For this installation of DECA—our inter-issue series inviting artists to curate top-ten lists—Alex Kaplan shares 10 albums she’s excited to hear on vinyl this spring.

The Scottish composer, producer, and cellist rediscovers simplicity with his latest self-titled album

INTERVIEW — The Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist on his unique mixology of Indigenous and pop idioms

Our DECA series invites artists to curate a list of their top-10 influences

What happens in Debussy, and in Moccio’s music, is not a direct mimetic relationship of sounds to images but an open mesh of possibilities

INTERVIEW — As a trio of fall exhibits wrap up, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas reflects on the powers of hybridity

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INTERVIEW — Sam Beam’s latest release is a colourful contrapposto of gloomy joy

On the Richter scale, this latest album goes to the max

"I think that there’s definitely an aspect of society, or maybe of this generation in particular, that craves nostalgia."

INTERVIEW ─ Where other filmmakers worry you may take something away from their work that they did not intend, the Winans’ are asking you to do so.

“I rarely need to explain myself: this is a blue elephant, he wears a cylinder and smokes a pipe ─ what is unclear here?”

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The prolific street photographer reveals perspectives on Toronto, Tokyo, and time

“To have chosen to work with a female producer simply because she was a woman would have risked the integrity of the project.”

Carina Harford on the “luxury of immediacy”

INTERVIEW — With the recent releases of fastLOVE and Longing, the Canadian actor looks back on the films that helped shape his appetite for cinema

What does support for independent Canadian contemporary dance really look like?

Emerging research at the University of Toronto strengthens the link between social isolation and increased vulnerability to addiction

Artistic hubs are in danger of becoming either profit-engineered businesses─or disappearing entirely.

INTERVIEW ─ On La femme aux yeux de sel, the emerging singer-songwriter delivers a melange of global music with a French touch

The generational Canadian talent sets self love to music

INTERVIEW — Meet the Pakistani-American painter infusing her female figures with a unique stain: black tea

Contextualizing Sean Baker’s latest film within cinema’s history of sex-positive self-actualizing female leads

The superstar Chinese pianist uncovers a garden of Gallic delights

“If you don’t know him, try. If you don’t like him, that’s ok too.”

“How would my younger self feel listening to this?”

INTERVIEW — “Living in a nation that relies on tourism has convinced people that looking ‘less Black’ is more tolerable.”

INTERVIEW — Music intended for amateur pianists finds expert hands in this latest recording of The Seasons

“If the people can’t come to you—perhaps because they don’t know you exist—then it’s imperative that you go to the people.”

INTERVIEW ─ On his latest record, “Our Calling”, the British-Italian artist joins Ballaké Sissoko to create an indelible mix of Euro-African folk traditions

A 27-disc box set delivers a life’s worth of music to a new generation of listeners

INTERVIEW — On her latest EP, At Least I Tried, Fell swoops into new depths of introspection

INTERVIEW — A complicated portrait of William Kentridge plays out in this 9-part series presented by MUBI

Without being overly verbose, Kiwanuka walks the line between being a narrative storyteller and purveyor of proverbs

INTERVIEW — Artistic Director Kevin Loring weighs in on performative land acknowledgements

INTERVIEW — Robyn Graham clears space for quiet art

On his latest EP WHAT HAVE I ‘DON, Bob Marley’s grandson lays the foundation for his own reggae sound

INTERVIEW — William Kentridge, the eminent South African painter and star of Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot, weighs in

INTERVIEW — The composer reflects on "Frenzy", "City Noir", and why contemporary music is beginning to atrophy