Music
Muhammad Al-anesi. An inspired singer.
Art is that high class message that a group of talented people worked to adopt from generation to generation. some of them had used his talent well , while others had used it in the […]
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Get to know Jamaican artist 450
450 is a rising Jamaican artist who burst onto the streaming scene in 2019. Having always had a natural talent for music, the Dancehall artist honed his craft over the years to become the songwriter […]
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Get to know Jamaican producer Weekday
Jahvanie Morrison more popularly known as Weekday is a Jamaican born producer. His love of music started and was nurtured at a very young age where he mastered the keyboard and pursued formal education at […]
Culture
Hip hop culture paves the way forward
Canada’s cultural institutions need hip hop communities now more than ever. I say this after working as a guest curator at one of Canada’s most significant art galleries — the McMichael Canadian Art Collection — […]
Culture
‘We need each other’: Black classical musicians are building supportive communities
Music has been significant for many during COVID-19 isolation, and in these same months Black musicians have amplified the momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement. While pop or hip hop music are genres whose agility and responsiveness make them […]
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Music helps us remember who we are and how we belong during difficult and traumatic times
Has the music we listen to, and why we listen, changed during the coronavirus pandemic? Beyond the well-documented evidence of pandemic music-making at a distance and over social media, music critics have suggested there is an […]
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Music engagement and achievement predicts higher grades in math, science and English
What does maturing mean after elementary school? Here’s one thing it shouldn’t mean: dropping music at school. My colleagues and I at the University of British Columbia studied over 110,000 public school students. We learned […]