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Hubs & Huddles column of Cannopy Magazine, which focuses on multi-purpose performance centres
Ensemble column, which highlights classical artists and ensen, which highlights classical artists and ensembles
Ellington column, which features jazz vocalists and instrumentalists
Studio Sessions column, which focuses on in-depth artist profiles — particularly visual artists in their creative spaces
Materials column, which focuses on artists working across various creative media; Profiling Various Creative Media
Spaces column, which highlights galleries anSpaces column, which highlights galleries and exhibit venuesd exhibit venues
Fourth Wall column, which focuses on the global theatre industry
 In Motion column, which focuses on the global dance industry
In Focus column, which highlights the global film industry
Alt.itude column, which focuses on global alternative music
Homegrown column, which highlights Canadian alternative music
Arts & Letters column, which focuses on essays, opinions, and ideas related to the arts

LATEST

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A New Day-Lewis

ISSUE 16 | BROOKLYN | IN FOCUS

INTERVIEW — In Anemone, Ronan Day-Lewis redefines cinematic inheritance, merging generational artistry with a haunting exploration of male intimacy

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Fuji for the Future

ISSUE 16 | LONDON-LAGOS | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW ─ At just 22, oSHAMO turns tradition into propulsion—building a diasporic legacy rooted in rhythm and resistance

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Alma Singer’s Rules for Living

ISSUE 16 | CAMBRIDGE | STUDIO SESSIONS

INTERVIEW — With humour, colour, and a childlike scrawl, Alma Singer reclaims vulgarity as a tool for survival and truth-telling in the gallery.

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Elsewhere

ISSUE 15 | OTTAWA & TORONTO | SPACES

Anishare and HUM Microgallery are two exhibition platforms closing the gap between space and spectator

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Skank Bloc Bologna: Alternative Art Spaces 

ISSUE 15 | BOLOGNA | ARTS & LETTERS

Can art spaces that eschew commercial activity truly sustain themselves without succumbing to corporatization?

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Toronto Summer Music turns 20

ISSUE 15 | TORONTO | HUBS & HUDDLES

INTERVIEW ─ Outgoing Artistic Director Jonathan Crow joins Cannopy for an exit interview before another violinist takes First Chair

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DECA: Alex Kaplan on Vinyl Gone Viral

ISSUE 15 | FORT LAUDERDALE | ALT.ITUDE

For this installation of DECA—our inter-issue series inviting artists to curate top-ten lists—Alex Kaplan shares 10 albums she’s excited to hear on vinyl this spring.

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Off The Record: Peter Gregson 

ISSUE 15 | ENSEMBLE

The Scottish composer, producer, and cellist rediscovers simplicity with his latest self-titled album

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Sebastian Gaskin's  “LOVECHILD”

ISSUE 15 | TORONTO | HOMEGROWN

INTERVIEW — The Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist on his unique mixology of Indigenous and pop idioms

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Shawnee Kish’s Top 10 Influences

ISSUE 14 | HOMEGROWN

Our DECA series invites artists to curate a list of their top-10 influences

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Disobedient: Anastasia Rizikov

ISSUE 16 | PARIS | ENSEMBLE

INTERVIEW — Three EPs and one vision to reimagine classical music for a modern era

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Yolanda Bruno’s Dear Jeanne

ISSUE 16 | TORONTO | ENSEMBLE

INTERVIEW ─ On gut strings, gratitude, and the enduring generosity of Jeanne Lamon

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J-L Cauvin: Yes, Art is Dead

ISSUE 16 | THE BRONX | ARTS & LETTERS

INTERVIEW ─ As social media algorithms reward sameness and stunt discovery, one comedian’s struggle for visibility shows what’s at stake for artists everywhere

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El-Funoun

ISSUE 15 | RAMALLAH | IN MOTION

INTERVIEW — Dance, dignity, and a determination to remain

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Off the Record: Justin Orok

ISSUE 15 | TORONTO | HOMEGROWN

INTERVIEW ─ The Canadian folk artist joins “A Cannopy Salon” for a spotlight on his latest album

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“Aperture” shines through a glass brightly

ISSUE 15 | SEATTLE | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW ─ On their sixth studio album, The Head and the Heart looks back in order to move forward

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Showing is Telling: Myth of Man 

ISSUE 15 | KENTUCKY | IN FOCUS

INTERVIEW ─ Where other filmmakers worry you may take something away from their work that they did not intend, the Winans’ are asking you to do so.

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Silly Ceramics and Calaca’s Creatures

ISSUE 15 | PARIS | MATERIALS

“I rarely need to explain myself: this is a blue elephant, he wears a cylinder and smokes a pipe ─ what is unclear here?”

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The Best Classical Albums From January

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In Praise of the Flâneur: Justin Wong

ISSUE 13 | TORONTO | SPACES

The prolific street photographer reveals perspectives on Toronto, Tokyo, and time

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Chief Adjuah

ISSUE 16 | NEW ORLEANS | ELLINGTON

INTERVIEW ─ On redefining Black sonic ownership and the cosmic pulse of Stretch Music

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Coming Up for Air

ISSUE 16 | ROTTERDAM | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW — With her debut album, Roufaida transforms cultural inheritance into a living, flexible practice of self-expression

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Off the Record: Ada Lea

ISSUE 16 | MONTRÉAL | HOMEGROWN

INTERVIEW — The Montreal singer-songwriter’s latest album, “when i paint my masterpiece”, places equal value on art and the artist

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Antoni Cimolino on Stratford Festival 2025

ISSUE 15 | STRATFORD | FOURTH WALL

INTERVIEW ─ “The great thing about theatre is that you get to watch terrible things happen, but do it safely and within a jungle gym for the mind.”

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Now on MUBI: Grand Tour

ISSUE 15 | MUBI | IN FOCUS

PROFILE ─ Miguel Gomes’s latest film is a sprawling, messy, and dreamy odyssey that isn’t afraid to throw a few curveballs.

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Off the Record: The Vernon Spring

ISSUE 15 | BRIGHTON | ELLINGTON

INTERVIEW ─ On his latest release, “Under a Familiar Sun”, Sam Beste delivers a deeply empathic pianistic jazztronica

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Off the Record: Gabi Hartmann

ISSUE 15 | PARIS | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW ─ On La femme aux yeux de sel, the emerging singer-songwriter delivers a melange of global music with a French touch

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Off the Record with Lindsay Ell

ISSUE 14 | CALGARY | HOMEGROWN

The generational Canadian talent sets self love to music

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TEA: Hiba Schahbaz

ISSUE 15 | BROOKLYN | MATERIALS

INTERVIEW — Meet the Pakistani-American painter infusing her female figures with a unique stain: black tea

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Profile: Anora

ISSUE 15 | IN FOCUS

Contextualizing Sean Baker’s latest film within cinema’s history of sex-positive self-actualizing female leads

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Off the Record: Amaia Miranda

ISSUE 16 | BARCELONA | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW — In her latest album, the Spanish songwriter finds the sound of presence mixed into the hues of the past

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Alexi Murdoch on Moral Urgency

ISSUE 16 | ARTS & LETTERS

INTERVIEW — Why artists must confront power, take risks, and answer the call of Gaza

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Off the Record: Jon Batiste’s Big Money

ISSUE 16 | NEW YORK | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW — Birth of a New Americana signals the death of the genre machine

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Interplay at Banff

ISSUE 15 | BANFF | HUBS & HUDDLES

One summer program, two new Canadian opera productions, and a new roster of creatives launched into the industry

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MOCA Spring 2025

ISSUE 15 | TORONTO | SPACES

As Toronto’s Sterling Road evolves into a vibrant creative hub, its resident museum-cum-gallery space stays ahead of the curve with innovative exhibits

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Colour Me Senseless: Helen Beard

ISSUE 15 | LONDON | STUDIO SESSIONS

INTERVIEW ─ In an aesthetic ecosystem that favours monotone greys, this UK artist is bringing sexy back with bold colours

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Off the Record: Piers Faccini

ISSUE 15 | CÉVENNES | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW ─ On his latest record, “Our Calling”, the British-Italian artist joins Ballaké Sissoko to create an indelible mix of Euro-African folk traditions

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Steve Reich Collected Works

ISSUE 15 | LOS ANGELES | ENSEMBLE

A 27-disc box set delivers a life’s worth of music to a new generation of listeners

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Laura Fell

ISSUE 14 | ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA | ALT.ITUDE

INTERVIEW — On her latest EP, At Least I Tried, Fell swoops into new depths of introspection

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Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot

ISSUE 15 | IN FOCUS

INTERVIEW — A complicated portrait of William Kentridge plays out in this 9-part series presented by MUBI

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