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Hubs & Huddles column of Cannopy Magazine, which focuses on multi-purpose performance centres
Ensemble column, which highlights classical artists and ensen, which highlights classical artists and ensembles
Ellington column, which features jazz vocalists and instrumentalists
Studio Sessions column, which focuses on in-depth artist profiles — particularly visual artists in their creative spaces
Materials column, which focuses on artists working across various creative media; Profiling Various Creative Media
Spaces column, which highlights galleries anSpaces column, which highlights galleries and exhibit venuesd exhibit venues
Fourth Wall column, which focuses on the global theatre industry
 In Motion column, which focuses on the global dance industry
In Focus column, which highlights the global film industry
Alt.itude column, which focuses on global alternative music
Homegrown column, which highlights Canadian alternative music
Arts & Letters column, which focuses on essays, opinions, and ideas related to the arts

ALT.ITUDE

Alt.itude column, which focuses on global alternative music

GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE MUSIC — ALT.ITUDE profiles trans-cultural perspectives and genre-bending artists in the global music industry.

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“Aperture” shines through a glass brightly

ISSUE 15 | SEATTLE | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW ─ On their sixth studio album, The Head and the Heart looks back in order to move forward

Xavier Dolan by Shayne Laverdière
Arooj Aftab’s Night Reign

ISSUE 13 | ALT.ITUDE

A journey into the night reveals jazz idioms beneath folk gestures

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Profile: Michael Kiwanuka’s Small Changes

ISSUE 14 | ALT.ITUDE

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

Xavier Dolan by Shayne Laverdière
DECA: Alex Kaplan on Vinyl Gone Viral

ISSUE 15 | FORT LAUDERDALE | ALT.ITUDE

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.

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Matthew & the Atlas

ISSUE 13 | HAMPSHIRE | ALT.ITUDE

Frontman Matthew Hegarty returns to the thin place that launched his indie-folk project

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Phosphorescent Blues

ISSUE 13 | NASHVILLE | ALT.ITUDE

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

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Off the Record: Gabi Hartmann

ISSUE 15 | PARIS | ALT.ITUDE

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

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Laura Fell

ISSUE 14 | ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA | ALT.ITUDE

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

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Manami Kakudo’s Contact

ISSUE 13 | TOKYO | ALT.ITUDE

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

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Off the Record: Piers Faccini

ISSUE 15 | CÉVENNES | ALT.ITUDE

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

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Profile: Sarah Kinsley’s Escaper

ISSUE 14 | ALT.ITUDE

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

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Iron & Wine’s "Light Verse"

ISSUE 13 | NASHVILLE | ALT.ITUDE

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

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