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Dawn Macdonald on the mess and beauty of growing up in the Canadian North
Dawn Macdonald is a poet based in Whitehorse, Yukon whose 2024 debut poetry collection “Northerny” takes an honest, raw and unsentimental look at gro…
10 months ago
Losing her voice taught Melanie Fiona to speak up for herself
After over a decade away from the spotlight, Canadian singer Melanie Fiona is back with an EP. “Say Yes” is her first record since she won two Grammy…
10 months, 1 week ago
The wrestling saga at the heart of The Halluci Nation’s new EP
When Bear Witness and Tim “2oolman” Hill of The Halluci Nation watched wrestling as kids, they had to look past stereotypes and tropes to find Indige…
10 months, 1 week ago
Wiz Khalifa found peace in not needing praise
Wiz Khalifa just dropped his latest album ‘Kush + Orange Juice 2,’ the sequel to his 2010 mixtape that introduced him to the world. Khalifa joins Tom…
10 months, 1 week ago
Sister Ray trades rejection for joy on their new album Believer
The Alberta folk singer-songwriter Sister Ray is known for writing songs about heartbreak and sadness. But they decided to try something different wi…
10 months, 1 week ago
Why Sook-Yin Lee adapted her ex’s memoir about paying for sex
In Sook-Yin Lee’s film, “Paying For It,” a couple whose romantic attraction is waning decide to open up their relationship. While Sonny explores dati…
10 months, 1 week ago
Amy Millan realized grief didn’t need to be a secret, so she wrote an album about it
Amy Millan from the band Stars is back with her first solo record in fifteen years. Millan tells Tom how her album “I Went To Find You” was inspired …
10 months, 1 week ago
Justice’s best advice for artists: revel in your mistakes
You might not remember every song on the radio from 2007, but if you were anywhere near a club or dancefloor, you might remember the electronic duo J…
10 months, 1 week ago
This choreographer thinks of her work as “painting” on dancers
Jennifer Archibald is one of North America’s busiest and most in-demand choreographers. At the end of May, she’ll debut her first piece for the Natio…
10 months, 1 week ago
From CIA to Ohana: Courtney B. Vance stars as Cobra Bubbles in Lilo & Stitch
Courtney B. Vance is known for playing men of power and purpose — from Johnnie Cochran in “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” to Uncle George Freeman in “L…
10 months, 1 week ago