Music

Ralph Emery, dean of country music broadcasters, dies at 88

Toronto Symphony Orchestra appoints Mark Williams as its new CEO

The Weeknd gets existential on the dancefloor with new album Dawn FM

For $1,000, Stars frontman Torquil Campbell will turn your life into a pop song

Vinyl popularity softens decline of Canadian album sales: industry report

Grammys indefinitely postponed as Omicron spreads

Michael Bublé's album Christmas makes history at No. 1 on the Canadian music charts

Despite hurdles caused by COVID-19, Toronto choir remains intact and prepared for next live show

Judge tosses lawsuit of man who was nude baby on ‘Nevermind’

Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard’s sex-assault trial postponed again owing to COVID-19

Westminster Abbey pushed for Elton John to play at Diana’s funeral

Live music will be uncertain in 2022, but these concerts give us something to hope for

The Marvelettes’ Wanda Young, of ‘Please Mr. Postman’ fame, dies at 78

Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at Los Angeles music festival

UTFO’s Kangol Kid dies after battle with colon cancer at 55

Adele and Ed Sheeran top the nominations for BRIT Awards

Bruce Springsteen reportedly sells song catalogue to Sony Music in $500-million deal

The top 10 Canadian albums of 2021

Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith dies at 78

Five highlights from Andy Kim’s Christmas Show at Toronto’s Massey Hall

The top 10 music moments of a tumultuous 2021

Drake’s Grammys snub reflects the increasing irrelevance of TV awards shows in a social-media world

Neil Young can’t get enough Barn, or too much Canada

In Mustafa’s debut hometown show at Massey Hall, the Toronto singer and poet reflects on love and loss

Christmas concerts across the country offer Hawksley Workman, Andy Kim and all the Messiahs you can handle

Rihanna named Barbados hero, officially bestowed ‘right excellent’

How Stephen Sondheim saved my life

Spotify Wrapped 2021 is here, but the playlist says more about an algorithm and less about the music you like

Gordon Lightfoot makes ‘emotional’ return to Massey Hall as iconic Toronto venue reopens after renovation

Peter Jackson’s Beatles miniseries Get Back offers a new look at a beloved old band

U2’s Edge leading rock memorabilia sale to help New Orleans musicians

The Weeknd’s ’Blinding Lights’ dethrones ‘The Twist’ as all-time No. 1 Billboard single

Jon Batiste leads Grammy Award nominations with 11, competes with Bieber for album of the year

Despite B.C. flood issues, for touring bands like D.O.A., the show must go on

Beatles bingeing: A primer to all things Let It Be

Adele’s new album, 30, is a world-class confession session