Feeling SOUR: Olivia Rodrigo’s Introduction into the Music Industry
On May 21, Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album SOUR was released Coming off her chart-topping single ‘driver’s license,’ the release of SOUR was anxiously anticipated by fans...
Quatre chanteuses francophones à suivre en 2021
Français English Dans un marché saturé par les musiciens anglophones, comment s’en sort la musique francophone Plutôt bien, à en croire le succès notable...
Review of Go (1976) by Go
Contributed image I mainly discover music in a tree-like fashion I research the music I enjoy, learn who performed it and who collaborated with its performers and then try to...
Review of Hans Werner Henze’s “The Tedious Way to Natascha Ungeheuer’s Apartment”
Hans Werner Henze at the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum in 2008 Photo by Wikimedia Commons “Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer,” or, “The Tedious Way to...
Shamek Farrah’s “First Impressions” is an undervalued jazz album
Contributed image Shamek Farrah is a relative oddity in the jazz world, even among his familiars and those involved in the genre His place as a saxophonist, by all relevant...
Nahawa Doumbia creates music that lives on with latest release
Nahawa Doumbia has been crafting tight, melodically-focused Wassoulou music for the better part of four decades, and as 2021 kicks into gear, she doesn’t seem to be showing any...
The Rolling Stones UNZIPPED premiering at Kitchener’s THEMUSEUM in November 2021
Photo by Caitlyn Lourenco The Rolling Stones UNZIPPED tour is premiering in Canada at Kitchener’s own THEMUSEUM, coming this November According to THEMUSEUM’s website, you...
A look at the 2020 Grammy nominations
Contributed image The 63rd Grammy Awards are not too far away, airing on Jan 31, and nominations have just been released As always, there are mixed reviews, some seeming fair...
The best unknown albums of the year
Photo by Darien Funk With the 2021 Grammys right around the corner, it only seems appropriate to acknowledge those artists who time and again fail to garner national...
The Cord’s Best of 2020
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