Music

Northwest Territories fiddler Richard Lafferty was a master of the percussive Métis style

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

Céline Dion cancels remainder of ‘Courage World Tour’ shows over health issues

A tale of two festivals facing the worst of times amid Omicron

Ronnie Spector, 1960s rock ’n’ roll icon and leader of Ronettes, dies at 78

Toronto Symphony Orchestra appoints Mark Williams as its new CEO

Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman dies at 93

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

Grammy Awards postponed due to Omicron COVID-19 variant risks

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

Catalogue of late rocker David Bowie sold to Warner Music

National Music Centre’s CEO wants to show cities how investing in local music can tap into huge potential

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

Adele and Ed Sheeran top the nominations for BRIT Awards

What will be Britain’s Christmas No. 1 song of 2021? Britons are surprisingly keen to find out

Ottawa rocker Les Emmerson wrote the hippie anthem Signs

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

The top 10 Canadian albums of 2021

Foo Fighters cancel Formula One Abu Dhabi concert for medical reasons

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

Foo Fighters, Dua Lipa and A$AP Rocky to headline Osheaga Music and Arts Festival in Montreal

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

Landing Tyrone Huntley for the Toronto stop of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar was a huge coup

Drake withdraws from 2022 Grammy Awards after receiving two nominations

Alan Zweig’s latest documentary Records revisits his long journey to find life’s harmony

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

Biden celebrates Bette Midler and Canadians Joni Mitchell, Lorne Michaels at Kennedy Center Honors

Windsor radio legend Rosalie Trombley was ‘the most powerful woman in popdom’

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

Tomson Highway and Thomas King talk about their writing inspiration, and why they don’t watch Netflix

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