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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
Altitude

Alt.itude

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

“Aperture” shines through a glass brightly
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A journey into the night reveals jazz idioms beneath folk gestures

Arooj Aftab’s Night Reign
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Without being overly verbose, Kiwanuka walks the line between being a narrative storyteller and purveyor of proverbs

Profile: Michael Kiwanuka’s Small Changes
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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.

DECA: Alex Kaplan on Vinyl Gone Viral
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Frontman Matthew Hegarty returns to the thin place that launched his indie-folk project

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

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

Off the Record: Gabi Hartmann
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INTERVIEW — On her latest EP, At Least I Tried, Fell swoops into new depths of introspection

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

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

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

Profile: Sarah Kinsley’s Escaper
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INTERVIEW — Sam Beam’s latest release is a colourful contrapposto of gloomy joy

Iron & Wine’s "Light Verse"
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Arts & Letters

Arts & Letters

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Skank Bloc Bologna: Alternative Art Spaces 
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Can art spaces that eschew commercial activity truly sustain themselves without succumbing to corporatization?

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Hanif Abdurraqib’s There’s Always This Year
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The celebrated poet and essayist on basketball, time, and the city

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

Homegrown

Homegrown

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Off the Record: Justin Orok
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INTERVIEW ─ The Canadian folk artist joins “A Cannopy Salon” for a spotlight on his latest album

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Shawnee Kish’s Top 10 Influences
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Our DECA series invites artists to curate a list of their top-10 influences

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JJ Wilde’s Top Ten Albums
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Ahead of a busy summer of festival appearances, the Canadian alt-rocker reflects on the albums that keep her moving while on the road

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

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Off the Record with Lindsay Ell
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The generational Canadian talent sets self love to music

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Sebastian Gaskin's  “LOVECHILD”
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INTERVIEW — The Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist on his unique mixology of Indigenous and pop idioms

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