If you grab a coffee at a McCafe this holiday season take a close look at the artwork on the cups. The imagery is designed by Toronto based artist Philip Cote III. Cote is an Indigenous elder from Moose Deer Point First Nation in Muskoka, Ontario, and a graduate of OCAD University’s Interdisciplinary Art Media […]
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting is launching The Chesterfield, a new video interview series about Canadian culture where notable Canadian artists reveal the Canadian art that inspires them. Hosted by songwriter and performance artist iskwē, and entertainment journalist Ben Rayner, The Chesterfield will premiere Tuesday, October 6, 2020 on YouTube and run weekly for 12 episodes. […]
Music NL Country Artist of the Year winner Carolina East admits she would rather be on the road touring and promoting her latest album, but for now she’s settled at her home in St. John’s Newfoundland, waiting out the coronavirus pandemic. Her fourth album is called, Soaked in Whiskey, featuring her powerful, soulful vocals. Q: […]
One of the most powerful record labels in the US, will stop using the word “urban” to describe music of Black origin. Republic Records represents artists like Drake, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd. Here’s part of what the record company sent out in a memo: “ Nearly 50 years ago Frankie Crocker coined […]
Canada Post says it assembled a team of experts from academia, communications museums and vintage radio clubs to ensure visual accuracy and an authentic back story for its new stamp honouring radio in Canada. For history buffs, here’s how radio got started. The first ever radio broadcast in Canada took place on May 20th, 1920. […]
Though live music events continue to get put on hold, the spirit of music remains strong! That’s why Tkaronto Music Festival has decided to help keep that spirit alive by moving the debut of its incredible Indigenous talent online! “Artists for Artists”. That’s the motto behind the Tkaronto Music Festival: Online, organized by 50/50 […]
Some people say they like to sing in the shower, but for Rachel Seguin, the shower is where she finds her inspiration for writing poetry. “I’ve always written poetry, and this sounds strange, but one morning several weeks ago when I was in the shower this poem started coming to me,” says Seguin, Ontario Native Women’s […]
If you’re looking to expand your movie viewing while homebound during the pandemic, the NFB is sharing a new release called, Wasekun. Filmed in cinéma vérité style, this feature-length doc follows a group of incarcerated men with troubled pasts as they undergo treatment based on Indigenous philosophy at the Waseskun Healing Center. Director Steve […]
Digging in soil and tending a garden can improve your mental and physical health, according to gardening experts, so why not get your hands dirty during the COVID-19 pandemic and do some planting? Isaac Crosby is a program coordinator and the lead hand in urban agriculture at Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto. Crosby is from Anderdon […]
“Calling All Dancers” is the first single in over a year from the Godfather of Powwow Step, DJ Shub. It’s also the first on his newly formed record label, Shub Music, partnered with The Orchard’s (Sony Music) new Canadian office. Shub is part of the new generation of Indigenous artists making a cultural and social […]