English rapper/spoken word artist Kate Tempest has changed their name to Kae Tempest, after coming out as non-binary and adopting they/them...

Former Majical Cloudz frontman Devon Welsh has just released his third solo record. Previously only available through his Patreon, Click Her...

In 2007, Gil Scott-Heron was released from prison after serving time for a plea deal violation. Before the year was over, the legendary poet...

Yesterday evening, Nick Cave's "Conversations" tour arrived in the Vancouver suburb of New Westminster, where a sold-out Massey Theatre gree...

There's no possible way that Kinnie Starr's performance could  fit into a standard issue live review. In front of a stage being changed over...

Long before "woke" became a buzzword and Twitter hashtivism was a trend, there were the Last Poets. The group formed in Harlem in 1968, an e...

The world has changed in many ways since the Last Poets formed in the 1960s, but the battle for equality has yet to be won. Understand What...

The traveling Native North America Gathering — which celebrates the remarkable songwriting and storytelling collected on Light in the Attic'...

While the bill originally promised a headlining set from radical industry disruptor Chino Amobi, a bad case of food poisoning had other idea...

For its 12th year, the Music Gallery's flagship X Avant festival is returning with a lineup befittingly curated under the broad theme of "re...

It may be impossible to give a fair review of Shane Koyczan's Debris. It's so colossal, both in size and emotion heft, that it requires repe...