At this year’s just-concluded SXSW, hip-hop/pop artist Kimmortal was scheduled to play a showcase with other rising acts from Canada. About a month before, though, they heard the event had suddenly ...

Sonia Aimy and Jbwai, Afro-Canadian and Afrobeats singers based in Ontario, have been billed for performances at music concerts in Lagos and Abuja. The two singers are coming under the African Women ...

This summer, the iconic brand Lay’s® is reinventing itself by launching three limited edition chip flavours. Also reinventing a classic, three Canadian musicians will showcase their unique takes on an ...

This year was an interesting one for Canadian music. In 2025, artists like Tate McRae, Justin Bieber and Drake found renewed success and dominated the charts. But the business side of the industry saw ...

The CBC published a report in 2023 which alleged that Sainte-Marie lied about her Indigenous heritage Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of her prestigious Order ...

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Brian Fauteux has received past funding from SSHRC. Andrew deWaard has received past funding from SSHRC. Brianne Selman has received past funding from SSHRC. University of Alberta provides funding as ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by For almost 20 years, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra has been collaborating with Native artists, aiming to address a history of racial tension. By ...

This soulful pop tune by the band Redbone was, in some ways, related to what was going on politically. It became the first song by an all-Native and Mexican American band to crack the Billboard Top 10 ...