Hockey executive Brian Burke chats with Alan Frew in the latest instalment of Life Frew Music, a podcast series hosted by Canadian rock legend Alan Frew and produced in partnership with Zoomer.com and ZoomerRadio.ca. Known as one of the sport's boldest and most influential voices, Burke peripatetic career has taken him all over the hockey…

The Tragically Hip, Feist, Loverboy songwriters Mike Reno and Paul Dean, and Roch Voisine make up this year's class of inductees to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. The surviving members of the Hip reflected on their induction and the mixed emotions that come with accepting the honour without Gord Downie, the famed frontman and…

For Joni Mitchell, fame has always felt like an uncomfortable side-effect of her success. “I never really wanted to be a star,” the Canadian folk icon told renowned music executive Joe Smith for his 1988 book, Off the Record. “I didn’t like entering a room with all eyes on me.” Even at 82, the Canadian folk singer…

Pop-star Tate McRae took home the most hardware at this year's Juno Awards on Sunday night, but it was a fabulous display of intergenerational love that stole the show at the award ceremony often dubbed “Canada’s Grammys.” From a Joni Mitchell love-fest led by Canada’s prime minister, to a performance by Rush, to Drake shelving…

We’re pleased to unveil the latest episode of LIFE FREW MUSIC, a new podcast series hosted by Canadian rock legend Alan Frew and produced in partnership with Zoomer.com and ZoomerRadio.ca. In this episode, Frew sits down with pioneering VJ Erica Ehm who recalls her early days with MuchMusic, the musical influences that influenced her, struggling…

Cynthia Erivo is having a moment. Again. She may have been snubbed for an Oscar nomination – and, to be fair, her film Wicked: For Good was completely shut out by the Academy this year – so she’s still one award short of the EGOT. But the Tony and Emmy winner did pick up another Grammy for her…