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Montreal has spawned an incredible amount of musicians — and it's also inspired a lot of songs simply titled "Montreal." There are so many s...

At the Ford, Beck performs his first proper concert in nearly two years, equally at ease with folk-blues as he is with hip-hop.

TORONTO - Merck Mercuriadis is holding a Canadian treasure in his hands.Deep into a conversation about the future of the music industry, the head of the...

TORONTO — Merck Mercuriadis is holding a Canadian treasure in his hands. Deep into a conversation about the future of the music industry, the head of the Hipgnosis Songs Fund steps away from his webcam to pull an album from his shelf. It’s a vinyl copy of Joni Mitchell’s latest archival album released last year.  […]

The Hamster Dance to Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk: lets travel back to 2001 Social Sharing The Hamster Dance to Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk: lets travel back to 2001 Posted: Jan 07, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 7 Were revisiting some hit Canadian songs turning 20 in 2021. (From left: Kevin Winter (Getty Images); George de Sota (Hulton Archives/Getty Images)) We love a chance to look back, and what better opportunity than having just rung in a new year?  Twenty years ago, Canada w...

It seems anachronistic now, but singles used to matter. I mean, really matter. Having a catchy song hang around the upper echelons of the chart and gain heavy rotation on radio and music TV (remember music TV?) was the gateway to million dollar record deals and your album selling by the truckload, a causal link that just doesn’t exist these days no matter how many hits, views and likes an artist can rack up. Don’t believe me? Len’s ‘Steal My Sunshine’, due for re-release through Alco...

Bran Van 3000 Bran Van 3000 (also known as BV3) is a Canadian alternative rock and hip hop collective from Montreal, Quebec. Founded by DJ James Di Salvio and E.P. Bergen, they collaborated on a number of songs with Stéphane Moraille, Sara Johnston, Steve "Liquid" Hawley, Jayne Hill, Jean Leloup, Kim Bingham, Pierre-Luc Cerat and other musicians. The name of the group is derived etymologically from Swedish liquor Brännvin, a style of spirit best described as low-grade vodka. The name origina...