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Jan. 10: A captivating live show with Baby Rose, plus the relaunch of our Composer Brain series
Dec. 27: A tribute to the musicians who left us in 2025
Dec. 20: Why are there so many spicy seasonal songs? Plus the story behind the strangest Christmas duet ever
Dec. 13: Who is the Canadian musician of the year?
Dec. 6: The top 100 Canadian songs of 2025
Nov. 29: The best Canadian albums of 2025
Nov. 22: Watch BadBadNotGood’s cinematic live show, and Carly Rae Jepsen celebrates a big birthday
Nov. 15: The Guess Who’s reunion tour, how the Tragically Hip got its name, and Jesse Cook at Massey Hall
Nov. 8, 2025: The Grammy nominees are in, and a happy early 80th birthday to Neil Young
Nov. 1, 2025: Let’s play ball — and sing the anthem every day for a week
Oct. 25, 2025: The story behind two Canadian classics: C’est L’Halloween and OK Blue Jays
Oct. 18 2025: A sudden goodbye to D’Angelo, and k.d. lang shares her love for Jane Siberry
Oct. 11, 2025: Rush announces 2026 tour plans, and Reading Rainbow gets a reboot
Oct. 4, 2025: “We have a great deal of collective power,” says Allison Russell
Sept. 27, 2025: Nostalgia keeps coming for us thanks to Anne Murray and Sarah McLachlan
Sept. 20, 2025: Yves Jarvis wins the 2025 Polaris Music Prize
Sept. 13, 2025: What we learned from the Lilith Fair documentary, plus how to watch the 2025 Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony
Sept. 6, 2025: 10 films for music lovers to watch out for this festival season
Aug. 30, 2025: The 15 best Sarah McLachlan songs, ranked
Aug. 23, 2025: Neil Young quits Instagram and Facebook over controversial AI chatbots
Aug. 16, 2025: Did you know Leonard Cohen invented his own drink?
Aug. 9, 2025: Ward off "sunshine guilt" with our summer music suggestions
Aug. 2, 2025: 30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30, 2025 edition
July 26, 2025: Saying goodbye to Ozzy Osbourne, plus even more Justin Bieber love
July 19, 2025: The race for song of the summer is on
July 12, 2025: Get to know the 10 shortlisted albums for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize
July 5, 2025: The Reverie Indigenous Music Residency is back for a 2nd year
June 28, 2025: Rihanna, the Rolling Stones, Miley Cyrus — and the Canadians who gave them hits
June 21, 2025: Happy Indigenous Peoples Day + Mae Martin shares the music they've been loving lately
June 14, 2025: The Polaris long list is here
June 7, 2025: Summer is coming — and with it Indigenous History and Pride months
May 31, 2025: How Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and more disabled artists have changed music
May 24, 2025: More music festivals than you can handle, and an intro to Canadian music's newest wunderkind
May 17, 2025: The Weeknd's 15 best cinematic references, and the beginning of song-of-the-summer season
May 10, 2025: Hip-hop songs for mom, and the untold story of Black Punjabi jazz sensation Judi Singh
May 3, 2025: Celebrating Asian Heritage Month through music
April 26, 2025: Spring 2025 album guide: 16 new releases you need to hear
April 19, 2025: Grammy-nominated producer Jayda G gives us "science you can dance to"
April 12, 2025: The best Canadian musicians, from 2000 to the present
March 31, 2025: "Canada was my safe haven," says Anne Murray
March 30, 2025: It's time for the 2025 Juno Awards
March 22, 2025: The Juno Awards are almost here
March 15, 2025: Anne Murray to get 26th Juno Award, plus Billianne delivers a Shania Twain cover with bite
March 8, 2025: The Junos, Polaris rescind Buffy Sainte-Marie's awards, and 15 songs that channel women's rage
March 1, 2025: Our obsession with Céline's catalogue continues, plus the 10 best Canadian reggae songs
Feb. 21, 2025: The Tragically Hip gets a jukebox musical, Tate McRae brings dancing back to pop
Feb. 14, 2025: The 2025 Juno nominations, creepy "love songs" and Céline's epic high note
