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Paul Simon - Songwriter

2011 | Administrator | Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Songwriting is all about rhythms and rhymes, according to the first recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. This two-CD set showcases both sides of the acclaimed composer’s craft,...

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Holly Cole - Night

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Cole has won fans the world over with her jazz-tinged takes on pop hits. Here she delivers a dreamy, piano-laced rendition of Gordon Lightfoot’s classic “If You Could Read My...

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Various artists - Listen to Me: Buddy Holly

2011 | Administrator | Sunday, 18 September 2011

Having written some of pop’s most enduring hits, Buddy Holly is in no risk of being forgotten. This 16-track compilation—the second tribute album to be released this summer—is proof of...

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Dragonette - Bodyparts

2012 | Administrator | Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Led by siren Martina Sorbara, Dragonette conquered the world with its 2010 single “Hello” (a title we really like!), collaborating with French DJ Martin Solveig. On the Canadian synth-poppers’ third...

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k.d. lang - Canadian Music Hall of Fame Inductee

2013 | Administrator | Monday, 22 April 2013

She arrived like a chinook in the dead of winter. When k.d. lang first blew out of Alberta in the mid-1980s, her look, personality and voice seemed to be exactly what everyone was hankering for: theatricality,...

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Great Lake Swimmers' new energy

2012 | Administrator | Sunday, 3 June 2012

For Tony Dekker, recording—like real estate—is all about location. The Great Lake Swimmers frontman has made a habit of working in unusual settings, beginning with his Toronto-based group’s 2003 self-titled debut, which was recorded in an...

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The Sadies

2013 | Administrator | Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Dallas and Travis Good have worked with Neil Young, author Margaret Atwood, Randy Bachman, Buffy Sainte-Marie and actor Gordon Pinsent. But it was another Canadian icon—one with whom they’ve yet to collaborate—who offered some crucial wisdom....

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The Messengers

2013 | Administrator | Wednesday, 13 March 2013

For Adam Messinger and Nasri Atweh, success has come from having the right songs at the right time.             Within a month of relocating to Los Angeles from Toronto in 2007, the songwriting-producing duo known as...