel, Haelos, Bird York, Matt Berninger and more
READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 7
Rabbit holes lead contributor Cat L’Hirondelle to Aussie Jen Cloher, Wye Oak and Cigarettes After Sex while John Mabbott looks at multi-talented and hard-to-label Vancouver band The Fugitives
READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 6
A dozen eclectic and beautiful songs from Patti Smith, Olafur Arnalds, Brian Eno, The Fretless, Eineida Marta, Keb’ Mo’ and more
READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 5
A few oldies. A few new ones. From contributors Diane Beckett and Ron Verzuh.
READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 4
A genre-jumping set of music from ska-punk to Portuguese fado, slow jazz, comforting Americana to spoken word artistry and more.
READERS’ CHOICE 2020: PART 3
Stevie Nicks’ Landslide and original music by Michael Fijal
