Sometimes even the most primitive music relies on careful, deliberate construction. Take, for example, Toronto-based blues punks catl. A gui...

Jason Amm has been making music under the name Solvent since the late '90s, releasing on Michigan's respected Ghostly International as well...

Daniel Romano wants people to know he's serious about singing country music. Sure, there are other rockers who have put on cowboy hats and r...

Computer software allows music producers, especially of the electronic variety, to have a portable, virtual studio on a laptop, but Juno-nom...

The wandering spirit of Salt Spring Island, BC's Harry Manx comes out in his guitar playing. His easy, conversational style of performing wa...

While growing up in Edmonton, AB, Cris Derksen started thinking about what instrument would be right for her. Narrowing it down to bass and...

"I was always into being natural and organic but that's all changed in the last five years," says madcap Toronto chanteuse Maylee Todd. As C...

"I have a small selection of cheap guitars," deadpans Stephen Lyons, leader of Vancouver ensemble Fond Of Tigers, professing himself only ma...

There are many pleasant surprises on Eric Chenaux's latest album, Warm Weather with Ryan Driver, but the most striking is his use of a nylon...

Guitarist Alpha Yaya Diallo is an African Guitar Summit unto himself. Not only is he a member of that Juno Award winning pan-African super-g...

Christine Duncan works magic with the voice, either on her own or in a collective setting. Possessing a five-octave range, she navigates ope...