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Ben Rayner
Pop Music Critic
- Hidden Camera frontman Joel Gibb reveals his hidden stash of songs
- Justin Bieber: Are you still a Belieber?

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Martin Knelman
Entertainment
- Mavis Gallant was very much Canada's
Peter Howell
Movie Critic
- What Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Craig and — yes — even the Olympics have in common

Pharrell Williams auctions his famous hat

Features

Bowie, Disclosure, Bastille, One Direction up for Brit Awards

Wed Feb 19 2014

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iTunes launches live-streamed concert series at SXSW

Wed Feb 19 2014

The company is piggybacking on the annual South by Southwest with a free five-day festival, featuring Coldplay, Imagine Dragons and Keith Urban.
Concert Sampler: Soweto Gospel Choir, Agnes Obel and Stephen Malkmus

Wed Feb 19 2014

Plus: quirky Israeli musician Asaf Avidan rides a breakout club hit to Toronto.comments
Candice Glover shows promise on post-American Idol debut

Tue Feb 18 2014

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Outkast to headline Drake’s OVO Fest in Toronto

Tue Feb 18 2014

The reunited Atlanta hitmakers will headline the first day of the fifth annual OVO Fest, to be held Aug. 3 and 4.
David Crosby undergoes heart surgery

Tue Feb 18 2014

The 72-year-old Crosby had a cardiac catheterization last week to fix a blocked coronary artery. The singer is, he says, “once again a very lucky man.”comments
Toronto-love flows from Justin Timberlake at the ACC

Sat Feb 15 2014

Justin Timberlake’s show was a sonic assault of neo-soul pop that featured plenty of sliding heels dance moves inspired by both James Brown and Michael Jackson.comments

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Clara Venice adds sci-fi to pop music with a theremin

Fri Feb 14 2014

Solo singer Clara Venice played multiple instruments — including rarely seen theremin — opening for Barenaked Ladies on tour.comments
Concert traces Toronto’s black music history

Fri Feb 14 2014

It’s the third in the Syncopation series from the city’s quintessential accompanist, drummer Archie Alleyne.comments
Why we should mourn The X Factor and the slow death of American Idol

Fri Feb 14 2014

There are at least three reasons why would should be sad for the decline of musical competition shows.comments
Houston Symphony survives — and thrives again

Fri Feb 14 2014

What began as a three-concert experiment and grew thanks to Miss Ima and oil wealth went through hard times recently. comments
Five infamous musical hoaxes

Thu Feb 13 2014

Musical hoaxes abound outside of the Sochi Olympicscomments
Colin Stetson is Concert Sampler pick of the week

Thu Feb 13 2014

Also Robert Ellis, Justin Timberlake, Ane Brun, Habib Koité, Cousins, Nicole Atkins, Strumbellas and Family Jam, Feb. 13 to 19comments
Ginger St. James drops the burlesque, but not the tease

Thu Feb 13 2014

Former burlesque queen Ginger St. James turns heads as a rockabilly singer, a leading act at Toronto's Winterfolk festival.

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