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

Off The Record: Peter Gregson

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

Sebastian Gaskin's “LOVECHILD”

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

Shawnee Kish’s Top 10 Influences

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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

Legends, Myths and Lavender

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

A MOCA Retrospective

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Listen along with a free 30-day subscription to the world's largest catalogue of classical recordings

Top 10 Classical Albums of 2024

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

Max Richter’s In A Landscape

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

Samara Joy's "Portrait"

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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.

Showing is Telling: Myth of Man

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

Silly Ceramics and Calaca’s Creatures

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Listen along with a free 30-day subscription to the world's largest catalogue of classical recordings

The Best Classical Albums From January

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

In Praise of the Flâneur: Justin Wong

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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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Carina Harford on the “luxury of immediacy”

Upcycling: Harford House

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

Wayne Burns’s Top 10 Canadian Films

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

Oriah Wiersma

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

Return to the Rat Park

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

The Tranzac: A Case Study in Third Places

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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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The generational Canadian talent sets self love to music

Off the Record with Lindsay Ell

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

TEA: Hiba Schahbaz

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

Profile: Anora

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The superstar Chinese pianist uncovers a garden of Gallic delights

Lang Lang in France

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

Manami Kakudo’s Contact

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

Facetime: Kachelle Knowles

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

Bruce Liu’s Year with Tchaikovsky

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“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.”

Toronto Dance Theatre

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

Steve Reich Collected Works

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

Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot

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

Indigenous Theatre at the NAC Turns 5

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INTERVIEW — Robyn Graham clears space for quiet art

Warbling

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

King Cruff

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

Is the studio a public place?

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

The Staying Power of John Adams

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