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Before Loose made Nelly Furtado an international pop powerhouse, there was Whoa, Nelly!. Released in 2000, Furtado's debut sounded remarkably difficult to categorize. Acoustic instruments sat alongside programmed beats. Pop melodies collided with folk, R&B, hip-hop and musical influences reflecting her Portuguese-Canadian background....

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There are albums that refine an artist's sound, and others that reveal an entirely new one. For k.d. lang, Ingénue was the latter. Released in 1992, the album represented a significant departure from the country and western influences that had defined much of lang's earlier work....

Canadian music takes several directions this week. Bruce Cockburn revisits the songs that helped shape his musical life, while Shantaia releases a new country collection. Meanwhile, Jacques Greene heads towards the dance floor, and Hamilton duo Allegories explore the space between electronic music and indie...

Sometimes the circumstances surrounding an album become inseparable from the music itself. Blue Rodeo's Five Days in July is one of those records. Rather than entering a conventional recording studio, the Toronto band gathered at keyboardist James Gray's farm near Peterborough, Ontario. Over five days in...

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By the time Sarah McLachlan released Surfacing in 1997, she had already spent nearly a decade building a devoted audience. Then everything became much bigger. Released during the same period that McLachlan was helping launch Lilith Fair, Surfacing brought together deeply personal songwriting, atmospheric production...

Landmark recordings, unforgettable artists and defining moments from Canada’s musical past — all connected to the month of October. October has played host to memorable moments across Canadian music. Landmark albums arrived, careers reached important milestones, and artists from rock, blues, folk, country and alternative music...

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