Not a moment is misspent from the moment Montreal-Based Musician Jonah Yano and his new 5-piece take to stage. Down to the Wire caught up with him at Ottawa Jazz Fest to discuss the power of performance, his “North star” Feist, and why music is sadder than words.

The high-profile German photographer explores the relationship between man and material, technology and technique, in the only Canadian stop of his new travelling exhibit, To Look Without Fear.

As Rakuten Fashion Week veered back from the virtual onto the Shibuya streets for the first time post-pandemic – from the mallet-strike that rang in the opening ceremony – music provided the metre and measure for the many catwalk events.

‘I’m not the main character… I’m like Gandalf or Yoda, I’m wise and crucial to the story but not the main character,’ Snoozy said about how he sees himself.

The artwork of Basquiat has always resonated with the sounds that influenced it – from Batman to blaring car horns to Bebop. But Montreal’s Seeing Loud is “the first time that an exhibition underlines the importance of his experience as a musician.”

It’d been over a year and a half since TOPBOYLEXUS had paired his musical talent with a music video, but he is back and in a big way. Six months after the release of his single ‘Solo Dolo,’ the up-and-coming artist dropped the accompanying visual on no other day than October 31st.

Festivals such as Manifesto, are human in their imperfection, travails and mishaps alike. It was instead the polyphonic spirit of the event that brought an arena full of festival-goers from all walks of life, after all these years, to revel in the common love of music – of Toronto’s music.