Singer-songwriter superstar Billie Eilish is launching a massive concert tour — with both good and bad news for her Quebec fans. The Grammy-winning musician will kick off her upcoming tour in Quebec City on Sept. 29 in support of her soon-to-released album Hit Me Hard and Soft. But despite moving on to Toronto with shows on both … Read more
WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A Vancouver woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Paramount Pictures Corp. and punk rocker Stephen Jones of The Sex Pistols alleging he sexually assaulted her as a teenager while she was a movie extra more than … Read more
The hype for Taylor Swift’s new album went into overdrive as it appeared to leak online two days ahead of its Friday release. Swifties started sharing tracks on X that they claimed were from the singer’s upcoming album, The Tortured Poets Department, saying they came from a Google Drive link containing all 17 songs. Some fans … Read more
A Quebec-based electronic music artist hopes to get his career and life back on track after triumphing in an Alberta defamation lawsuit tied to social media posts accusing him of being a sexual predator. “It was terrible. The whole thing was like pure nightmare and hell,” Frederik Durand said in an interview from Montreal. “I … Read more
“I was always into music growing up, but it wasn’t until university that I began exploring music production,” says Chan. “I learned a bit of guitar on YouTube. Back then, we were playing a lot of post-punk, noise, shoegaze and psychedelic rock, which didn’t require much skill.” Chan was studying traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) when … Read more
Little Richard sang songs like Good Golly, Miss Molly and Lucille – but very few people know that the same rhythm & blues pioneer claimed an experience with the divine back in 1957. The singer made rock music famous. He also had an epiphany during one of his concerts that almost made him give up … Read more
Unreserved53:492SLGBTQ+ Love Songs When Melody McKiver came across a collection of Indigenous love songs transcribed by anthropologists in the early 1900s, the title of one stood out to her: I Don’t Need You Anymore. “Our ancestors had breakup songs too,” said McKiver, an assistant professor of Indigenous music at the University of Manitoba who is … Read more
