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Why are artists like Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj still using the E-word today?
Dr. Jay De Soca Prince, culture critic Sharine Taylor and Inuk writer Jamesie Fournier discuss how the term’s normalization continues to harm many Inuit.
Amelia Eqbal
Arts -Commotion |
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Mac DeMarco, Pup and more featured on benefit album for wildfire relief
Bandcamp will donate all proceeds to MusiCares to support musicians in need.
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B.C. teen who worked with The Flaming Lips gets posthumous album release
Nell Smith, the B.C. teenager known for her collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning rock band The Flaming Lips, has had her first solo album announced, four months after she died in a car crash.
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Rafferty Baker
News -Canada -British Columbia |
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JP Saxe on how his famous cellist grandfather, Janos Starker, got to 'the bottom of beauty'
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Isaac Page
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The Weeknd's new album standout, and 4 more songs you need to hear this week
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7 Canadian Afrobeats artists to know
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Natalie Harmsen
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The Weeknd ends Grammy boycott with surprise performance of new songs
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Sister Nancy's Bam Bam is one of the most sampled songs ever, but for years, its creator got nothing from it
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Chris Dart
Arts |
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5 takeaways from the Weeknd's new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow
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Natalie Harmsen
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Watch FireAid's star-studded benefit concert for L.A. wildfire relief
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Live music in Canada is a more than $10B industry, new study finds
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Sarah Tomlinson
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Boi-1da and Sarah Harmer to be celebrated at 2025 Juno Awards
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Marianne Faithfull, British singer and icon, dies at 78
News -Entertainment |
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'It doesn't really feel sad or scary': Sum 41's Deryck Whibley on the band's next chapter
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Alessia Cara's irresistible reverie, and 4 more songs you need to hear this week
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Rush to release 50-song, career-spanning anthology
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Ticketmaster class-action settlement to reimburse 1 million Canadians for deceptive fees
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Halyna Mihalik
News -Canada -Saskatoon |
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The dark history behind one of Lunar New Year's most popular songs
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Do you know these 2025 Canadian Grammy nominees?
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Natalie Harmsen
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The CBC Music Class Challenge will launch this spring
Events -Canadian Music Class Challenge |
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Q&A
'I've always been inspired by what's in my mind': Kalisway's personal approach to music
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A-Trak and Kideko's sunny disco banger, and 4 more songs you need to hear this week
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Garth Hudson's standout musical moments
Andrea Warner
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Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell and Tate McRae to perform at benefit concert for L.A. wildfire victims
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