Earl Sweatshirt is in a league of his own when comes to the business of putting words together. Aside from his exceptional rapping ability, what makes the music so appealing, is th…
One of rap’s most unique and skillful voices comes from Louisiana rapper Kevin Gates, who presents distinctly gritty, raw, and introspective rap music.
Events
A nice, little lookahead at this year’s TD jazz festival for the summer.
All three players had an ability to switch on the fly, a chameleonic quality that can be attributed how they pulled off their wild fusing of genres.
Interviews
Jonathan Rodil catches up with Elliott Vincent Jones
In Drift, a five-piece dream pop-rock outfit from Toronto hit the stage of the 300 Club and played an elevated, spaced out set of tunes. The music translated well live, which in fa…
Adria Kain is part of Toronto’s new wave of R&B artists pushing the genre’s sound further and recently performed at this year’s edition of CMW.
Ginla’s performance was intentional in creating an atmosphere, a place where one is engulfed in the densely layered set of sounds in line with evoking a reflective response that wa…
Blog
Your New Canadian Life – On Radio! Have you ever wanted to have your own radio show? Join the Radio Workshops with CJRU1280AM and CultureLink! Host a radio show in your o…
CJRU’s Music Coordinator Jonathan Rodil brings you his top five bands to check out this year at Canadian Music Week.
Stepping in from the rising chill of the evening and into the venue, immediately brought the feel of a casual and laid back intimacy – a free roaming quality where anyone can inter…
An interview and discussion on hip hop with Montreal’s Wasiu and manager, Ghost.
