Music
Building a herstory
Sarah McLachlan’s groundbreaking ’90s-era Lilith Fair tour gets its due in a new documentary
BY TABASSUM SIDDIQUI
Navigating a new America
Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson is proudly Canadian but owes a lot of his career to the U.S.
BY HAYDEN GODFREY
Canadian songs of the year
We speak to the five artists nominated for the new Polaris Song Prize
BY RICHIE ASSALY
The short list for the inaugural SOCAN Polaris Song Prize includes Saya Gray’s “Shell (of a Man),” Yves Jarvis’s “Gold Filigree,” Lou-Adriane Cassidy’s “Dis-moi dis-moi dis-moi,” Mustafa’s “Gaza Is Calling” and Ribbon Skirt’s “Wrong Planet.”
His father’s son
On his new album, R&B rebel Daniel Caesar reflects on faith and family: ‘I feel like my career is starting now’
BY OZIOMA NWABUIKWU
Are these the songs
of the summer?
10 tunes that are worth a listen — or many listens — this heat-drenched, politically roiled season
BY RICHIE ASSALY
The top 10 song of the summer contenders include the Skepta collab “Victory Lap,” Tate McRae’s “Sports Car,” Kneecap’s “The Recap” and Haim’s “Relationships.”