Singer songwriter and 106.5 ELMNT FM host, Julian Taylor, joins us to chat about his upcoming gig on July 31st at RBC Bluesfest Drive-In. It’s his first live gig since COVID-19 hit back in March aside from performing on his front lawn for neighbours in Toronto during the pandemic. We chatted about how he is preparing […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
This year there are eleven writers on the longlist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and Curve Lake First Nation author Drew Hayden Taylor is one of them. The prize, worth $15,000, is awarded to the best book of humour each year. Taylor is nominated for his play “Cottagers and Indians,” which chronicles the […]
The coronavirus pandemic can’t stop Christa Couture. Aside from her gig as 106.5 ELMNT FM’s midday host, she is an award-winning performer and recording artist, non-fiction writer, and an advocate for Native Women in the Arts. She is also proudly Indigenous (mixed Cree and Scandinavian), queer, disabled, and a mom. In March she was getting […]