Sarah Greene
Five standout performances from Hillside 2018
Hillside, the Guelph music festival, has outlasted bigger ones like WayHome by sticking to its principles: community, spontaneity and good vibes. Here were the standouts: Jeremy Dutcher, Cadence Weapon, Lido Pimienta, U.S. Girls and more. more
Arnulfo Maldonado
The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt staged his musical memoir at Luminato
The Magnetic Fields' 50 Song Memoir came to life at Luminato. Over two nights at the Elgin Theatre, Stephin Merritt sang a song for every year of his life and dramatized it with costumes, video and countless instruments and props. more
Samuel Engelking
Canadian Music Week 2018: the best of the fest so far
CMW reviews so far: Cupcakke, Nate Husser, Lydia Lunch, Jaunt, Yonatan Gat, Moscow Apartment, and more from the Toronto music festival Canadian Music Week. more
Sean Ryan
Wolfe Island Records celebrates a year of music, collaborations and cats
Wolfe Island Records is throwing an anniversary show at this year's CMW festival. Just across the St. Lawrence from Kingston, the Ontario label has fostered a community of interconnected artists and unconventional success stories more
Undisclosed Location is the first album made inside a Canadian federal women’s prison
Inmates at Kitchener’s Grand Valley Institution for Women wrote and recorded the album as part of the Pros and Cons program more
Jim Cuddy's Constellation aims for intimacy but doesn't quite get there
The Blue Rodeo frontman's album is nostalgic and approachable, but just a little too boxed-in and careful more
Bahamas' Afie Jurvanen on his "over the top" hometown record release shows
To launch his soulful new Earthtones album, the Toronto singer/songwriter is inviting all his fans onstage with him at Massey Hall, then throwing a skating party more
Toronto musicians to watch in 2018: singer/songwriter edition
From Girls Rock Camp alumni to punk-inflected “Native Americana,” these artists are making folk and country music exciting more
Alvvays aren't flashy, but they put on a solid show at the Mod Club
What the Toronto-based band lacked in theatrics, they more than made up for in stellar songwriting more
Nic Pouliot
The best holiday benefit shows in Toronto
From Choir! Choir! Choir! to the Wooden Sky to Teenanger, here's where you can party while supporting a good cause more
Sean Ryan
The Stephen Stanley Band head to Wolfe Island to reflect on Toronto
Stanley, the former Lowest of the Low guitarist, has been thinking about the long lost parts of the city and the community he's found elsewhere more
Karen Atcheson
Six highlights From the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards
We made the trek to Ottawa to attend the annual ceremony, which this year felt more like a mini-festival more
Jag Gundu for Massey Hall
Dream Serenade brought an all-star CanRock lineup to Massey Hall
Fourth annual fundraiser felt like an intimate community gathering, with Sloan, Tanya Tagaq, Kevin Drew with Gord Downie's brother Patrick Downie, among others more
Chuck Guarino
Legendary Toronto punks the ‘B’ Girls are back
Forty years after they formed, the 70s CBGB regulars finally release their debut LP more
Sarah Greene
Billy Bragg connected the past to the present at the Horseshoe
In his first show of his three-night residency for the club's 70th anniversary, the British folk-punk songwriter was both political and sentimental more
Sarah Greene
Mount Eerie's Great Hall concert was painfully intimate
In his solo performance, Phil Elverum showed that both songwriting and grieving are an ongoing process more
Samuel Engelking
The Toronto haunts that have inspired Lowest of the Low
As they drop their first album in over a decade, the local legends walk us through their version of the city, past and present more
Aron D’Alesio's debut album offers a unique twist on early rock 'n' roll
The former Young Rival singer's self-titled album is idiosyncratically crafted and nostalgically familiar more
Taylor Knox has Love on his mind
The Toronto singer/songwriter's debut full-length album is fuzzy, toe-tapping, summery Canadiana more
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Sarah Greene
The Rec Room's future live events space.
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Sarah Greene
The Rec Room
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Sarah Greene
The Rec Room's David Terry and Sarah Van Lange
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Sarah Greene
The Rec Room
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Sarah Greene
The Rec Room
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Sarah Greene
The Rec Room
