Folk music is often broadly defined as being a music “of the people.” But what does that really mean? Of…
Over the last half-century, a growing number of artists and theorists have explored the concept of ecomusicology, a theoretical approach…
Music has always pulsed through Montréal’s DNA, from its origins to the present. Legend tells that when the city's founder,…
Often, emphasis on genre improperly discards the lines of influence that transcend imposed stylistic segmentations. No artistic expression exists solely…
We continue our conversation with Patricia Brennan on ‘Of the Near and Far’ by delving deeper into her compositional process…
For eons, humanity has looked up at the vastness of the night sky in wonder. The pinholes of light shining…
Music has a unique ability to convey emotions that transcend written or spoken language. Things lost in translation cannot be…
Tribute albums have been an ubiquitous part of modern music. They generally fall into two categories. Some honor a specific…
As a vehicle to facilitate group improvisation - or collaborative creation in the moment, as some artists refer to it-…
In a musical environment that too often propagates concepts of genre, one label in particular often stands out as problematic:…