Twelve years since their last event in Montreal, Vans Warped Tour is coming back

Ireland’s new basic income program for artists is more than a social experiment. It is a cultural reckoning, a response to decades of precarious labor and a political statement about what a country chooses to protect when the world starts to unravel. For years, artists across Ireland have lived in a quiet contradiction. Their work defines the country’s global image, fills its festivals, draws tourists and inspires pride, yet most could barely afford rent. When the pandemic hi

Canada’s music industry has been through too many revolutions to count. Every few years, a new invention shows up promising to change everything forever. The radio was supposed to kill the concert hall. The cassette was supposed to kill vinyl. The internet was supposed to kill both. Then came streaming, which promised fairness and freedom, and delivered another layer of corporate control wrapped in convenience. So when artificial intelligence started learning how to sing, rem

D’Angelo was never about noise. He was about mood. The kind that settles in your chest and stays long after the record ends. He had a voice that could make you pause mid-conversation. It wasn’t clean or polished. It was human, like a whisper that still carried a storm. You could never really figure him out, and that was part of the spell. Most artists want to be seen. D’Angelo wanted to disappear inside the sound. He played like he was talking to something higher. When he san

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Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London. Another damp weekday, another headline about Kneecap. This time it was Mo Chara (real name Liam...