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Deryck Whibley: Why Sum 41 is disbanding after 27 years
After three decades, the Canadian pop-punk band Sum 41 is calling it quits. But when frontman Deryck Whibley started writing the group’s latest album…
1 year, 11 months ago
Leanne Toshiko Simpson: Why the rom-com is the perfect format to discuss mental illness
Leanne Toshiko Simpson is looking at romantic comedy through a new lens. The fourth-generation Japanese Canadian writer has just released her debut n…
1 year, 11 months ago
Alex Garland on his new film Civil War + Hamza Haq on how Transplant saved his career
Alex Garland’s latest film “Civil War” is unsettling even in its premise — maybe because of how real it feels. Set in a dystopian future America, the…
1 year, 11 months ago
Kyle MacLachlan: Fallout, David Lynch, and how he really feels about Dune
After making his name in series like “Twin Peaks” and “Sex and the City,” Kyle MacLachlan is now back on the small screen as the star of the new Amaz…
1 year, 11 months ago
iskwē: The ‘gut-wrenching roller coaster ride’ of making her new album
The Cree Métis singer-songwriter iskwē is back with her first solo album since 2019, “nīna.” On the record, she channels her feelings of heartbreak, …
1 year, 11 months ago
Mike Post on writing some of TV’s greatest theme songs + Joel Plaskett’s new spoken word piece
Mike Post is the multi-Grammy-winning composer behind some of the most recognizable TV theme songs of all time, from “The A-Team” and “Magnum, P.I.” …
1 year, 11 months ago
Ian Williams on courageous conversations, cancel culture and taking risks + Magdalene Odundo on her life in clay
The award-winning Canadian writer and professor Ian Williams has been named this year’s Massey lecturer. Since 1961, the Massey Lectures have invited…
1 year, 11 months ago
Rudy Mancuso: Música and what it’s like living with synesthesia
The musician and actor Rudy Mancuso lives with synesthesia, which in his case means hearing everyday noises as musical patterns. In his first feature…
1 year, 11 months ago
Dawn Landes: The Liberated Women’s Songbook and the history of women’s activism through music
The singer-songwriter Dawn Landes has just released her new album, “The Liberated Woman's Songbook.” It was inspired by a 1971 book of the same name …
1 year, 11 months ago
Joan Baez: Folk music, “Bobby” Dylan, and what it means to have an honest legacy
Few voices in folk music have captured a time and place quite like Joan Baez’s. Her incredible life is on display in the documentary “Joan Baez I Am …
1 year, 11 months ago